Short film A
Title: Solo.
Runtime: 15 minutes, 37 seconds.
NOTES
• Solo is the first of two short films to be viewed and written about on Project 3.
• Solo ends at 15:37 and does not include the 11-minute documentary attached after it in the file below.
• To clarify: the documentary (from 15:40 to 26:40 in the file below) is not part of Film A, and it is not Film B.
• View the behind-the-scenes documentary if you’re interested, but do not write in response to it on Project 3.
• pitons short metal pegs used to secure climbing rope along a mountain face
• caribiners metal loops that link climbing rope to pitons
• howl sound a wolf makes
• ribbit spelling for sound a frog makes
Ahort film B
Title: Little Terrorist.
Runtime: 15 minutes, 28 seconds.
NOTES
• The story takes place along the border between Pakistan (a predominately Muslim country) and India (a country with a large Hindu popuation.)
• Jamal is a 10-year-old Muslim boy from Pakistan, not India.
• Bhola, the old schoolmaster, and Rani, Bhola’s niece, live in a village in India, not Pakistan.
• The border guards are Indian soldiers from India, not Pakistani soldiers from Pakistan.
• Jamal’s religion (Islam) differs from Bhola and Rani’s religion (Hinduism).
• In contrast to religious and cultural differences, these characters speak the same language in the film.
• A shaved head (with a small tail of hair) is sometimes a sign that a person is a practicing Hindu.
• In some cultural traditions, eating food before an elderly person has eaten or touching food and utensils with the “wrong” hand is sometimes frowned upon.
• Jamal is not Rani’s nephew. Jamal is not related to Rani or Bhola. He is a stranger in India when the story opens.
Writing Prompt
Compare the storytelling techniques in Film A and Film B. Which director uses images and
sounds more effectively to tell a story? Support your answer with specific examples, quotations,
illustrations, and particular details from each film
Share and compare reactions and impressions to the films
with classmates via the Discussion Board Forum. Review your notes from discussions and
viewings. Use worksheets available on Blackboard. Once you find at least three main points of
interesting comparison and contrast, begin making notes for an essay draft that analyzes and
compares how these points connect to storytelling techniques in the two films
