Films pour enfants

Compose a city in drawings and collages

Moral and civic education3-11 years

Educational activity around the short film Vagabond

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Vagabond

Vagabond © The Animation Workshop

TitleVagabond

ThemeFriendship, Animals, Ecology

Genre & keywordsWonderful, futuristic city, imaginary worlds, utopia, friendship, animals.

Age (for film)6-11 years old

Duration07 min 25 s

DirectorPedro Ivo Carvalho

MusicT. Christensen & R. Seer

ProductionThe Animation Workshop (Denmark, 2014)

Educational activities

Understand visualization and plan design.

Create your ideal city from drawings or materials (paper, modeling clay, etc.).

This activity can be carried out over several sessions and can be divided as follows:

  • the analysis of different city districts in plan. The proportion between built and unbuilt spaces (full/empty), traffic lanes...
  • the creation of repositionable elements (trees, houses, etc.)
  • a joint reflection on the city to be carried out. Why not start with a river, a road or a square, then imagine the green spaces...
  • creation of a base of the plan.
  • positioning of the repositionable elements on it.

When the city is built, imagine stories related to its use. For example, imagine that the river is used to bring raw materials, the square to host a market, or the street to serve businesses...

Extensions

Activity sheet written by: Olivier Defaye

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