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Analysis Of The Documentary Little Seeds To Tall Trees By Johanna Wallace

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Johanna Wallace is a teacher, creator, and loving mother, who is the focus of the educational and inspiring documentary Little Seeds to Tall Trees. For those who are keen learn more beyond the documentary, check out the documentary’s Instagram handle (@littleseedstotalltrees) and website www.littleseedstotalltrees.com as well as the company’s website and Instagram (https://www.little-seed.com.au/ and @littleseedtheatrecompany) Little Seeds to Tall Trees opens with a close up (CU) static shot at an eye level angle (ELA) of subject Johanna Wallace, as she introduces herself. The interview will cutaway to a montage of observational footage, beginning with a panning ELA wide shot (WS) of a ‘Fame the Musical’ rehearsal video at the Bicentennial …show more content…

Wallace claims that the ‘seed’ of Little Seed came from her experiences within her childhood youth group. This will be shown through the cutaway interview footage, and a slow zoom out of an archival still of a show program teenage Wallace appeared in with text on screen stating, “Teenage Jo in a show program”. Wallace then mentions her personal definitions of happiness and success, in diegetic interview form. Following on, a montage of archival show footage is utilised to support Jo’s narrations, including dance rehearsals, solo numbers and group performances, all of which are vibrantly coloured to symbolise her passionate …show more content…

Multi-platform technologies are also implemented through Wallace’s statements about what Little Seed can help kids achieve, henceforth encouraging inspired kids to check out the documentary’s website to see how they can be involved. Cutaways with additional archival stills of performances will be included within the upcoming section supported by a non-diegetic voiceover with text on screen explaining the context behind these images. To construct a more light-hearted tone, the pace of the documentary will increase in addition to the hues, brightness, and colours, as well as the entertaining archival shots of the company, students and of course Jo doing what she loves and her plans for the future to complement the mood established. Shots include Wallace with a huddle of her colourful Shakespeare students, four boys performing a scene from the play Blackrock, and a snippet of the bows from Little Seed’s production of Wind In The Willows. Multi-platform technologies will support this section as images and videos incorporated supporting upcoming productions and projects she’s involved in, will be linked near the end of the documentary on a blank shot under the heading, ‘To find out more visit…’ with the websites and social media accounts relevant

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