Thursday, 30 April 2015

Children's theatre research: TV

In this clip, the presenter always directly addressed the viewer so that the kids always feel like that they are being talked to and don't feel left out or get bored. He does this so that they feel like the are being directly spoken to so it feels like a parent or close friend actually saying it to them. Also, this presenter talks slowly so the kids never get lost or confused on what is going on. On the other hand, he doesn't speak too slow otherwise the kids would get bored easily and quickly. I think that we should keep in mind the speed of our performance and how quick we speak so that the kids definitely understand what's going on and don't get too many things happening at once for them to understand. He also introduces himself to the audience as the narrator but uses his first name so that the kids now feel like they know who he is and feel like they can trust him on telling this story. I like this idea because it makes the kids feel like they now know the person who is telling them this story rather than a stranger.

The story has lots of rhymes in it so that the kids find it enjoyable to watch. With the rhymes it makes the story much more easy to listen to. If we used a narrator, we could use this so that the kids would be able to stay engaged with the story all the time and wouldn't get bored as they are listening out to the rhymes. They also never complicate the names of the characters. I think that we should definitely use this so the kids never get confused on who's who.

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