Top 10 things; E4//Film Four.

E4 is a channel on British digital television, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group. Programming includes US imports such as The O.C., Smallville,Veronica Mars, The Cleveland Show, Glee, The Sopranos, Everwood, What About Brian?, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, 90210, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory and formerly Friends. Other programming includes British shows such as Shameless, Hollyoaks, Skins, The Inbetweeners and Misfits. Some of the imports, e.g. Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty are screened on E4 up to one week ahead of their Channel 4 broadcasts. Its most successful broadcast to date was on 11 October 2010 when an episode of The Inbetweeners pulled in over 3.7 million viewers. E4 uses the voiceover of Peter Dickson to advertise its programmes.

"Top" programme example... 

Rude Tube is back on C4 with an all new top 50 of the worlds most popular, brilliant, inspired, funny and bizarre internet clips. From rare gems to mega-million-hit blockbusters, this countdown reveals the ever changing face of the YouTube revolution: a world in which you can now watch almost anybody, doing anything, whenever and wherever you want.

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Film4 is a free digital television channel available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned and operated by Channel 4, that screens films.

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In one of my crits it was suggested that I look at film four seeing as my sequences were going to be about films. I decided to further research both this channel and E4 which was the original channel I was going to go with and upon doing this I came to the conclusion the E4 is still better suited for the type of programme that people would be viewing. Film four is meant just for films so it didn't really seem appropriate to have a 'top ten programme' on this channel. Where as, E4 already has 'top' programmes, one of the main examples being rude tube which shows 50 of the best youtube videos from a certain themed area. E4 also better suits my target audience in terms of age range with it being 16 - 30 year olds and due to the style of some of the current idents I will have the ability to create some quirky colourful pieces. 

Top 10 things; film intro sequences.

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Another port of call for inspiration is movie titles because my subject is 'superhero movies' so looking at movie titles could also inspire any current ideas I have and point me in the right direction. Quite a few of the superhero movie titles have looked at are cartoon based or at least animated cgi style and this was a concern I had because I was worried that because I was looking at films I would have to use the photographs taken from these films but now i've seen this is not the case. Movie titles as with idents tend to be quite simple but interesting enough so that they keep the audience interested. They include basic information such as the actors starring in the films and sometimes and image hinting at what the movie may include. Theres usually quite a simplistic colour scheme that links to the main character in the movie somehow too, an example being the green lantern because he is obviously green and this is one of the main colours within the title sequence. I've noticed that the title sequences tend to be quite dark too because superheroes are supposed to be seen as quite mysterious and secrative and this colour makes it seem as though theres a shadow as though to hide their identity and keep the mystery. 

Top 10 things; television idents//inspiration.

These are examples of idents made for various television channels such as MTV, E4 and Cartoon Network. To look at exsisting idents was a good starting point because I actually didn't realise these parts of a television channel were called idents so it helped me understand what they were and the sort of information they include. A lot of them tend to be 'cartoon' based because these types of things are a lot easier to work with in programmes such as after effects because i'd imagine some of these idents were actually made with the after effects software. The idents tend to include quite simple movement and are usually made in a style that suits the particular channel so with channels such as E4 they have more quirky, random looking idents because the channel is quite youthful and quirky. I'm considering choosing E4 for my own programme so I need to take particular note of these idents so I can take some of these elements and make them work within my own ideas. A lot of the idents for E4 tend to be quite bold and bright, using a cartoon asthetic because the target audience is of a younger generation possibly 16 - 30 year olds. This particular style would work well for my own ideas because the target audience is of a similar range. One of the main things that makes an ident successful is the timescale, they are usually quite short and memorable. The music used within idents is usually a tune and not a song and sometimes there is a voice over so this is also something else I can consider within my own work. 

Silent movie; spin.

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Silent movie; spin.

20 situations

An ice skater can spin around picking up speed on the ice rink. 

A CD spins whilst it is being played in a CD player or computer. 

A male may spin his dance partner round as part of a dance routine. 

Kylie Minogue sings about spinning around in one of her songs. 

A tornado spins from the sky and touches down on the ground taking up anything in its path.

Yarn is spun on an old fashioned wheel. 

The wheels of a car spin around so the car can move backward and forward. 

A hamster spins in its wheel for exercise. 

The earth spins on an axis. 

A ballet dancer spins slowly as part of their routine. 

A blender blade spins round in order to turn the solid food into liquid. 

Certain optical illusions look as though they are spinning if you stare at them.

A car may spin round if it is involved in a crash. 

Someone may say there head is spinning if they feel unwell. 

Dizzy ducks is a game in which you spin around again and again until you fall over. 

Spiders spin webs. 

The waltzers are a fairground ride with which the platform spins round and the carriage you also sit in is spun. 

The belt in a sushi bar spins round so that you can choose what you would like and wait for certain options to come to you instead of getting up. 

The wheels of a bike spin round when someone is riding it. 

A revolving door spins round so people can come out of a building easily at the same time as entering it. 

Silent movie; spin.

20 definitions

To revolve or rotate rapidly. 

To produce thread from the body, as spiders or silkworms.

To produce yarn or thread by spinning.

To move, go, run, ride or travel rapidly. 

To have a sensation of whirling eg. 'my head is spinning'. 

An action which causes someone to lose balance. 

A state of mental confusion. 

A swift whirling motion. 

A short drive in a vehicle. 

A distinctive point of view, emphasis  or interpretation. 

To rotate rapidly on an axis. 

To pirouette. 

To go around. 

To rotate freely without traction. 

Any sudden steep downward movement. 

To revolve. 

A type of angular momentum. 

A motion given to an object such as a ball. 

A slang word used to describe stories eg 'to put a spin on it'.

A word used to describe something out of control eg. 'its spinning out of control'.

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Silent movie; spin.

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Circuit 

Gyration

Revolution

Roll

Rotation

Spiral 

Turn 

Twist

Whirl 

Twirl

Whirling

Whirl pool

Turning

Dance

Mix

Motion

Loop 

Reel

Circle

Wheel

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Silent movie; float.

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Silent movie; float.

20 situations

A feather floats down from the sky. 

A swan floats on water as it glides around. 

A float is used to help a child learn to swim so they do not sink. 

A hot air balloon floats through the sky. 

Helium balloons float either in one place if weighted or through the sky if they are released. 

The seeds from a dandelion float if you blow it. 

If you spread your body weight when it water whilst laid on your back, you can float. 

A boat floats whilst on water. 

A leaf floats when it falls from a tree in autumn.

The clouds float through the sky. 

A float is used to give people change at an event where items are being sold. 

A person is suspended in mid air with 'invisible' wires so they look as though they are floating in a show. 

A plane 'floats' down from the sky as it comes in to land. 

A float is driven through a city as part of a parade, sometimes with a particular theme. 

A bath bomb floats when put into water until it eventually dissolves away. 

A buoy floats in the sea sometimes to warn people that they should not swim past a certain area. 

A ballet dancer floats around the stage. 

Confetti floats back down when it is thrown up in the air. 

A woman may float through a mans mind.

The sky floats above the ground. 

Silent movie; float.

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