Short Film - KOOKIE
1) ANTICIPATE
=> This short film is entitled 'Kookie'. Comment.
=> Look at this picture : what is it ?
What impression does it give?
2) Watch the film until 3’00 and answer the questions.
a) Where does the scene take place ? Tick.
An isolated mansion in the middle of a forest
An elementary school
A typical middle-class suburban home
b) What is the girl doing ?
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c) What is wrong when her mother comes back home ?
the girl feels sick because she has eaten too much
the girl has fell asleep withour doing her homework
the girl is scared and has locked herself in
d) What is the mother's strategy ?
First she _____________________________________________________________
Then she _____________________________________________________________
Finally she ____________________________________________________________
e) What kind of girl does she seem to be ? Tick.
O sensible O naughty O bold O smart O bad-tempered
She is the kind of girl who ________________________________________________
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f) Anticipate : what do you think the girl will do ? (obey ≠ disobey) Write HYPOTHESES.
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Analysis :
• Comment upon the music at the beginning of the film.
• What about the film the girl is watching ? What is it hinting at ?
• Which 2 objects echo to the title of the film ? What filming technique shows us these
objects are important ?
• Comment upon the sound effect when the change is made.
3) Watch from 3’00 to 9’27 and answer the questions.
a) So, does the girl obey her mother ? O YES O NO
b) List the weird events that take place during the night :
- While the girl is sleeping _______________________________________________
- On the screen _______________________________________________________
- When the girl visits her mother’s bedroom ___________________________________
- When the girl starts to shout ____________________________________________
c) How does the girl come back to reality ?
she hears the end credits of the film she was watching
she hears the cookie jar falling down
she is awakened by her mother
d) How does the girl cope with her problem ? ___________________________________
Analysis :
• In your opinion, why does this part take place at night ?
• Comment upon the sound effect.
• How is the girl’s tour of the house always shown from the same perspective ? Why ?
• The mother’s room : how do we first see it ? Comment upon the objects in the room
and their visual effects.
• What does the mother symbolise ?
4) Watch from 9’27 to and answer the questions.
a) Why is Bree relieved ?
because the cookie jar is gone for good
because her mother is still at home
beacuse her mother accepts to give her cookies again
b) Does Bree’s mother believe her ? What is her strategy ? _______________________
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c) What is the attitude of the baby-sitter 2 weeks later ?
O angry O relaxed O anxious O strange
d) Why does she feel that way ? ___________________________________________
e) How does the mother react ? ____________________________________________
f) What is the surprising twist in the end ? ____________________________________
Analysis :
• How is tension created just before the mother’s return in the evening ?
• Comment upon the mother’s attitude.
• What is really disturbing in the final scene ?
CCL : how do you interpret the story ? Did you like it ? Why or Why not ?
