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Little Wolf

An Vrombaut, 1992

A young wolf sees the rising moon and jumps up to grab it. As the playful moon rises too high for Little Wolf to get down, he realises his mistake - but it’s too late. The rest of the pack makes a number of comic rescue attempts, hindered by an interfering sheep. How will Little Wolf ever get down?

 

Clip Details

Genre: Adventure, Animation

Country of Origin: UK

Medium/Content: Colour, Sound, Fiction, 2D Animation

Clip Length: 05:00

Classroom Activities

  • What are the different ways the wolves try to rescue Little Wolf?
  • What time of day is it at the start of the film? What time of day is it at the end of the film? What clues are there in the film to tell us it is night then morning?
  • Ask your class to concentrate on sounds and to list the sounds as they watch the film. Who or what made them?
  • Follow the story from the sheep’s point of view. Discuss what the sheep can see when it is: hiding in the bush, looking back at the wolves, climbing the stars.
  • After watching ask pupils to try to remember the sequence of events, especially when it comes to rescuing Little Wolf. Show stills from the film that have been mixed up and ask the class to put them in order. Agree the final order as a class. Re-watch the film and correct the order if necessary.
  • Watch ‘Little Wolf’ and ‘Otherwise [Anders-Artig]’. How is time managed in both films? Is everything presented in chronological order? How do the characters in each film help to move the story along?
  • Screen the film and focus on character. How can we tell what Little Wolf is thinking or feeling at different times? Look for examples of facial expression, ears flopping, smiles, jumping.
  • What do the other wolves do to show their thoughts or feelings? How do they behave?
  • Screen the film along with‘Baboon on the Moon’. What differences can be spotted between the characters and their relationship with the moon.
  • Which parts of the film do you find funny?
  • Create new sound effects for the film. Either live (with the film playing with sound off) or in an editing program, try to match the new sounds to the action.
  • Discuss different ways to get Little Wolf down. Get children to draw their rescue scene, with a written caption underneath describing the action.
  • Make a model rocket and film the rescue of Little Wolf from the moon.

Clip Details

Genre: Adventure, Animation

Country of Origin: UK

Medium/Content: Colour, Sound, Fiction, 2D Animation

Clip Length: 05:00