Saturday, 10 January 2015
So that i could get my brain ticking to try and come up with ideas for kids shows, i've been searching the internet/TV to see what type of studio produced children's programme exist, but more importantly, whilst searching for kids programmes I've been trying to find ones that would fit the unit's requirements; as in a one take live action performance, because the unit brief states that it has to be a 30 minute pilot show to be recorded live in the studios.
The channels that i checked out were:
Most of the children programmes that I found were prerecorded shows.
These prerecorded shows would have their sets built up - and cut scene to different locations around their set often including time skips, sometimes incorporating the use of green-screen and maybe recorded over the span of a few days.
Other types of shows would include puppets, with the camera cropped to only show the puppet and actor in shot. Another type of show may be soley green screen produced.
Taking these things into account when i've been looking at these children's shows, i've been assessing ways in which i think it may be viable to produce similar programmes given the units requirements (LIVE SHOW)
When i was searching these channels, the type of children's programmes that particularly grabbed my attention was for kids aged 6 and under.
After TORTURING myself for hours watching kids shows, below is a short list of programmes i've found that i feel may help to give me ideas as to what type of viable show i can come up with; whilst abiding to the units requirements. (Some of the sets may be outside of our budget, however, its the concept/story behind the show that i'm mainly looking at)
This show makes use of the VT's by getting in an 'expert' to explain 'sing' what the problem is.
Sooty
Bedtime stories Toby Stephens
Could use similar concept with the VT's being the stories re-enacted with voice over from the presenter
Aimed at pre-school children the shows teach and show children and read stories about their toys
Conclusion
Watching these shows has definitely helped to let me know what kids/toddlers shows exist out there at the moment and what is to be expected of these shows, but also what possible viable ideas i could come up with given the unit requirement.
Having checked out all of the channels for kids live action entertainment programmes (LAEP) on the list provided earlier, most of them provide mainly animation based programs as there main focus, if they featured any LAEP it was maybe the odd feature show in-between shows/adverts and was not their main focus, either that, or it was not viable enough for me to include it on the list.
However, the one channel that dominated in providing a lot of viable LAEP was Ceebeebies, so for this reason i've decided to try and create a children's programme for Ceebeebies which would be viable enough to be produced for this unit.
Excellent relevant R&D here
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