visual vs literary

[harry_potter00]

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From: harry_potter00
Subject: Re: visual vs literary
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6336] Viloence: visual vs literary
Date: 8/9/00 4:07 pm  (ET)

<<What would the ratings of the Disney films be if they used live action
and CGI?>>

You are very correct in saying that Disney movies often have very violent
or greusome themes. But if you look back to the actual storys they were
often far worse. The book "Tarzan of the Apes", was actually quite gory,
and the movie was much more child friendly.

<<If Star Wars were just a novel, what would the reading level be?>>

I am not sure if you know this but, at least in the schools that I have
attended, the reading level is not based on content. It is based on words
on a page, or something similar. I have read books that talked rather
evasively (and yet it was still quite blunt) about sex and these were
5th to lower 6th grade reading level. It might also be interesting to
know the reading levels of books by popular adult authors such as Mary
Higgins Clark (7-8th grade level) and John Grisham (5-6th grade level).

<<Are there discreprencies between reading levels, movie ratings, tv
ratings, game ratings etc?>>
I am not really sure about this but as far as I know books have no
labeling system for books, while many books have adult themes, any child
could go into a library and check them out.
Yet the other side of this is that a book might have an age restriction
while an advanced reader might be able to handle it and still be
under age.

I really hope this helped.

Scott