Author Topic: Pixar Animation Short Comic Activity (Read 60338 times)

jonfen1984 · « **on:** December 07, 2010, 07:51:58 AM »

This is just a short activity to have fun with the class. Can take around 20 minutes or so.

First, open Pixar's "For the Birds" animation short. Tell the class that there isn't any speaking in the clip. Ask them to think about what the characters are saying. Then show the clip.
Here is a link to the clip. (it's HD, so if your work comp is a P.O.S you might need to find a lower quality version)

After watching the clip talk about comics briefly. Then pass out the attached worksheet. It is a comic I made for the clip that has speech bubbles without any speaking. Ask the class to be creative and funny in their creation of the birds' conversations.

laurel · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2010, 08:18:00 AM »

This is a great activity. Have you used it yet? If so, what age group did you use it for and how did it go?

Thanks

Arsalan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2010, 08:23:31 AM »

That's smart Jonfen. :)

I never though of doing that with a video and comic life. Gives possibility for a lot of things.

jonfen1984 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2010, 12:47:02 PM »

Thanks ya'all....

The program is called comic life, came with my macbook. Nothing too fancy, t's pretty self explanatory.

I used it for Middle School 2nd Graders. At first they were just writing a very literal interpretation of what they saw in the clip. To help boost their openness to creativity, I made my own silly example and showed them first.

I was thinking this activity could be used with pretty much any clip. Even foreign films

taffyobd · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2010, 08:53:32 AM »

yep, love this, its keeping my 3rd grade middle school kids entertained and stimulated without making them study post grading tests. thanks

and thanks pixar these short films with minimal speech, like this and lifted are pure gold!!

reverendb97 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2010, 10:12:26 AM »

This looks wonderful. I haven't used it in my classes yet, but hope to on Monday. I have kind of borrowed from here and from another lesson from this site and made the ppt to go along with it instead of looking for the video on the net. I hope this helps others. Also, I took the JPEG and put it on the ppt to show the class what they will be doing. Thanks again for the great ideas for class.

mteacher · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2010, 09:23:57 AM »

Hahahha! Thanks!! This is awesome!

I really want to use it, but... I have elementary kids... any ideas on how to make it easier for them??

juliann · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2010, 10:42:12 AM »

Sorry, I titled that incorrectly. This worksheet is for 'For the Birds'.

The answers are included for the first part (labeling the letters) so make sure you first delete them before you print and hand out!

ToniV · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2010, 08:38:06 AM »

Somewhere along the way, the previous English teacher downloaded this video onto my computer. So, if it's hard to play the video streaming, you might be able to find it on various websites to download the HD version of the video to play for your class. The HD version was downloaded to my computer from the previous English teacher. I don't know where he got it from.

boosh77 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2010, 07:08:02 PM »

I used these shorts before and you're right the kids love it! I like what you did with the comic strip I'm goona try that next time. Originally all the pixar shorts were on youtube but eventually got removed. I found a Spanish(?) website that still has them all in HD, http://www.220.ro/.
Also try a short called Oktapodi on youtube. What i did, which works well for low levels, ie grade 1. is show about 4 or 5 shorts and then get them to design a DVD jacket for their favorite one -not much talking involved granted, but some writing skills. I'll try and post the ppt on the main page.

pingyi · « **Reply #10 on:** December 27, 2010, 12:15:48 AM »

i made PPT, words. (using above files)
i hope it could help the others
Thanks!

LoloRising · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2011, 02:36:07 PM »

this worked really well for my middle school classes - thanks sooo much for sharing!

To take up a whole class with it, I gave supplementary vocabulary they might need (which would also work well for younger students like someone had asked about) and I had them work together in groups to create the dialogue. I then made them memorize it and had them act out their interpretation.
They were happy with it and had fun. I consider that success!

joel · « **Reply #12 on:** April 05, 2011, 08:57:59 AM »

You can download the pixar movies at the link below. good quality fast download

http://stagevu.com/video/kvojayunjcmo

scotty · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:33:11 AM »

Here's another activity with a .ppt and worksheet to go with the pixar movie: Lifted. Also a fun short.

lindsaydp1 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:34:59 AM »

My high school kids LOVE the Pixar stuff. I tend to start the class with them, just for fun and to get them to relax and like me, haha! The enjoy Lifted (I think it's hilarious too) and also One Man Band. Partly Cloudy is also really cute, and around 6 minutes if you're looking to use up time!

V25 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:41:30 AM »

I was shown lifted in a course last year and this post reminded me of the Birds short and other pixar movies. Great for students to create their own dialogue or describe the scene

scotty · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2011, 09:52:44 AM »

Oh, I found this powerpoint and worksheet that we made which is a bit simpler for the movie "for the birds", compared to another one I found on this site. Hope it helps, my students are really low level.

lhardy2008 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:27:54 AM »

I did this with several levels of my middle school students. The lower levels had a difficult time creating dialogue for the cartoon. Although, I often find that my students have a difficult time when there is no right/wrong answer, regardless of level. Does anyone else often experience this lack of creativity with their students?

darktoad1 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:42:29 AM »

Great lesson plan! I played the video, had my students do a worksheet matching screenshots of the movie to sentences describing what was happening in the screenshots (the worksheet was posted by someone other than the original poster, above), and then had them do the comic in the original post. My class is a little on the lower-level side, and all of that took a full 40-45 minutes. Thanks for posting!

MikeG23 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:49:58 AM »

http://www.kickasstorrents.com/pixar-shorts-collection-including-burn-e-720p-t1983908.html

Check it out for all the pixar shorts. If you're like me you are traveling to different classrooms and schools so its great to bring on a flash drive. Also, there is a DVD collection of them. Some schools have it in their movie library or you can get them ordered.

Author Topic: Pixar Animation Short Comic Activity (Read 60338 times)

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