Course: Pictures of Youth: An Introduction to Children’s Visual Culture

As we reach the end of our course, we would like to invite you to join the University of York and take your learning to the next level. On our …

As we reach the end of the first week, we would like to invite you to join the University of York and take your learning to the next level. On …

To summarise this week, we have considered the way in which a genre roundly criticised as ‘trash television’ can actually be viewed positively as fulfilling public service broadcasters’ remits for …

This session considered three examples of children learning and performing Shakespeare on the BBC: When Romeo Met Juliet (2010), Macbeth, the movie star and me, and Off By Heart: Shakespeare …

Here are some ways that I think mark out these programmes as belonging to a strand of reality television which shows children engaged in educational activities: The programmes, like make-over …

In contrast to the above shows, Off By Heart: Shakespeare is a programme featuring arguably overachieving students who are already convinced of the playwright’s worth. Building on a previous programme, …

Macbeth, the movie star and me (BBC2, 2012) adds to a subgenre of Shakespeare documentary, where chronicling and championing black actors’ work with the bard is the central focus of …

Three, hour-long episodes of When Romeo Met Juliet (BBC2) first aired in 2010. The series builds on the existing subgenre of hard-to-reach groups performing Shakespeare, which include Shakespeare on the …

The video above focuses solely on examples from the BBC. However, a traditional hallmark of public service broadcasting is impartiality. Here, we acknowledge that other examples of children learning Shakespeare …

Once you’ve watched the video above, list some examples of reality television programmes that you can think of showing non-fictional (real) children learning or performing, at home, in educational or …

There are multiple and contested definitions of reality television. That is to say, not everyone agrees on its characteristics. However, some mainstream definitions of reality television include: “Programmes that focus …

Watch the video above. Then, take a moment to think about the television you watched in your childhood. List the educational content or activities you remember it including. Let us …

To wrap up this week, we’ve considered some ways in which we can define, delimit and problematise the category of ‘children’s films’. In particular, we have explored some ways in …

Classifying Studio Ghibli’s work doesn’t just take account of the content of their films, but also how they are watched and by whom. Listen as we explain more and offer …