Reflection of Kids TV Show: The Amazing World of Gumball

Introduction

The text is concerned with an investigation of a kids' TV show. The aim is to verify whether the content of the movie selected matches with the provided rating. On the other hand, there is an attempt to present the proportion that exists between aggressive and prosocial acts in the movies. Mainly, kids' movies are characterized by these two kinds of acts, and they are included intentionally by the creators of the films, and they have effects on kids. The selected movie is "The Amazing World of Gumball."

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Content and Rating of the Movie

The movie is rated age 8+, and it has cartoon characters, and it is full of silly laughs and scrapes. The other content that is found in this kids' TV show is violence and scariness. The movie lacks educational value or positive messages. The content of "The Amazing World of Gumball" is also impressive to the viewers who are the kids. The animation is very colorful. It is also characterized by exaggerated troubles that the leading actor, Gumball finds himself in. Such events equip kids with experiences on how to behave responsibly as well as following instructions were given to them.

In my point of view, the rating is matching the rating given. The score is provided in accordance to the kind of the content that in the movie. The content of the film under analysis is in line with the content that is suitable for kids of age eight years and above. The show is not suitable for kids less than eight years as they can be scared by the scariness and violent scenes. The movie is also characterized by the wildest imaginations of kids. When a kid watches this movie, he or she is more likely to experience the reality of the visions that kids have (Wilson 98). On the other hand, the movie is characterized by gross-out humor that is important as they keep the kid interested and entertained.

The Proportion of Aggressive to Prosocial Acts

About the notes made while watching "The Amazing World Of Gumball" the portion of the aggressive acts to prosocial act was relatively small. This indicates that the instances which kids experience aggressive actions in the movie are fewer compared to the instances they experience prosocial cats while watching this movie. The implication of this is that kids will be influenced more to act in prosocial perspectives over aggressive acts.

Effects of Aggression Acts in Children

When children watch violent scenes in the movie, the end up behaving violently in real life encounters. The intense scenes will cause different emotions for the various characters in the film (Wilson 101). Children are easily carried by the feelings of the characters in the movie. Hence they are affected by those emotions. Even though this is the case, the effects that will take place in children when they watch movies highly depends on the age, gender, and the level at which they perceive the movie they are watching (Wilson 100). To avoid these effects, children should be exposed or should watch TV programs that are featured by educational content as well as situational comedies that enhances prosocial acts by the kids.

Conclusion

Basically "The Amazing World of Gumball" is in line with the rating given to it. It is suitable for the kid of age 8 and above as its content is precisely what is the interest of children at this age. The only drawback is that the movie has made of violent scenes to make children entertained, but the approach has the effect of tampering with the emotions of the children. All in all, the content of the movie is vibrant when viewed by the kids as described by the rating.

Works Cited

Wilson, Barbara J. "Media and children's aggression, fear, and altruism." The future of children (2008): 87-118.