Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Each shot of the children will last around 5-7 seconds long, mid-shot of child waving and smiling, the shots will change with a simple cut between them

A sixth shot was added to the initial idea as after more thorough research I found that it was common for the presenters to have a companion/apprentice.

Examples:
Bodger & Badger
Aunty Mabel & Pippin

So I decided to add 'mans best friend' as a companion for DJ Sam, Dogs are well known animals and often grab the attention of children when they are seen walking down the street so I thought it would be a benefit in terms of keeping the viewers interested.

Timings:
Each child has been dedicated one shot each so in total (including dog) it is 5 shots.
The reason for only giving them one shot is because it is a quick introduction to them and will only involve them waving whilst the over-head voice introduces them by their name.

Changes!!!
After watching more examples of children's opening title sequences to programmes i have realised that holding a shot for 5 seconds is a long time although when you're counting it on your fingers or thinking it through in your head it seems plenty of time but once i'd gone through the shots i wanted to show i needed to reduce the times designated to them to allow me to get more shots in. SO i have changed the timings to 2-3 seconds on each child's introduction and this will fit into the music as well with out the shots over-hanging

DJ Sam- He's our m-an
If h-e can't spin it.. No-one
can

~Cuts of the four children waving after can cuts to Karma and it pauses for her to bark.

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