Let me take you back to 2002. The setting is a large room, filled with stern faced men in suits. Sitting in front of them is a bright red, fuzzy puppet, named Elmo. This may seem silly, but there was a purpose behind this. Elmo was in front of congress in order to talk about music education in schools. By doing so, Elmo became the only non-human to testify before congress. Sesame Street uses songs and colorful puppets, to tackle tough issues, and to teach a message of tolerance and acceptance to people across the world. To start with, Sesame Street has not been shy when presented with difficult topics. In 1982, the actor who played the beloved Mr. Hooper died, and instead of recasting him, they decided to tackle death of the actor in a …show more content…
By doing this, it allows the show to speak about pertinent problems facing those countries. Takalani Sesame, is the South African version of the show. On Takalani, there is a furry, yellow puppet named Kami. Kami is HIV positive. Along with being HIV positive, Kami loves to play with the other puppets and children. Through Kami, show writers are able to speak about the disease in a way that resonates with children. The goal of Kami is to make HIV positive children feel less alone, and to teach others to be more understanding of them. She has worked at this goal by teaching people how the disease spreads, and how she is just like everybody else. This goal is shown through her name, as Kami means acceptance in Tswana. She has talked to many celebrities, including Bill Clinton, Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey, and Whoopi Goldberg. Kami also appears in the Nigerian version of the show, Sesame Square. Another character on the show is Zobi. Zobi teaches children about malaria …show more content…
In Egypt, there is Alam Simsim. Children who watch Alam Simsim have reportedly done better on gender equality tests, then those who do not watch it. One of the contributors to this is Khoka. The four year old wants to be a lawyer, doctor, and an engineer. Khoka is a positive role model for young girls. Simsipur is the Bangladesh version of the show. Tutuki, a purple puppet with long braids, is trying to teach a beneficial message to children everywhere. In Bangladesh, where 42 million out of the 67 million, illiterate people are women, she is trying to get girls to be able to read and write, just as well as others do (Sesame Workshop). Baghch-e-Simsim is the version from Afghanistan. There is a character on Baghch-e-Simsim named Zari. Zari is the first muppet of Afghan descent. She was created to tackle women’s rights, in a country that so desperately needs it (Stezano).Through these puppets, the different versions of Sesame Street are able to teach young children about equality, in a fun and entertaining
The Muppet Movie is a highly self-aware musical comedy that challenges the concept of reality in the background of the film while delivering a classic road trip comedy that is highly reflective of 1970’s culture. The film begins with the muppets entering World Wide Studios to watch a screening of their first film, The Muppet Movie. The audience then focuses on the frame film that the characters are watching, which tells the story of how the muppets “more or less” met. The story begins with Kermit the Frog singing the opening number, The Rainbow Connection, alone in his swamp when a lost man advises him to go to Hollywood and become a star. Along the Way, Kermit meets Fozzie Bear, a failing stand-up comedian, who also dreams of heading west
“There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!” (Sunset Boulevard). The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder focuses on a struggling screen writer who is hired to rewrite a silent film star’s script leading to a dysfunctional and fatal relationship. Sunset Boulevard is heavily influenced by the history of cinema starting from the 1930s to 1950 when the film was released.
In today’s world we tend to be caught up in our own personal bubbles. We don’t realize what goes on outside of our world and the myriad of subcultures that exist. The main problem with this is, once we become aware of the people that live outside of our culture and our norms, we tend to not understand their lifestyle and think that they are abnormal or psychotic. Through the various documentaries that we have explored this semester, I have experienced a change in emotion and thought. Every documentary we watched did not make sense to me. However, I realized that once you really dig deep and try to understand these people and their motives, you can uncover the way they affect our society.
What if I told you that I know the outcome of your life and where you will end up before you even know it? Wouldn’t you be scared? See for a regular person who has a supporting family around them this question will almost feel almost like a death sentence. Nobody wants anyone to judge them before they even go through life on what they will end up being.
We have to show our kids that being different is not a weakness but a strength. In my opinion, Mr. Kennish failed in one of the benefits people with a hearing disability need and that is social support. The show made social support into a major discussion, which should not be ignored. Due to lack of social support, it is hard for deaf kids to be matriculated in mainstreaming. By having a lack of social support we are allowing future generations to not be accepting of people with hearing disabilities. Demonstrating social support can allow understanding for the deaf community and also can help people to treat others
In this paper I am going to write about the movie “Grease.” Specifically, on the two main characters Sandy and Danny. I will be describing and analyzing their interpersonal communication, but mainly on the conflict of their communication.
had many more songs than Sesame Street. The songs are used as jolts and they
The film Babies is a film that follows four babies from San Francisco, Tokyo, Mongolia, and Namibia through their first year of life. The film has no talking or narrative. In many scenes, you don’t even see adults. This helps you get to see a baby’s perspective on the world. This movie showed how different cultures are when it comes to raising children.
hope and greatness for everyone that is unique. There are various poetic devices used throughout the song that lead to that message.
I think many ways young children could acquire knowledge and watching these types of programming could be a way for them to learn. These types of shows intrigue young children and I believe that these shows have a lot to offer for young children. Commercial and public programming both has the same goals of promoting social-emotional to young children. They want to make sure children understand and manage their emotions the right way, develop social skills, how to share, learn about the past, and many more. In the show, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood His pet fish died but his parent told him that it is okay to be sad but there are ways that he could feel better. They claim that asking questions, drawing, and doing something you enjoy doing will help. I believe that their goal in this episode was to understand and manage emotions because it introduces different ways children could deal with similar situations. These shows are also promoting social skills that are necessary for school and life. I believe that it is important for young children to watch these types of shows because they will acquire knowledge and at the same have fun
For my sequence analysis I am going to be doing a scene from the animated movie Tangled directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno. The movie is about Rapunzel a girl who has long hair and has spent her whole life in a tower one day a runaway thief has stumbled upon her. The scene/sequence that I am going to be analyzing from the movie is at the end where the main character starts to realizes her true identity. In this one scene I noticed several; things having to do with mise-en-scene/cinematography. The scene starts out with a closeup of Rapunzel’s mother hand as she takes flowers out of Rapunzel (the main characters) hair. The whole scene is in a very glum and dark color palette. There is a tiny light coming from a window at the top I presume
Have you ever been so focused in a movie that you actually feel like you are in the movie? But then two rows down, people start talking obnoxiously, and you take your focus off the the movie and on to the people talking. During movies there is always that one person or group in the movies that won't care that they are ruining the movie for the other people. People pay money to go to the movies, so if someone is talking loudly the whole time and you can't focus on the movie, the people just wasted $5 a person to hear a person talk the whole movie. If someone was in a movie and someone starts talking and they will not stop, go to the front desk and of the theatre and tell the workers/manager that someone is ruining your movie experience,
Initially, Carl clings to the memory of his deceased wife Ellie, which causes him to live in complete solidarity with a new, very pessimistic view on life. Director, Pete Docter, uses the bright colors of Carl and Ellie’s lifelong house in comparison to the dark and chaotic construction site surrounding them to show this isolation (00:13:36). The dreary gray tones used in this specific scene in the Film show the stark difference between the vibrancy of the house and the turmoil and uncertainty of reality. Not only does the director use color to demonstrate Carl's feelings, but also various other cinematic techniques. Carl’s “square” personality and apparent disregard for others feelings can be shown with the use of shapes and dialogue. When
In the following text, I will talk about the effect and viewing experience of animated films and the difference to non-animated films. I will use the example of "The Secret Life of Pets" to demonstrate the use of Mickey Mousing in the modern world of animated movies and show how the viewing of animated and non-animated films differs from each other.
There are very few films that can claim to be a Biographical Comedy-Drama, but the movie Victoria and Abdul is one movie that can claim all three of those titles. The movie, directed by Stephen Frears, stars Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim and was released on September 15, 2017. The Screenplay written by Lee Hall is based on the book, Victoria and Abdul :The True Story of The Queens Closest Confidant, by Shrabani Basu. The movie begins with the opening line , "Based on true events.... mostly". It is a very touching story of a very unlikely friendship between the Monarch of England and a Clerk from India. Abdul and his companion Mohammed, played by Adeel Akhtar, have come to England to present the Queen a coin for her Golden Jubilee. The pair are given strict instructions to not make eye contact with