Educational activity based on the short film Buildings
Cooperate in an artistic project.
« Talk about their own work and that of their peers. »
Buildings © Decovocal
TitleBuildings
ThemeFriendship, Appearance
Genre & keywordsScience fiction, house, friendship, building, rain, protection
Age (for the film)3-11 years
Duration05 min 00 s
DirectorTomoyoshi Joko
MusicYodhiski Sugita
ProductionDecovocal (Japan, 2018)
Begin individual work which will end in collective work.
Each child will be able to draw their own building and find their place among the other students « by building a city in the middle of the classroom ».
« This group activity will help the class understand » that there is no perfect city but that environments often correspond to different temperaments and that « everyone views the spaces we live in differently ».
This activity can be completed in 1 or 2 sessions. « You will need A4 and/or A3 card stock. » « Using the template provided, each child can either draw their own outline or draw directly on the template. » The model is simple and « the four sides of the building are easy to identify ».
Print the materials for this activity...
Once the pattern has been cut out, children can give free rein to their imagination and draw the facades of their building, « making sure to draw a face on one of the sides to give it character ».
Finally, once the facades have been drawn and colored, the children can cut out their buildings, fold the tabs and start gluing.
Now, all the students have their own building and they can create their city together. The classroom tables can then become different « islands that sit side by side and become home to the cities they have imagined ».
Activity sheet written by: Olivier Defaye
