Children Programmes

This paper addresses the issue of the quality of children's programs in the Brazilian audiovisual scene from the analysis of the Hansel and Gretel episode of the Teatro Ra Tim Bum! programme currently showing on TV Ra Tim Bum!. Firstly, we discuss the definition of quality parameters, and their relationship with media literacy, to analyze the production of children's programmes. Secondly, we analyze dramaturgy and misé-en-scene of Hansel and Gretel TV trans-creation by Cia Le Plat du Jour.

A discussion of four short films made for children, three live-action dramas (Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version, The Case of the Elevator Duck, and Zlateh the Goat) and a virtually wordless animation (Whazzat?). Following testing with child audiences, the films are evaluated in terms of psychological point of view (voice, focus, values, and mode of expression) and tone.