Educational activity around the short film You look scary
Identify and express your emotions and feelings by regulating them
You look scary © Xiya Lan
TitleYou look scary
ThemeFriendship, Animals, Appearance
Genre & keywordsComic, animals, rabbit, crocodile, dentist, apprehension
Age (for film)3-11 years
Duration04 min 00 s
DirectorXiya Lan
MusicLuke Morin
ProductionCalarts (United States, 2016)
Work on the composition and recognition of facial expressions.
Recognize expressions in the film and draw expressions with other characters.
Prepare a quiz with the attached expression boards.
First, ask the children to recognize the expressions of the crocodile and the dentist. Retell pieces of the story to recreate the context of the scenes described.
Ask the children to describe the elements of the face and the influence of their shape on the emotion felt (the shape of the smile, the eyes when a character is afraid, the drops of sweat, etc.).
Print the materials for this activity...
When the children have fully integrated these elements, they will be ready to draw their own characters. In groups of three: one student draws a face with a particular expression that the other two will have to try to guess. Each of the 3 students will draw in turn.
The drawings can be presented to the whole class at the end of the session.
