TEACHING RESOURCES

Rudimental - Free

From the heights of a tower block in London, to the top of a snowy mountain, this video takes you on one man's journey to be free. Featuring real life wing suit extreme sports athlete Jokke Sommer.

Teaching Ideas

I paused during the first bullying scene which is pretty much straight away and discussed how he was feeling etc. 
We then paused when the boy is watching the bird and thought about what he was thinking/ why he watched it so much/ why it was inspiring him.
Then we discussed the parallel of the boy walking up the stairs and the man walking up the mountain and the kids suggested that it was showing that it was the same person because they were mirroring each others movements.
Just before he jumps off the mountain, we thought about why the video was jumping from the little boy to the man and the kids started to discuss flashbacks and that he was escaping all these feelings by jumping off.
We discussed how he must have felt actually jumping and the comparison to the bird. 
And then, finally, how he felt at the very end i.e. relieved.
 
I would say it's good for flashback and flash-forward writing but the teacher would have to really choose a specific scene for the chn as it jumps forward and backward lots. But, it's also really good for discussing feelings, bullying, and also the kids came up with some really great similes and metaphors. 

Other possible ways to use this.
Find out about the man in the video (Jokke Sommer) What was his real life like as a child?
Use it to create adjective / simile banks of words to describe feelings.