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(POST 21) Working from script 2 - casting and charcters

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Casting and Characters! Mr Beaver Mr Beaver is a comical character, however he also plays a crucial role in telling the Pevensie children that they play a crucial role in killing the Ice Queen and that Aslan is waiting for them. He seems to be the eyes and the ears of Narnia although no one expects it. Mr Tumnus and Mr Beaver seem to be close aquanitances as he gave Mr beaver the handerchief before he got taken.  Mrs Beaver Mrs Beaver is also a comical character. She plays a 'typical' 'old fashioned' female as when the children arrive she tells them that she hasnt had time to do her fur, and to "excuse the mess" as if it is her job to tidy the house. She is also the one to tell the children that they are the two sons of Adam and the two daughters of Eve.  Lucy Pevensie                                                      Lucy Pe...
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( POST 1) Opening Task Introduced

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Opening Task introduced                                                                                 What questions were you given (photo)? From our four options we chose our top two which where "what's 'that'? in the Meatloaf song?" and also the story of Humpty dumpty . For the Meatloaf song we wanted the question to be entertaining and humours when asking others ideas on the song lyrics meaning. For the Humpty Dumpty story we want it to be entertaining however also educational, we want to be able to add humour but also different interputations of the childhood story. W hen lookin...
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(POST 36) TASK 1 - The Silent Era presentation

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     ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE What is the basic plotline? It was taken in the garden of the Whitley family house in Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, a suburb of Leeds, Yorkshire, Great Britain, on October 14, 1888. The 'actors' are shown walking around in circles, laughing to themselves and keeping within the area framed by the camera. It lasts for less than 2 seconds and includes 12  frames per second. The two seconds of 'Roundhay Garden Scene' contains two men and two women in Roundhay Garden. One of the men seems to follow a woman while the other man is crossing the screen changing his path to the other man in the last fraction of the shot. Who made it and who starred in it? It shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley, (Le Prince's mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley and Miss Harriet Hartley. The earliest film was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince How did it utilise the technology available? They used the Le Prince single...
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