Otherwise [Anders-Artig]

How were we introduced to or how did we meet the characters?

How could you tell the others did not like the red chameleon?

Screen the film using Sound On/Vision Off so your class hear only the soundtrack. Can we tell what is happening? Is someone scared or excited?

Show the film up to the point where the eagle first appears. Pause the film and ask the class to predict what might happen next.

Highlight the changes in colour as the chameleons walk through different settings. Can your pupils name the colours and predict what colour they will go in the next shot?

Which parts of the film were exciting/sad/made you nervous? Can you explain why?

Freeze frame at significant moments in the story. From what can be seen, imagine what the characters might be feeling or thinking.

Create two columns titled “differences” and “similarities”. In which ways is the red chameleon different from the others (e.g. he doesn’t change colour; he is vegetarian)? How are they similar (e.g. four legs, he has a tail)?

Think of ways the red chameleon could have been included. How should the others behave towards him?

Discuss the idea of a cliff-hanger in stories. Screen the film and ask the pupils to note what they think are “cliff-hanger moments”.

* Ask pupils to think up some cliff-hanger moments in a story of their own. Use a storyboard to draw how they would present it in a film, focussing on camera shots and inter-cutting (e.g. shots of two animals about to charge at each other, then a person standing between them, looking the other way).