One key thing I've learnt from studying film in school over the last year and a half is that the general populous is not critical enough when viewing films. We're trained in how to analyze and critique literary pieces as early as grade school, but film is rapidly becoming the dominant media form, and we have to teach young people how to watch films and television with critical and analytical eyes. Otherwise, they will become passive viewers, accepting whatever's given to them. The really scary part is that it was a book first and they still didn't look at it the right way. LOSE/LOSE SITUATION, MEDIA.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2008-12-01 03:10 am (UTC)