Snack Attack: Analysing Points of View
WALT: Compare and contrast points of view
Task Instructions: Watch the film here. After each of the events listed below describe the actions of each of the characters then make inferences based on your character’s actions and your prior knowledge to determine how each character was feeling at that moment.
Old Lady | Event | Teenager |
Actions: The old lady sat down on the bench and started to read the new paper Thoughts and Feelings: Happy,minding own business | When they both first sit down on the bench together.
| Actions: Texting on phone Thoughts and Feelings: Chilling, happy, minding own business |
Actions: Hitting the man's hand Thoughts and Feelings: Doesn't want the man to take her cookies Do not take my cookies! | When they both start eating the cookies. | Actions: Trying to grab biscuits Thoughts and Feelings: Hungry, confused Hmm i want some cookies |
Actions: Puts cookies on lap Thoughts and Feelings: Mad,Why are you taking my cookies? | When the teenager takes the cookies from the old lady’s lap. | Actions: Tries to get his cookies back Thoughts and Feelings: Confused, angry Give me my cookies back |
Actions: Thoughts and Feelings: | When they fight for the last cookie. | Actions: Thoughts and Feelings: |
Actions: Crumbles up the cookie Thoughts and Feelings: Angry that he took the rest of the cookies I'm not taking ur cookies | The teenager gives half of the last cookie to the Old Lady.
| Actions: Splits cookies in half Thoughts and Feelings: Kind,nice Fine you can have some of my cookie |
Actions: Closes curtains Thoughts and Feelings: Angry,disgusted I don't want to see you! | The Old Lady looks out of the train at the teenager and then shuts the curtain.
| Actions: Looks back at phone Thoughts and Feelings: Confused Why did you close the curtain? |
Actions: Looks in purse and finds out that the biscuits are in her bag Thoughts and Feelings: Guilt, surprised, shocked Oh no the biscuits are his! And i have mine | The Old Lady opens her handbag and finds her cookies.
| Actions: On phone Thoughts and Feelings: Doesn't care,unbothered |
Now that you have watched the film, look back at your pre reading character analysis. How accurate were your predictions about each of the characters? Why do you think this is?
I think that i was really off because i didn't know about the snack thing i thought it was about the newspaper so that why i think that!
What is the main theme of this film?
About how the old lady thought that the man’s biscuits were hers.
What did the filmmaker want to make us think, feel or do as a result of watching this film?
You are not always right. Surprised, sad