As you watch the short movie, consider the following:
- How does the movie differ from the story?
- Amount of money
- Parents die in the end
- Monkey paw goes in the fire in the story, but not in the movie
- More of a backstory in the movie with regards to India
ambiguous, ambiguity
- Why do you think the director of the movie made these decisions?
- More content, especially visual content
- Give more information, fill out the story
- If you were the director of the movie, what would you have done differently?
- Choose a younger actor for the son
- Include the scene where the son dies at the mill
- Make the parents older
- After watching the movie, would you read the story differently?
Page 124 Activity
- At least 8 frames, not 12.
- To share, you will give your storyboard to another group, and THEY will interpret it and explain it to the class.