Evol
The film centres around a man looking for an elusive phoenix feather to complete his collection, but after an unfortunate encounter finds himself in need of help. Even after the utmost sacrifice of the phoenix, the man's lust for greed triggers the phoenix's magnificent rebirth through his soul.
Teaching Ideas
Most writing for this animation would revolve around description; of the ship and of the phoenix. Write descriptive sentences/paragraphs about each of these.
Discuss the events of the story: Why is he hunting the phoenix? Why does the phoenix save the man even though he shot him down? What happens at the end? What do you think would happen next? etc.
Other writing opportunities:
Most writing for this animation would revolve around description; of the ship and of the phoenix. Write descriptive sentences/paragraphs about each of these.
Discuss the events of the story: Why is he hunting the phoenix? Why does the phoenix save the man even though he shot him down? What happens at the end? What do you think would happen next? etc.
Other writing opportunities:
- Imagine the man has been on the ship for a long time hunting down the phoenix, so long that his crew has all either died or deserted. Write a letter home documenting the journey.
- Create maps of lands where this ship could go to, describe these places and what happens when he visits there.
- The man is hunting a phoenix, which other mythical beasts could he have already collected? Write a recount or narrative about how he came upon these. e.g. Unicorn, minotaur etc
- At the point when he is clinging to the lever, perhaps his life flashes before his eyes - use this as an opportunity to write flashbacks. Describe an event or time in his past and bring it to life.
- Write the story from the Phoenix point of view.
- Write a voice over for a narrator, experiment with 1st and 3rd person in the same narration
