Question

Observation Techniques: Film Analysis

This week, you will analyze a three- to five-minute segment of a movie or a television episode depicting aggression, conflict, and peacemaking.

After watching the movie segment, create a report on your analysis. In your report:

• Mention the name of the movie.
• Describe the setting and overall storyline of the movie.
• Describe the main characters in the observed movie section.
• Describe the situation that you analyzed and interpret the action of the characters depicting aggression, conflict, and peacemaking.
• Draw conclusions based on social psychological concepts and theories.

Answer 1

Movie name - Taare Zameen Par

Movie storyline :-

This movie is about a 8 yaer old child name Ishaan Awasthi which have some disability and because of that disability, his school or academic performance is not good or you can say very bad. But he is very good in arts. But because of his bad performance in school, no one can understand him even his teachers, parents and sibling.

He have a very small family in which father, mother and one elder brother. His father is always show aggression and never understand him. He always demotivate him and frustrated because of him. And his elder brother is very good in studies.

But the life of Ishaan change after he meets his new Art teacher.

Ishaan is suffer from dyslexia but no one understand him. But his new art teacher is not the teat of arts, he is also motivates the students. So he understands the problem of Ishaan and try to solve that problem and also motivates him.

Characters of movie :-

* Ishaan Awasthi - An 8 yaer old boy who is suffering from dyslexia.

* Ram Shankar Nikumbh - He is Ishaan's new art teacher.

* Rajan Damodran - He is the handicapped child and the classmate of Ishaan and also good and only friend of Ishaan.

* Yohaan Awasthi - He is the eldet brother of Ishaan.

* Maya Awasthi - She is the mother of Ishaan and Yohaan.

* Nandkishor Awasthi - He is father of Ishaan and Yohaan.

By analysing the situation :-

* Ishaan's father (Nandkishor) is very strict and arrogant towards Ishaan because of his poor academic performance and never understand him. So his aggressive behaviour always demotivate his younger child which also affects on child's mind.

* Because of Ishaan's disability, teachers and school always complaint about him. So this always create conflicts between him and his parents.

* But peacemaking situation comes only when his new art teacher is appointed in school and Ishaan meets him. His art teacher always motivates him andmakes him happy and also understand his problem because he is also suffered this problem in his childhood.

Conclusion :-

Childhood is the base of every individual's life. It plays a very in important role in everyone's life. So we all have to understand that when we demotivate the child that affects their whole life. So we don't have to judge the child because of their bad performance in their studies. Everyone born with their own different skills.