Children’s Languages of Film Appreciation

The present study was conducted to understand what children appreciate in the films E. T.: The Extra Terrestrial (ET) and Saving Private Ryan (SPR). The study consisted of a sample of 93 school children of class XI aged between 15-17 years. A film appreciation instrument was designed drawing insights from Teasley and Wilder (1997). The research study was quantitative in nature. It was found that the percentage of girls is more in the appreciation of literary aspects in the film ET and SPR in comparison to boys. The other important finding of the study is that the percentage of boys is more compared to girls with respect tothe appreciation of dramatic and cinematic aspects of the two films.