Educational activity based on the short film A different perspective
Address the notions of perspective and scale.
Take ownership of visual storytelling through artistic compositions, in 2 or 3 dimensions, for the purposes of story and testimony or from the organization of still and animated images, to tell a story.
A different perspective © Chris O'Hara
TitleA different perspective
ThemePoint of view
Genre & keywordsComic, Extra-terrestrial, perspective, animals, moon, sea, mountain
Age (for the film)3-11 years
Duration01 min 55 s
DirectorChris O'Hara
ProductionChris O'Hara (United States, 2012)
Repurpose an object or character by placing it in a setting and creating a scale effect.
The short film A different perspective allows students to explore the essential concept of scale in visual arts. In fact, all the elements in an artistic work are connected by a relationship of proportion. An element serves as a reference (for example human size) and organizes the entire work.
An object will be smaller or larger than another, on the same plane or on different planes (background, foreground). To create an emotion (astonishment, fear, etc.), artists use exaggerated scale to tip us into a world where our usual reference points are upended.
Suggest that the students divert the image of an object or a character by reinventing its proportions: play with scale and make us believe that a small object can seem large or even immense or conversely make us believe that an object that is actually large seems very small and tiny...
The sculptors
Extensions on scale relationships: “The Incredible Shrinking Man”, Jack Arnold (1957).
Activity sheet written by: Karine Cheze
