Analysis of children's film.

i think that our childrens film and our preliminary task went rather well however there were some things that could have gone better. For example:, in the editing process of our childrens film it could have gone a lot better if we had spent more time making more frames in i-stop motion making the footage look a lot smoother and not so robotic. even though it was rather jumpy and robotic like we still managed to gather enough images to gain the sense of the story line.

One thing we feel was a success for the childrens film was the music, which fitted the sequence very well, helping set the the mood and atmosphere in the scene. The music suited the genre of the film as we did research of other similar s films with childrens films using CGI.  Over all,  we had a final result of an acoustic orchestra like song to our film. it fit rather well as it helped give the impression of the genre and managed to help give the sense of the surroundings. the music itself was made completely separately and was then cut down to fit the film footage and we made minor adjustments to fit the footage nicely and fluently.

The mise en scene in our children's film helped set  he genre. For example the spaceship shows

Our personal views on our project.

Marlon:

I enjoyed making the film along with my friends and team. The creation of the film was created with good teamwork and good co-ordination, everyone had their own separate parts in the making of the film. i had the job of creating a song to suit the film from scratched, i was able to create the song with help from my team giving idea's and with them showing what the story line/theme would be like. therefore i was able to create the suitable song for the film... on an overall i enjoyed the film and i believe if we had to do another we could make it twice as good.

Alex:

i feel that the music and editing in our film worked well, i also feel that our animation could of used more frames to make the movement of the characters smoother. The narrative worked well with the music adding drama to the scene, but i also think that the script could have been longer because there was alot of pause between each piece of speech.

Personal Views (Chris and James)

Chris:

The music and editing worked well, but the animation needed more frames per second to make it smoother. If we had more time we could have green screened it and made a more detailed plot. 

James:

I feel that with enough time, we could have expanded on the plot and made the script for the voiceovers of a much higher quality than the one we finally used. The music worked well with the narrative, adding the right about of tension and drama, but also for the credits it was calm and peaceful, which added a good effect that I feel worked very well.

Editing wise, I feel that it was good. A lot of time was spent on final cut making sure that all loose ends were tied up, and nothing was out of time. Unfortunately, we didn't get enough time to green screen like we were planning to, which meant that we did not have a concrete setting for the characters. We had the images and ideas ready, but time was not on our side so we could not add the final touch to our childrens film.

Peer Feedback

1. Conventions of an opening sequence

.All conventions were displayed clearly
.Credits were cool
.Introduced characters

2. Specific genre conventions

The alien and space ship indicate that it's sci-fi

3. Variety and quality of camerawork

Good, but simple.

4. Use of special effects - animation

iStopmotion. Animation was really well done

5. Sound quality and effectiveness

Use of garage band and voiceovers
Good use of music
Voice overs set scene well
Use appropriate sound effects

6. Use of mise en scene

lego and playdough
dont really get a feel of the surroundings

7. Editing

Stop motion and cut transitions
good transitions ie. "Week earlier" ect.

8. Best features
aeroplane credit.
the bunny
credits - every one was different, keeps the viewers interested.

- Alex Long, Chris Woods, Marlon Huseyin -Sharp, James Doughty

Script for 'Moonshine'

Narrator: This is a story about a young boy’s dream of going to the moon…

However, Sam's dream soon becomes his worst nightmare when he finds himself stranded on the moon.

With the help of his best friend, Chip (the rabbit), and of course his new alien friend. Together, they will conquer evil to get Sam and Chip back home to earth… 

Opening Scene Credits

Produced by: C-Jam Studios
Directed by: James Doughty, Chris Woods
Cinematography: Chris Woods, James Doughty, Alex Long
Sound: Marlon Huseyin-Sharp
Editing: Alex Long, Chris Woods, Marlon Huseyin-Sharp & James Doughty
Animation: Alex Long, Chris Woods & James Doughty