The Muppets as a film is creative, clever and full of character. When we watch The Muppets, we laugh, sing, dance and sometimes, we feel sad for the characters.
How is it, that felt puppets on a screen can create such a response?
Here, we are going to find out how the Muppets magic is created.
On the next screen, there are four clips from the film. You are going to explore each clip in terms of the film language. By this, we mean:
At key moments in the clip, you can pause it and add notes to explain how the Muppets magic is created using film language techniques. When you are happy with your notes, you can take a screengrab and print the page with your annotations.
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Use these prompts to help you with your notes:
Print these prompt questions (by clicking on the Print option in the File menu, or clicking Control and P at the same time) so that you have them to hand when you are exploring the clips.