final piece

story boards

1. close up shot of barbies face to introduce character. quick cuts into next shot.

2. E4 logo so that the audience are aware of what the clip is for/about. another quick cut onto the next shot

3. a long shot of the barbie, slowly being covered in paint (this shot continues to be the same until she is completely covered in the paint) cuts onto the next shot. 

4. mid shot of barbie completely covered

5. the E4 logos start to appear all over the barbie

6. the logos continue to move around the screen and cover her body 

4. a huge E4 logo covers the barbies face and the rest of the screen. the shot cuts into the next. 

5. the shot spins around the screen to show the kind of odd/weird style of E4

6. the scene cuts back to previous shots where the barbie was covered in paint and one where she was brand new. the scenes flick between eachother for 3 seconds and cut to the end scene

7. the last shot is of the barbie completely covered in the E4 logo, perfectly advertising the channel.

MUSIC : clip from the website, i chose the hardcore 3 as it fitted in with the style i have chosen. 

further research on the mockery of Barbie

Youtube is often used to make a mockery of famous people (or objects in this example) with paradodies and covers of their songs done badly. People use Youtube to express how they feel about about celebrities.
This is an 'episode of barbie and ken' it is a perfect example of how Barbie is now ridiculed, and is not taken as seriously as she was a few years ago.

 

This video spread on youtube like wildfire, the pure desperation of this person caught everyone attention. It is another perfect example of the uses of Youtube.

Influence from Barbie...

  E4 stings have a character that helps to advertise E4, rather than just using the logo and the programmes aired to advertise the channel. The kind of people that watch E4 aren't the type of people to have barbies.. they're most likely to have the alternative (cheaper, less pretty but in my opinion much 'cooler', brunette) doll Sindy. Original blonde haired, blue eyed, Barbie is a huge advertising tool for the whole brand now, and that is spread all over the world now. There are so many different types of barbies it is unbelievable. This is why I have chosen a cheaper version of her to create my E4 sting.

so I thought.. why not make a mockery of Barbie? 

udderbelly festival inspiration

this is the festival that E4 run, it's an indi festival perfect for anyone that watches e4. they take their individual style and can virtually turn it into anything. Being a viewer of e4 I've known about underbelly for a long time, and have always found the cow a good character to represent e4. This helped to inspire me when looking at ideas for an Esting. I thought about funny looking animals like sheep and turtles that would make interesting e4 characters just as this cow has :) 

Although this character is very childish, E4 is a channel aimed at young adults. I guess the characters used by E4 are there to make the viewers feel young. 

why stop motion?

these are clips from a current entry for the E4 stings competition. I found it most inspiring because I think that the way the E4 logo was such a huge part of the stop motion worked incredibly well. It advertised the channel  and kept the audience captivated by giving the E4 logo a character. 

ideas

 

I thought about creating characters for the e4 logo. this particular idea is good vs evil. I also thought about doing men vs women. However this would include a good knowledge of animation, unless I was to create the e4 logo from plastercine and do a stop motion. 

 

this idea is related to the royal wedding, and english pride. although e4 shows a lot of american shows it's very proud to be one of the channels that shows some of the top english shows like 'skins' and 'misfits' 

 

a travelling e4 logo? could there be anything more alternative... yess! an E4 on wheels!! 

for this idea, i would also have to have a keen interest and talent in animation.. but I don't. I also don't think there would be that much I could do with this one.. other than going through the different locations of E4 viewers.

 

this was taken from inspiration from the 'underbelly festival' that e4 have created. This is a turtle, another interesting animal like the cow they used. 

 

this is my final, and most realistic idea. I think I will be able to create this one, using stop motion and lots of cut outs of the e4 logo!

this idea is all about making a mockery of the barbie doll. covering her in paint and splattering the e4 logo all over her.. who wouldn't laugh!?