Shaun the Sheep-Save the Tree (2007)

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General		Extras
Category	Childrens	None
Rating
Year Of Production	2007
Running Time	56:51 (Case: 58)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Richard Goleszowski Richard Webber Christopher Sadler
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	None Given
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	?	Music	Mark Thomas

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Title of Show : Shaun the Sheep

    Title of Disc : Save The Tree

    Year of Production : 2007

    Country of origin : United Kingdom

    What's included? :  8 episodes.

    Episode Length : 7 minutes each.

    Details of episodes : 

This DVD contains the following episodes

1. Troublesome Tractor -  The farmer wants a sporty tractor and the sheep try to help.
2. Heavy Metal Shaun - Shaun finds a metal detector.
3. Tooth Fairy - Bitzer has a sore tooth and Shaun becomes his dentist.
4. Camping Chaos - A camper sets up in Shaun's field.
5. Save the Tree - The farmer needs fire wood and decides the tree in Shaun's field looks like a good source.
6. Shaun the Farmer - The farmer gets sick and Shaun takes over for a day.
7. Sheepwalking - Shaun goes sleepwalking.
8. The Farmer's Niece - The farmer's obnoxious niece comes to stay.

    Style of Production : Stop motion clay animation.

    Premise of show : Shaun the Sheep is the latest Aardman creation using stop motion clay animation. The titular character originally appeared in A Close Shave with Wallace & Gromit, but now has his own show. He inhabits a small world with no dialogue. The regular characters are the farmer, his sheepdog Bitzer, his cat, the farmer's mean pigs, Shaun and a flock of sheep who mostly follow Shaun's lead. Shaun tends to get himself involved in all manner of crazy schemes but always knows how to get himself out. The stories are told through sight gags, music and noises. It appears locally on ABC for Kids.

    Age Group : 2-8

    Related to any other childrens shows? : Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts.

    Adult's view : This is a lot of fun with many great sight gags.

    Child's view : Kids get a lot of laughs out of this well made, amusing & inventive show.

    Other Releases of this show available? : This is the third local release of the show.

    Overall : Great show especially for fans of Wallace & Gromit.

Video

    The video quality is very good.

    The feature is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio.

    The picture was quite clear and sharp throughout sporting a quite healthy bitrate, with no evidence of low level noise.

    The colour was excellent.

    There are no noticeable artefacts.

    There are no subtitles.

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Audio

    The audio quality is very good.

    This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 256 Kb/s.

    Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.

    The surround speakers were used quite a bit for atmosphere.

    The subwoofer got quite a lot of use for the theme and other sound effects.

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    None.

Menu

    The menu allowed for selecting the episodes or playing all.

     This disc is not available in other regions although another similar release is available in Region 2 containing some of the same episodes.

    The video quality is very good.

    The audio quality is very good.

    No Extras.

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