Cameron Babcock's Media TMA 112

We the Little Engines  Short Documentary Link to presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KyraQou1xyoRgAaejSbvti1Dxeu9lzCyZizoMHyqPTc/edit?usp=sharing We the Little Engines Proposal Treatment: When I was a child, one of my favorite books was The Little Engine That Could (1930) by Watty Piper. For one reason, the little engine was blue and I loved anything that was blue I feel like. For another reason, the principle of believing in yourself that you can do hard things rang true to me and gave me hope as a child. My father loved this story just as much as us kids. As children, my father hated when we said the word “can’t” when we were having a hard time at being successful in what we were trying to do. For example, playing baseball as a kid, I remember saying that I can’t hit a home run, there is no way. My dad took me aside and looked right into my eyes and told me to not say that. He made say I can hit a homerun out loud many times. I remember d...

Brave and Spirituality in Children's Media Being in a family can be so terrible sometimes that one must run away into the woods and never return. However, being in a family can be the place where one feels love and a sense of worth and home. Merida from the film  Brave  (2012) relates to both of these feelings of being in a family, but throw on top of that being royalty. Traditions come with royalty. The King and Queen rule not only the whole land but definitely their family. What says goes in the royal household. However, Merida, the protagonist of the film, doesn't believe so. This film teaches children that a child or teenager can stand up against their parents out of pure rebellion but also out of pure love. Disney princess films generally include a child who rebels against their parents. It's important to note in  Brave , Princess Merida actually has two parents and not only one like in many other Disney films. The representation of having bot...

Love Family to the Moon and Back When was the last time you watched some of your own family videos? It is a straight trip to nostalgia. I agree with Benjamin that as we were viewing the family videos there was a tangible love or sense of innocence that one could feel. Sharing my family video when I was two years old, I'll be honest; I was a little nervous. You never know how the class will react to a little Cameron who looks like Chucky, yes from Child's Play (1988) Regarding any family video, there is a sense of vulnerability. This is your family. This is the group that you have lived with since your birth. These are the people that you sacrifice so much of your time to help them through the thick and thin. It's one thing when it's fictitious representation of your family but when it is actually you with the your family on screen the vulnerability raises like five notches. Now, Peter Bogdanovich is a brilliant film director. What's Up Doc (1972) is a fami...

Critique and Speed Racer How much weight does a child's voice have in today's world? Has that weight changed? Considering Munro (1961), the child's voice is not heard by adults and no one even notices that this little child is in war. I feel that in today's society a child's voice has more weight than it did fifty years ago. I feel in news all over the world we have heard stories and voices of small children trying to navigate through problems or issues in the world.  Regarding Speed Racer (2008), young Speed only wants to be a race car driver and be like his older brother. The viewer sees during the exposition of the film while Speed is in elementary school he doesn't care about his school work at and doodles on his test. At least the teacher does notice and it is brought up to his parents. Speed's parents are aware of his work ethic towards school but they also know that they run their family racing business. In this film, I didn't feel that a...