Analyzing Media: Representation of Children in Television and Films

ANALYSING
MEDIA

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
QUESTION 1...................................................................................................................................1
QUESTION 2..................................................................................................................................2
QUESTION 3..................................................................................................................................3
QUESTION 4..................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Any media message can be used for doing a close analysis but commercials are often
considered as better option because they are tightly and slightly packed with powerful images
and words, sound and music impact general public (Fuchs, 2017). There are numerous shows
that broadcast on television and its category too vary from each another. There are shows that are
mainly created for children while some for young generation and adults. The central idea of this
report is how children are represented in films and television program.
QUESTION 1
Introduction: This question talks about the representation of children in television and films.
The chosen show for this question is “In the Night Garden” which is popular BBC children's
television series aimed for 1 to 6 years old kids. The main motive of this particular task is to
reveal cultural assumption regarding childhood and media's engagement with children's view of
this stage of life.
Main Body: The series was announced in the year 2006 with an aim of helping kids to relax and
attain calming relationship with parents. The show features a large cast of colourful
characteristics with uncommon names who live in magical forest scattered with brightly coloured
pompom flowers and large daises (Gerbaudo, 2018). The central idea of the show was to make
children finally asleep when they are pretending to be asleep. The director of show wants to
explore the difference between being asleep and being awake from children's point of view i.e.
the difference between trying to asleep and actually closing eyes. One of the most common
issues that every parents face is trying to make their kids asleep even if they are not feeling
sleepy. Following the old tradition or culture they try to feed them milk, sing rhymes, switch off
the light so that they can fall asleep but none of their tricks actually works. According to one of
the report, it has been figured out that children aged between 1 to 6 years becomes more active at
night and moreover they prefer to sleep in the morning rather than sleeping timely in night.
In the Night Program comes a saviour for those parents. By seeing this program children
actually started falling asleep. The irony was television makes children awake but this time it
makes them fall asleep. The episode start with a different child in their bed boat travelling to the
Night Garden. The camera zooms up in the sky followed by blooming flowers and narrator start
introducing the episode. Iggle Piggle's is the main character who runs away from falling asleep
but after listening to the story he automatically sleeps. So this show basically reveal the culture
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