# animate! › Films › Safety Tips for Kids by Roz Mortimer › synopses

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, photographic animation, live action and animation, news media, child deaths, family violence, essay film, filmmaker, artist

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**Safety Tips for Kids** a film by Roz Mortimer

2003, 5 min 06 sec

### animate! synopsis

An ironic look at the way newspapers report children’s deaths… accidents, bad mothers, angry fathers and the bogeyman. Based on the filmmaker’s archive of newspaper clippings, these are horribly good stories that make great copy.

### short synopsis

An ironic look at the way newspapers report children’s deaths: accidents, bad mothers, angry fathers and the bogeyman…horribly good stories that make great copy.

### long synopsis

An ironic look at the way newspapers report children’s deaths: accidents, bad mothers, angry fathers and the bogeyman.

With an inventive mix of still photography and live action, the film sweeps around Britain to create a chilling comment on death, news reporting and the family. Statistics show that a child is more likely to be murdered by one of their parents than by a stranger – every six weeks in the UK, a man or a woman kills their children.

**Safety Tips for Kids** film, stills and other materials © Roz Mortimer 2003