•To understand which were the favourite TV programmes of the pupils attending the 5th year of the Leone Sinigaglia primary school, 5A and 5B carried out a survey.•The aim of this survey was to let the Swedish, German and Spanish counterparts know what Italian kids like watching.•Analisying the results it is evident that kids favourite programmes are sketches and TV series.•At the end a data sheet for each of three films seen by all the pupils of the two was created.

1)1) What kind of TV programmes do What kind of TV programmes do you usually watch ?you usually watch ?

2) What time are they usally on the 2) What time are they usally on the air?air?

3) Which genres are they?3) Which genres are they?

4) How long do they usullay last ?4) How long do they usullay last ?

5) What messages do they 5) What messages do they communicate?communicate?

6) What’s your personal opinion?6) What’s your personal opinion?

7) Are you alone or with somebody 7) Are you alone or with somebody when you watch TV?when you watch TV?

8) Further observations8) Further observations

1) Information about the film1) Information about the film

2) Finding information about the 2) Finding information about the filmfilm

3) Title3) Title

4) Production4) Production

5) Film director5) Film director

6) Main actors (dubbers)6) Main actors (dubbers)

7) Music7) Music

8) Genre8) Genre

9) Plot9) Plot

• The survey was carried out on a sample of 110 pupils of the 5th year classes. The questionnaire given to the pupils was made up of multiple choice questions.

• Looking at the charts we can see that the most-watched programmes are as follows: sketches and TV series ( 28.2 %), while a lower percentage like quality cartoons or documentary programmes.

• The survey shows that the peak viewing time is the evening and that most of the children watch the programmes in the company of an adult

Key

SK = sketck

Tf= Ser= series

Doc= documentary - news programmes

Cart= cartoons

All the boys attending the 5th year classes of the Sinigaglia primary school, Turin, were asked: “Which TV programmes do you usually watch?”

The number of answers obtained: 110 87 out of 370 ( 370 refers to the multiple choice questions) 35 out of 370100 out of 370148 out of 370

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All the boys attending the 5th year classes of the Sinigaglia primary school, Turin, were asked: “Which TV programmes do you usually watch?”

Percentages

• Sk:10%• Ser:8.2%

• Doc:0.9%• Cart+sk:7.3%• Cart+ser:11.8%• Cart+doc:4.6%• Cart+sk+ser:9.1%• Cart+sk+doc:2.7%• Cart+ser+doc:2.7%• Sk+ser:28,2%• Sk+doc:1.8%• Ser+doc:0%• Sk+ser+doc:2.7%• Ser+sk+doc+cart:1.8%

• Sto calculate the percentage the denominator is

• divided by the denominatore and the result• obtained is multiplied by100

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Sk= sketchSer= TV moviesDoc= documetary & newsCart= cartoons

TV programmes

• Camera Caffè: 20:30 – 21:30 (duration 1 hr.)• Every day .• Comedy and light entertainment.• Life according to Jim: 19:30 - 20:10 (duration 1 hr.)• Every day (from Monday to Friday).• Entertainment.• The O.C : 21:10 - 23:00 (duration : 2 hr.)• Wednesday • Dramatic and adventure TV series• Wrestling: 19:00 - 21:00 (duration: 2 hr.)• Saturday • All-in wrestling.

Answers:Alone: 10 out of 110With someone else: 45 out of 110Alone or with someone else: 54 out of 110

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The pupils of the 5th A and the 5th B chose three films from a selection of films known to them.

• Madagascar

• Shark Tale

• Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

MADAGASCARPLOTMadagascar tells the story of four friends: Martin the zebra, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe andGloria the hippo. They all live in the New York zoo. One day Martin, the zebra, sees some penguins escape from the zoo and take the road to their natural environment. On the evening of his birthday party he suggests following the penguins’ example to his friends but they refuse Martin’s proposal, so Martin decides to run away on his own. During the night Alex, the lion, wakes up and realises that his friend has run away. Alex, Melman and Gloria run away from the zoo to find their friend, Martin. They finally find him but the police capture them and imprison them in a ship. Nobody knows where the ship is going to!! Some penguins rescue the four after freeing themselves from the cages where they are imprisoned; they tie up the captain and take possession of the ship. The ship makes a sudden movement and all the boxes fall into the water and the four friends find themselves on the beach of the island of Madagascar. After a short time Martin and Alex start to quarrel and decide to divide the beach into two parts. The four friends are then kidnapped by the inhabitants of the island, the Lemurs, who are scared of them because they think they are bad animals, however later they realise that the four are good animals and so they become friends.One day Alex, the lion, is really hungry and he “sees” steaks instead of his friends. He bites Martin who becomes scared of him and runs away. Alex is afraid he will hurt his friends so he hides in a cave where he can’t see them but Martin goes to tell him that they will always be his friends. When the hyenas attack the lemurs Alex rescues them and to celebrate the event they all meet on the beach.COMMENTThe film wants to underline how important it is for the animals to live in their natural environment. It also highlights the strong friendship that keeps them together and the fact that by helping each other they are able to solve their difficulties. Directed by: Mirelle StoriaMusic: Hans zimmerVoices:Alex: Ben StilerMartin: Cris BachGloria: Jada In’riiretth StineMelman: david Schiwwimmer

SHARK TALE• PLOT: Shark Tale is an amazing action cartoon. It is the story of a fish named Oscar who's working as a “tongue cleaner” and dreams of

becoming famous. Oscar has a debt to pay and Angie, his friend, gives him a 5,000-dollar pearl , but he puts it on a bet. One day he meets a shark named Lenny, Lenny has a little problem - he is vegetarian!!

What's worst is that Lenny is one of Don Lino‘s , the boss of the area, son. Lenny and his brother are supposed to control the area. In order to prove his courage to his father Lenny must “eliminate” Oscar.

Lenny's brother is killed accidentally by an anchor and Oscar says that he killed him and calls himself “the sharkslayer”, meanwhile Lenny hasn't the heart to face his father.

Oscar’s life suddendly changes – from a “nobody” he becomes the star of the moment, but the sharks want revenge and only with Lenny’s help canOscar hope to resolve the situation. Oscar is forced to tell the truth, and confesses that he is not a sharkslayer and because a normal happy person again.

• COMMENT :The film wants to tell us that it is necessary for us to trust in ourselves and it’s not necessary to boast to be important .The story is full of moral teachings and is for a young public, but it can make adults laugh, too.The plot is clever and the scenograpy in the style of “The Godfather” The story takes place in a underwater New York coral barrier. There are several references to famous musicals and costumes. Starting from the unlikely names like “Coral-cola” or the singer “Tuna Turner” or the conturbante Lolo a version of the well-known Jessica Rabbit.

• ACTORS:If you know the actors who lend their voices to the orginal characters, it is easy to recognise them.

Oscar/Will Smith, Don/Robert De Niro, Lola/Angelina Jolie, Angy/ Renèe Zellweger Lenny/ Jack Black.

Director: Rob LettermanScreenplay: Michael J. Wilson Rob LettermanSound track: Hans ZimmerEditing : Nick FletcherSet design: Dan St. PierreGenre: cartoonDate issued: 25/02/05Italian voices:Tiziano Ferro (Oscar), Luca Laurenti (Lenny),Luisa Corna (Lola), “Pali e Dispari” (Ernie e Bernie), Cristina Parodi (Katie Current)Produzione: Universal Pictures Video 2005

PLOT:Charlie Bucket comes from a very poor family. He spends most of his time dreaming about

his favourite food which is too expensive for him – chocolate. His life changes when Willie Wonker,

the owner of a famous chocolate factory announces that who finds the five golden tickets in the

famous bars of chocolate will win the prize of a tour around the marvellous chocolate factory.

Charlie miraculously wins one of the 5 tickets.

Original title: Charlie and the chocolate factory

Location: USA/GRAN BRETAGNA

Genre: Adventure story for children

Date issued: 23/09/05

Director: Tim Burton

Set design: John August

Main actors: Freddie Higmore,Jonny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter,James Fox,

Jordan Fry

This film was inspired by the book of the same name, written by the famous writer of children’s stories Roald Dahl . The film tells the story of Charlie, a boy who lives in poverty and only eats cabbage. In the city where he lives there is the biggest chocolate factory in the world, but at that moment it is closed. Willie Wonker, the owner of the factory, makes wonderful chocolate which is famous all over the world and for this reason Wonker thinks that spies from other chocolate factories will try to steal his recipes. One day Willi Wonker suddenly decides to close the factory but some time later the town’s people see smoke coming from the chimney again and the famous bars of chocolate are in circulation once more. The strange thing is that the workers who worked in the factory qre not called back to work and nobody knows who makes the chocolate. Willie Wonka organises a competition and five golden tickets are put inside the wrappers of five lucky chocolate bars. The five children who find these tickets can visit this special factory and one child will win a special prize. Word of this spreads and everybody buys the chocolate bars in great quantities hoping to find one of the golden tickets inside. Four of the lucky winners are: a fat, greedy German boy called Augustus; an unpleasant and spoilt girl called Veruca; a Karate and bubble gum champion called Violetta and a great war game fan called Mike. Because Charlie is poor he can only have one bar a year, on his birthday. He finally finds the fifth golden ticket, but not in the bar he receives for his birthday but in the one he buys with a coin he finds on the ground. When all five children are inside the factory all the winners, except Charlie, do something silly and so they are eliminated. In the end only Charlie remains and he receives a special present – the chocolate factory!!

The plot of the film: Charlie and the chocolate factory

Comments on: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• I went with my class to see this film. The film has other main characters apart from Willy Wonker, the owner of the factory. They are children who have good qualities and defects. I don’t identify myself with any of these children because Charlie is too good, although he is very poor he is always kind and thoughtful. I also have this quality but I’m not so kind and thoughtful as Charlie.

• Augustus is greedy, rude and loves all types of sweet food. I’m not greedy but I like sweets and chocolate very much. Sometimes I’m a bit rude.

• I’m not like Veruca, who is very spoilt and unpleasant. Perhaps some people think I’m unpleasant but I don’t think I’m so nasty as her!

• Violetta is more like me because she is competitive and does martial arts like me. I think I am less annoying than her and that I’m less arrogant, too.

• Mike is like me too because he is tecnological but he’s also boasts a bit. Anyway I think that if I had gone into that factory I would have been eliminated very quickly but I would have tried to make frineds with Umpa Lumpa.

• I think I am a mixture of:• Charlie: generous and kind• Violetta :determined and competetive• Mike: tecnological