YouTube.
When you see the word above, what would be on your mind? Of
course varieties of videos right? The ones that you upload, subscribe, and even
search! And as I was searching, this one particular video caught my attention,
and it has become a well-known in a social media world.
‘Dumb Ways to Die’
This particular video is indeed a creative, yet informative and descriptive. It is basically a video made to convey a message to the youngsters to be safe around trains. It was actually a safety campaign video by a train company called Metro in the United Kingdom.
But if you ask me, personally I think that this video is
inappropriate for children and adolescence under the age between one until
eleven. Why? Because this video contains violence. Even though the characters
look cute and they are animated, the actions during the message were
unsuitable.
Frankly, this video reminds me of the series made by Mondo
Magic in YouTube; Happy Tree Friends. Happy Tree Friends featuring all those
cute and cuddly animation animals, in hope of they would somehow creatively
think of an idea of contradiction between cuteness and violence. I personally
thought it was brilliant, because they have shown creativity to showcase the
animals in term of comedy, and at the same
time, viciousness. It was indeed different
than any of the videos in YouTube.
But this video, ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ is a different thing.
Happy Tree Friends, its targeted audience are adults, and Mondo Magic had put
the R Rated warning before showing their every series. ‘Dumb Ways to Die’
targets children as their viewers, and in hoping they would understand the
message given.
To top it off, this ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ video got me
interested in its creativity and the cute animations it showcased. But I still
think it is inappropriate to display this video as a lesson to children in a
safety campaign. They can be more creative than that.
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