Film commentary: Piok
A very funny short film about the origin of crop circles.Questioning the film: Piok
Understand the story, the theme, express your sensibility and exercise your critical thinking.1 Where does the story take place? Who are the two main characters?In France or in another country?
The story takes place on a farm surrounded by farmland.The two main characters are a rooster and an alien.The action seems to take place in the USA, in a huge agricultural area.
2 What is the object that crashes to the ground at second 16?
It is the alien's spaceship.
3 What does the picture show at second 58?
Thealien's analysis shows that the rooster has a brain the size of a peanut.
4 What is the alien trying to do next?
He wants to put his spaceship back together, presumably so that he can restart it.
5 What does the alien discover, to his horror, at 1 min 57 sec?
He discovers that the cockerel has managed to get into the spaceship; he is afraid that it will do anything, which it does.
6 How does thestory end?
The cockerel starts the spaceship and takes off into space.
7 Do you know the device shown in second 8?
It is a compass rose: it tells you the direction of the wind.
8 What is the name of the drawing in the wheat field at 2:34?
It is called a crop circle.A crop circle is a geometric pattern made in a field of cereals. Visible from the sky, these creations can go from a simple circle of a few metres in diameter to compositions of several hectares.
These geometrical patterns are made by laying the ears of cereals on the ground but the authors do not always claim their creations and certain amateurs of paranormal phenomena attribute their origin to supernatural causes, extraterrestrials for example.
9 And you, what do you think of crop circles?
Open answer / debate
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Created with the support of the Ministry of Education and the CNC.Viewing of the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.
Imagining a culture circle (Mathematics) (Cycle 2 and 3)
Educational activities proposed by Christophe Defaye based on the film Piok.
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