When creating my ident for the children’s channel
"Cbeebies" I used one still shot with the video made up of loads of pictures
built up to form the video. The video is made of around 40-50 shots that are
put together to form the video, with little movements between each shot. The
video is made using stop motion animation; this is done to help you form movement
in animate objects move without seeing the actual movement of it. If the video
was not filmed in this way it would be hard to have movement without either
seeing a hand or strings. When filming the ident I photographed each shot backwards,
so instead of the snowman growing out of the ground, it disappear slowly and
the snow went up. This was done effectively to make it easier to film the video
and move the objects as you know how the snowman looks so can't make a mistake
or get stuck on what to make and makes it easier when I’m arranging the shots.
The use of sound is also important when
creating the ident. In my ident I used stereotypical Christmas music for my
ident. This is because my ident is Christmas themed so the music seemed
fitting, also the ident is aimed at young kids who like bright colours and nice
happy music as it seemed appropriate to use that type of music. I also used the
title sound of the channel it self. I did this to help audiences identify what
the ident is for with out ever look to keep up the brand identity of the ident.
If this was not there the channel audience might not understand what the
channel is for and not pay attention to it. Also it is used as a jingle for the
channel so audiences will remember it and join in getting more entertainment
from the channel.
The editing of the video also helped making
the ident very effectively. The video is made of single pictures being put
together to form the ident. This helps giving the ident a more child friendly
advert as the ident id made of Palestine, which are a child’s toys so the
movement of this helps entertain the audience effectively. The pictures appear
on screen for less than half second each to build up to form the ident. This is
done to help show movement in the ident which might not have occurred if it was
not cut in this way as the video is built up though pictures.