Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.28.2023.100
THE STATUS OF CHILD CHARACTERS IN CROATIAN FEATURE FICTION FILMS IN THE PERIOD FROM 1991 TO 2020
Zlatko Vidačković
orcid.org/0009-0005-7274-1128
; University North
Iva Rosanda Žigo
orcid.org/0000-0002-1149-091X
; University North
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present the position of child characters in Croatian feature fiction films. For this purpose, a content analysis of
eleven selected films, made in the period from 1991 to 2020 was carried out. In the theoretical part, the paper starts from the assumption
that film is a medium of mass communication that establishes a dialogue with the audience with a specific purpose and reason, therefore it often
appears as an interpreter of social events. The aforementioned turned out to be particularly interesting in the analyzed films, in which it is precisely
through the child’s character that the broader social and cultural problems of today are pointed out. Following the theoretical starting
points complemented by the content analysis of the selected films, research has shown that child characters in Croatian films mostly appear
as important participants and witnesses, and more direct or indirect victims, as a rule, of family dramas and strained relationships between
adults, most often parents.
Keywords
child character; Croatian feature fiction film; mass media; melodrama; family film
Hrčak ID:
304841
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2023.
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