Films pour enfants

I think I love you

The different ways of loving

Maybe we love? Maybe no?

Synopsis

Like musical notes, people meet on a musical score.

I think I love you
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Commentary on the film

A film about the different ways of loving and being loved. Maybe we love? Maybe no? But also on musical creation; the characters with varied feelings and expressions which evolve on a musical staff represent musical notes, musical phrases. The ending suggests that the different skits in the film represent phases of the composer's imagination or mood.

Questions about the film

Understand the story and themes, express your feelings and develop critical thinking.

1What does the setting of the film make you think of?
On a musical scale. A staff is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces used to represent the pitch of the notes.
2And the characters?
The characters are perhaps musical notes.
3When the boy climbs the rope, what note does it become?
The note la (A).
4What do the colored shapes represent in the film?
Words, ideas, thoughts, feelings.
5Why are the characters in black, and the feelings in color?
Perhaps ideas and feelings are more important than physical bodies?
6At the end of the film (5 min 32 s), what do we understand?
We understand that each sketch in the film represents, in fact, musical phrases, parts of a melodic line or a musical idea. The psychological states of the characters represent the psychological states of the composer in the process of composing.
7What does this make you think of? What is needed to compose music?
Having feelings to try to transcribe them into music. We cannot compose without feelings.
8And for literature, painting or dance, what do you think?
Open response/debate

Download the film's educational activities as a PDF

Created with the support of the French Ministry of Education and the French National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC).

Watching the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.

▸ Slideshow and sound creation (Music education) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Valérie from the Val 10 blog based on the film I think I love you.
▸ Inventing dialogues (English) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Valérie from the Val 10 blog based on the film I think I love you.

TitleI think I love you

ThemeFriendship

Genre & keywordsMusical, Friendship, Meeting, Love, Human relationships, Feelings, Musical notes

Recommended age9 years old

Duration6 min 52 s

DirectorXiya Lan

ProductionCalarts

Year of production2017

Country of productionUNITED STATES

MusicKaren Tanaka

Sound designKaren Tanaka

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