The BBFC or British Board of Film Classification is a British non governmental organisation, funded by the film industry. They have the role of categorising films with each licence they fall under. BBFC classify films in terms of violence & gore, sexual content, drug use and profanity.
There are several different certificates which the BBFC categorise films under:
Like my tv series 'Ninja High', there are many other existing franchises that have similar themes, and are of a similar tone. The TV shows/Films are all similar in some way to 'Ninja High':
Legend of the Dragon (First appearance July 29th 2005)
Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for a total of 39.
Ang and Ling ar fraternal twins; a conflict broke out between the two when Ang was chosen to be the Golden Dragon, and received the Golden Dragon Power Band. This infuriated Ling, and drove her away from the Dojo in which they train. She joined the Zodiac Master and became evil. The series shows their constant battle. It involves martial arts, has themes of respect and Master Chin's character is a heavy influence on Master Hakiru.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (First Appearance May 1984)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (often abbreviated to TMNT) is a popular cartoon series about a team of highly trained anthropomorphic turtle named after four renaissance artists, trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei Master Splinter, in the art of ninjutsu. From their home town in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords, mutated animals, and alien invaders, while attempting to remain isolated from society.
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda directed by Mark Osbourne and John Stevenson, is the story of Po, and his struggles as a fat panda in China. He finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts. He becomes part of a team with other aspiring ninjas. This is very similar to Legend of the Dragon, in the fact that the main character is chosen by a higher calling to become something greater.
This is a very simple jump cycle that I made in Adobe Flash. I took 7 still images of a cartoon character jumping, and put them into 7 separate frames. I then added the ball, and used the motion tween tool to move it across the screen.
South Park (Created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker)
When creating an episode of South Park, the first stage is always creating storyboards with character designs. Every joke and idea is thought about carefully, and the position of the characters in the shot also. A script is then written which will also contain camera angles and shots. Character designs will be finished, and sent to be lip synced to the characters. Then the animation process takes place; characters arms, legs, heads and eye and such are animated according to the script. The animators make an animatic first to get a sense of what the episode will look like
Dot (Created by Aardman Animations)
This short film was shot completely on a Nokia N8 smartphone in order to promote the product. It was shot under a microscope, as it is the smallest animation that has every been created. The character Dot was a 9mm tall resin model. The animators had to use 50 of these small models in order to compensate for damage, which was likely happen due to the size of the models. Each of these resin models was printed using a high tech 3D printer and thousands of layers of resin. A 2D drawing was made first so that accurate models could be printer on the 3D printer.
The type of animation use was stop-motion animation, a favourite choice in Aardmans case. The team had to take a compilation of pictures on the smartphone to make the stop-animation; A Dot model was placed in the painted setting, then a picture was taken, and then a different Dot model was put in place. This created a walking effect. The smartphone stayed in its mount for the entirety of the film, but the setting moved in order to create the illusion of movement.
Peppa Pig (Created, Directed and Produced by Astley Baker Davis)
The animators first come together and talk about ideas for episodes, and then start making storyboards, this makes it easier to create camera shots. The team then discuss colours, and set design to see what fits best on screen. The animation the takes place, using the computer programme Celacton 2D. The animators get the animals moving in the way that the director wants. Preciously recorder voice recordings are used so that the animators know how to move the characters mouths. When an episode is finished, the animators talk with the director, and discuss improvements that may need to be made.
