Year 10 coursework 1
Section 3
Analysis of a moving image
For the past few weeks we have been studying an advert called ‘cartoon’ for the children’s charity N.S.P.C.C. It is obviously about child abuse. This advert in particular is about a little boy who is physically abused by his father. However, the carton includes a cartoon boy in a normal family home (possibly a one-parent family). The boy stands out a lot as he is a cartoon and he is made much brighter than any of the other objects around him.
The little boy is wearing a green top with a thick red line going across the top. He is also wearing little grey shorts that look like school uniform. His green pale green top is made into a very bright green top, and the red also stands out more with it. The little boy has sky blue colour eyes and looks very vulnerable. As the boy is very small, he is made to look even smaller when he is sitting in the armchair in his living room. In my opinion this is done to show his vulnerability and perhaps just how small he actually is. When the boy is in the kitchen playing with his toys, I found that very unusual as many parents don’t allow their children to play in the kitchen by them selves because of all the sharp objects and machinery.
