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Watching TV
19944 min 57 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Christopher Hinton
Production: Marcy PageBarrie McLean
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the financial assistance of the Family Violence Prevention Division of Health Canada.
Through a meaningful hail of bullets, flying glass and bloodshed, this animated film poses many profound questions about watching and responding to TV violence. Its images and sounds are disturbing and provocative, forcing viewers to examine what, why and how they watch TV, and to examine the effects of television violence on themselves and others. A comprehensive discussion guide, written by Neil Anderson of the Association for Media Literacy, is included.
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Subject categories
- Media and Communication > Advertising and ConsumerismSocial IssuesTelevision Broadcasting and Production
- Social Issues > Media and ConsumerismViolence
Credits
- director
- Christopher Hinton
- animation
- Christopher Hinton
- producer
- Marcy Page
- executive producer
- Barrie McLean
- animation camera
- Jacques Avoine
- Raymond Dumas
- Pierre Landry
- Lynda Pelley
- sound
- Normand Roger
- music
- Normand Roger
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Serge Boivin
- voice
- Susan Glover
- Mark Trafford
- Bernard Turgeon
Awards
- Certificate of Merit - Division Film and Video - Category: AnimationGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
- Second Prize - Category: A (30 sec. to 5 minutes) - with a cash prize of 1000 German marksWorld Festival of Animated Films