Friday, April 28, 2017

BSA324, kids tv timings and advice, 24 April, 2017

Timmy Time episode
Opening theme song 58 seconds
first problem 1:32
second problem 2:40
something happens 3:52
fun solution 4:35
banging noise 4:50
timmy making door bang 5:50
lunchtime 6:15
every 30 seconds something happens
Timmy stomp 8.00
episode end 9:45

 http://www.dannystack.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/writing-for-kids-tv.html
James Henry (Bob The Builder): “If it’s the pre-school demographic, try not to give any character dialogue that runs for more than two lines. Try to have problems solved with a nice visual/action rather than characters just talking to each other.” 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/article/art20130702112136258
Keep it simple A golden rule of development is that if the idea is too complicated to sum up in a sentence or two, it probably won't get commissioned. Phil offers up Cop School - "Can kids cut it as police officers?" - as an example of how to do it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/podcasts/television/article/art20160726093903250
"We have all got to learn from a children’s audience before we all lose our audiences. What a nine-year-old is doing now is what a 25-year-old will be doing in 16 years," says Joe.

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