Understanding of a children's film

A children's film must have a target audience of a child. There should not be any real effort to make the film suitable for any other age group and may or may not have children in the actual film. A key example of a children's film would be The Lion King as it is directly aimed at children with no real effort to make it appeal to any other audience rather than a child. The most common sorts of genres used for children's films are things like adventure films because of how much they appeal to a child because when you are that age you're always thinking about adventures. The genre adventure is also good to be used for a children's film because of the way in which you can always have a moral to the story which is a key thing to have in a children's film. The type of characters which should be in a children's film must be friendly acting and looking (unless they are supposed to be 'baddies', however, even then they should not be too scary looking) 

Big cuddly characters are also good because it is comfort for the younger children and it softens the scary characters. 

Decision between PG and U certificate

We have chosen to do a PG certificate due to it being easier to make a good film from as there are not as many restriction as to what you can and can't do. It is also a wider criteria base.

Classification system

The PG certificate stands for parental guidance. It should be suitable for anyone over the age of 8. It is the parents responsibility to see if the child is mature enough to handle the film. There may be discrimination within the film however, it should have educational purposes. Drugs can be discussed yet not seen and should have a anti drugs message. There may be horror though it has to be short and not intense. There may be some mild bad language and in general the films will be more grown up themes but education is key.

Classification system

The U certificate stands for Universal. It is suitable for anyone over 5 years old. It should be based around positive moral framework and must offer reassuring counter balances to any threats. It must also be suitable for children to view alone. It should not have bad language, drugs, sex/sexual references and no discrimination.

Preliminary Task

Elizabeth Fletcher and Bethaney Wilson acted and Sophie Fordham filmed.

Our first shot was an establishing shot in the canteen, Bethaney walked through the canteen to the door. This then lead to our second shot which was a close up of Bethaney opening the door. The third shot was a match on action shot where it shows Bethaney opening the door from a different angle. Then our fourth shot was a reaction shot of Bethaney and Elizabeth bumping into each other when both trying to walk through the door. This was also a long shot. Our final shots were of Bethaney and Elizabeth having a conversation about college, with over the shoulder shots, and finally a 180 degree shot.