21st September

First we where in the music block with Mr Trustcott, here we looked at some pictures and we had to describe them and sell them to the class, this exercise was useful because when we go to Leeds Art Gallery on Tuesday we need to know about the different arts. We then travelled to Mr Romers room to make a spider diagram about the Questions we are going to ask the person or persons at the Art Gallery. We thought of many ideas including: Audience type and age, Changes they have made over the years, Merchandise ect.
We then went onto Mrs Woffindens room and we discussed Narration:
Purpose of Narration
-Sets the scene
-introduces characters
-to help the audience what is happening.
- Give information
-Creates atmosphere
-Engage the audience and create tension

Examples of Narration
 -David Attenbrough
-Pete versus Life ( channel 4)
-Documentary's ( March of the penguins)
- Dr Zues
-Films ( Stardust)

We then looked at a clip of David Attenbrough in action.
Lyre Bird-David Attenbrough-BBC Wildlife
-David uses Rhetorical questions to describe the world
-Draws the audience in.
-Comparisons
-Present tense
-Metaphors
-Relaxed voice
-Timing of description
-Builds tension in his voice.
David Attenbrough is a great example for a Narrator because he uses his voice so well, he is relaxed and his voice is soothing giving that calm state of mind and his use of rhetorical questions is really good as an intro to the show.
We then watched a completely different type of narrative, Come Dine With Me.
This was so much different because the narrator uses comedy to draw the audience in, i think this is aimed at a younger generation than David Attenbroughs audience.
We then had 3 different audiences and we had to act out a commercial. We kept the same act but the Narrator changed the tone and style of his voice, this went down really well.