My Choice Children's Story

My choice Children's Story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Icj_g-5po

This is a Disney children's story called "Atlantis - The Lost Empire". The story follows a man named Milo who is looking for the city of Atlantis. He is looking for the city as his father tried to find Atlantis when he was younger but he died and Milo wants to carry on his legacy. There is music used through out the story. There is a main voice over narrating the story but there is also other actors playing the characters and there is sound effects to help heighten the story.

This story would most likely be shown in the day time since it is based for children and it doesn't have any controversial themes or bad language in it. Also it would be aired on child friendly or family programmes like radio Disney or even some music stations like heart or Kiss as a one off special. The story however starts of with a war which could become quite scary so perhaps it may be played more in the afternoon or evening so that older children will listen to the story rather then young children and it could be used as a bedtime special.

All of the actors need to have clarity and good projection as this story is based for children and they may not be able to understand the story if it is quiet or muffled. The actors must also be able to have energy and enthusiasm in their voice in order to captivate the children. I feel that all of the actors are standing away from their microphones as they are fully immersed into the story however the narrator sounds like he is right up to the microphone. This could be so that he is talking directly to his audience and he is not a character within the story.

The background music starts of being quite sinister as it is in the middle of a war but as the story progresses and the characters start to go on their adventure, the music becomes more exciting and captivating. I think this is done to make the children be able to create images in their head of the story. There is also many sound effects that play through out the story. For example the story says "Milo turned on a slide projector" and at this point there is a sound effect of a switch turning on. It starts to set the scene and characters for the children and allows them to create images of the story in their heads..