How age is represented in films

How age is represented in films

Age is represented in different ways in films. For example in the film 'Up' (showed in the picture above) shows the older generation in a positive way as in the film he helps the teenage scout to succeed in getting his 'helping the elderly badge'. The man in the film is shown at the start as a the 'stereotypical old man'; this is how he refuses to answer the door at first to the boy and it just grumpy how he lives on his own. However after been given a chance he shows his nice side and soon becomes attached to the younger boy.

This media is a positive representation and i have chosen this because as it is a children's film it has been designed by the media to get children to give old people a chance. In the image you can see he his holding onto the rope with the child and this shows a built trust between the two and that they have grown fond of each other. However in the photo the older man shows a worry in his face which could suggest that he isn't sure of how this friendship with the child might turn out as it is an usual situation for the public to see.

Disney Pixar is a child friendly which means that they try to send out the positive message to children and family viewers. The producers of this media film would have done this to create and underline messages that all older people are not the same and to represent the energy being transferred from the young child to the old in the picture shown above.