JULY


Great short films for the winter holidays


THE MIRROR



As you watch this short film, you may wish to focus on the character's face, body, mood, actions and objects in the bathroom. Make sure you can say all you want in English. Write it down in your class notebook and we can check it out in August. It can be fun as well as a great vocabulary revision.
How does the film make you feel? Post your thoughts and feelings below.

THE NOTEBOOK



Next is this even shorter film directed by Greg Grey. It's an ad actually. 
List all the household chores the kid does. What other title would you give this film? 

And if you feel very creative, you could write a short text in which you are the character in the film. Write a narrative describing how you feel and what is happening in your life throughout the film.

SOAR


Before you watch the last short animated film by Alyce Tzue , read the following description and try to visualize the situation in as much detail as possible. 

“Mara is standing in a large green field. She winds the propeller on a red and white model plane she is holding. She throws the plane into the air. At first the plane soars high, but suddenly it dips and crashes to the ground. Mara looks very disappointed. She walks to a table in the field which is covered with the blueprints for her model planes. She sits down and studies one of the blueprints, and the wind almost blows the blueprint away. Mara sighs and rests her head on a hand, and is very unhappy. All of a sudden, something from the sky hits Mara on the head and lands on the table – it is a very small blue case.”

 As you watch, compare the scene with the one in your mind's eye. 

Post your comments on the film below, if you like.

  • Did you enjoy the film?
  • How did the film make you feel?
  • Does the film have a message?

Comentarios

  1. Paffranchino15 de agosto de 2017 a las 9:27 a.m.

    The Mirror
    This is a French short movie about the passing of time.
    The authors use a creative technique to tell the story of a man from childhood to old age.
    You can only see his face throw its reflection in the toilette's mirror.
    He goes through childhood, looses teeth, becomes a teenager, starts using perfume, shaving, tatoos his body. Then he turns an adult, has a relationship with a girl, they have a child together. Then they separate and he gets depressed. He turns old, starts getting overweight, loosing his hair, wearing glasses. Then he turns old, looses his teeth and uses a walking cane.
    There are some objects in the bathroom that tell part of the character's interests, needs, habits.
    There is also a creative use of light: The story begins with the child turning the lights on and finishes with the old man turning it of. And also simbolizes the lighter and darker periods of his life.

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