Film & Children
by Jose Villegas
1. What are the benefits for children from film & media?
1.1. Film can help a child's creativity race and help them gather new ideas that they have not thought of.
1.2. Age appropriate films usually have an important message throughout the process.
2. At what age should children be exposed to film culture?
2.1. Some people might not agree with younger children being exposed to film culture.
2.2. In my opinion, once children reach grade school they should be exposed to age appropriate films.
3. What makes a movie child-friendly?
3.1. Overall lessons at the end of the film.
3.2. Thoughtful messages throughout the film.
4. What makes a movie rated PG and above?
4.1. G rated films are usually educational, thoughtful, and include no sense of violence and negativity.
4.2. If a film includes any sort of crude humor, violence, anything negative, etc. it will be rated PG and above because most people think that children can not handle those types of films without parental supervision.
5. What can students take away from film culture?
5.1. A lot of history!
5.2. Many age appropriate films have valuable lessons and history that they expose to children!