Anyone who has been to one of our PDs will know that we are big on teaching teen film - for the important reason that teenagers are interested in other teenagers. We're also fans of Spike Jonze - director of Where The Wild Things Are (great for teaching at Years 7-9 by the way) here at Ticking Mind. Before he became a feature film director Jonze actually directed music videos. A few years ago he returned to the genre to direct a music video for Arcade Fire's - The Suburbs. His video is really less a music video than a short film and goes by the title Scenes from The Suburbs. It can be seen below (or watch it at Youtube here):
Jonze's video looks at the boredom of teenagers living in the suburbs and the violence that can stem from this. It would make an ideal study in the 8-10 classroom. There are a few ways the text can be studied.
1. Watch through the video and ask students to summarise the story.
2. Read the lyrics to the song here and ask students how the lyrics link to the film.
3. Ask students to respond with some writing to this topic: Being bored and wanting to rebel is a natural part of any teenager's life. All teenagers are like those in the film.
Stay tuned for more ideas on how to teach short films shortly.
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