Monday 1 October 2012

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid - 1989
Directed by Ron Clements & John Musker
Studio - Walt Disney

Having watched the film, undertake the tasks in the booklet, using the guide task sheet to help you through. BOOKLET    GUIDE SHEET

The tasks are (very briefly) as follows:
1. Identify all the creatures you saw in the film
2. Draw a new creature
3. Find out about Calypso - write about the music used in 'Kiss the Girl' (about 1 hour into the film)
4. Draw different mouths for the characters and identify the effects changing just one aspect of a drawing can have on meaning
5. DRAMA activity - imagine you can't talk - how do you communicate?
6. Casting Tasks - analyse the effects of the different voices and then choose people you would cast for various characters
7. Editing Tasks - re-writing some of the 'text' and re-ordering the images
8. Interview some of the characters - what might they say?
EXTENSION - make a fish puppet using two dowel sticks