Thursday, November 19, 2009

For the Birds

Watch the Pixar Short entitled For the Birds and respond. Use the Retell, Relate, Reflect format.

Describe what the film is about. Make some connections to show you understand what is happening in the film. Discuss what you think of the film. Make sure you include examples and explain your ideas.

19 comments:

  1. - the film is about these bird that were making fun of a big bird and then the birdys decied that they were going to move away from the big bird and the bird sat in the middle of the wire between the birds becuase of the birds weight the wire went down and the birds FLUNG in the air. :)

    -- this film is very cute.
    the birdys are absoustly adorable. :)

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  2. this film is about a whole bunch of birds on a wire. Then they seen a big bird and the got scared and they were movin aorund tryin to get away from the big bird. THen the big bird flew over and sat in the middle of all the lilttle birds then the little brids were trying to get the bird of so they kept hitting the big birds finguers and finally the big bird fell on his head.Then the birds chaged coulors and starting dancin aorund him

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  3. I think the video is just like the story the "Ugly Duckling" becuse the birds are leaving the one biger bird left out from the group becuse he looks diffrent from the others.

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  4. Alright. Now we are looking at for the birds, eh? Well, let me explain what I think about this film and other various things.

    The film takes place in some random place, but likely to be in the country or somewhere like that. It's about small birds in everyday life, breaking into fights for territory and all. They are doing their own thing until a big, random blue bird appears and wants to join them. They all stop fighting and begin laughing at the blue bird. The blue bird appears to be somewhat stupid, not realizing they are directly making fun of him. The bird flies into the middle and disrupts the birds. The telephone pole wire bends down and squishes the birds together with him. They get angry at him and peck him, and he flips upside down. Then, they peck his fleet, intending to make him fall down far. One bird realizes that they are close to the ground, and then they stop to realize they get catapulted up in the air. The bird then sees the birds without any feathers, meaning the birds are now the laughing stock. The End. Lol. HOW LONG DO I NEED TO GO ON?! I dunno.
    This movie is related to most cartoon children shows, one thing happening against one person/group and then it backfiring. Reminds me of common cartoons.
    This short is probably able to be suited to all ages, but mainly children and young adults (teens). It's fairly easy to like and it has humor, and everybody loves humor...
    I can relate to the fact that I watched this years back, but I'm certain most people have. It reminded me of my grade five incedent, where I fell of the bunkbed because my sister holding my feet didn't like the smell... Laughs. Well, I was a weird child, so I apologize for it.
    THE END. OVER AND FLIPPIN' OUT.

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  5. it makes me think that if you can make fun of people becuase of the way you look then you can be made fun of for the way you look aslo, ( when the birdys were making fun of how the big blue bird looked the little birdys got made fun of for being bald after they were FLUNG into the sky <3 :)

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  6. This short film called For The Birds, birds start fighting on a telephone wire. A bigger bird that didnt fit in, tried to come over and say hi but the little birds started to be mean and make fun of him and knocked him off the wire. But when he fell off the wire when the wire was near the ground and the birds shot up into the air and came down with no feathers.

    I feel that this story is kinda related to going to a new school and not fitting in. when everyone makes fun of you. i have never really had that happen so i cant relate.

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  7. This film was probably directed for both children and adults. I thnk it has something to do with bulling because the bird see the big bird and the like move away from the big bird. So the little birds were leaving the big bird out. But in the end in blows back in the little birds face.

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  8. The story starts of when there are tow birds sitting on the telephone wire. More birds come anf they all start frighting.They all stop fighting for a monment beacuse they see a big ugly bird yelling and wavying. all the birds stop and look at him. One of the birds was making fun of him, and they all join along. they big bird flys to the middle on the birds and sits down. they are all upset and squished together and they try to get him of by pushing him off. they finaly do and they all go flying up and all the birds fall to the with no feahers.

    Many people can relate to this story. It is every day life in most highschools. There are many movies and books that share the same message.

    This moal is about ( Karama)
    it means what ever you do to someone that is rude or mean , it will back fire on you.
    i love this story and i think it is a really messaged to show people.

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  9. This film was about a bunch of small little birds talking or chirping to eachother and laughing. Once this bigger bird comes along ther all move away on the wire. They all start looking at the bigger bird and chirping away again. It is like if someone is being bullied and people would walk away and ignore them.
    When the big bird flys over to the middle of the wire the little birds slide into him and start whining.
    The little birds make the big one fall and they shoot up and lose their feathers. The big bird sits there and laughs as all the little birds fall on to the ground.

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  10. jake i think you need more like relate to it the teacher said

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  11. The film is about birds that make fun of another
    bird that is bigger and stranger. Then they lose their fethers and the bigger and stranger bird makes fun of them. There is wheat is the back ground to give the small birds cover.

    I saw birds on a electic wire before. I was playing basketball and then some people came and thew the ball away away. :(

    I think the film is weird and annonying because the group of birds wond stop chirping. I also dont like it because the pixar starter film i don't like because i've seen it too many times.

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  12. The video is about little birds that bully the big bird cause they think hes anoying =] the big birdy wants to be friends with the little birdys but they dont wanna be friends with him cause they think hes stupid an big. so the big birdy goes over to the little birdys an he is bigger then them so when he sits on the wire it starts to go down an the little birdys all push together , they get anoyed an then start to pick his toes off of the wire ! all of a sudden the big birdy falls off of the wire an the little birdys fly away up in the sky an fall back on the ground naked :)
    an then thats karama for the little blue birdys
    =]
    p.s
    i love taylor pinnell <3

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  13. This story is about a BIG bird that wants to sit on the wire with the little birds and the let him but the BIG bird was extermely heavy making them to lower to the ground. The two little birds started pecking at the BIG birds feet and the BIG bird let go and the little birds flew up into the air and came down feather less. in the en the BIG bird got what he wanted. I think this short video is about bullying. I think that because the little birds were leaving the BIG bird out and was laughing at him, maybe because the way he looks.

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  14. Cute birdys!
    At the bigging their are only little birds all fighting with eachouther on a cord, but then a weird looking bird comes and clocks it anoyes the other birds. The little birds start laughing at the big bird it flys over to them they start pecing at him/her however the big bird pulls the cord down and shoots them up.they go up and down hitting the ground one by one having lost teir feathers. Know the little birds look weird.atahe bigbird laughs at the bald birds. I think the measedge of the story is if you are a buily you will get builed in return. I have been builed before just like everybody else in the world. They make you feel like you don't belong. And don't count you in on games. Always talk behind your back. and studies show that most of teenadgers who commit suicide or go to school and kill people do it beacause they were builed.So why can't we just get along and work out our differences instead of making fun of each outher!!!

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  15. This story is about birds. The smaller birds in this film are rude to the bigger bird, they make fun of the way he looks and don't think his singing is very good.until they get put inn there place when the bigger brid falls off the telephone wire all the little birds going flying off and lose all there feathers.


    I can relate to this because when i was in public school alot of people wouldn't hang out with a certian person because they didn't wear nice clothes, there not good looking or some reason like that. After a while those group of poeple got proven wrong, because the "person" actually was really cool.


    I think that this is a good little film to show to children because its shows what can actually happen in real life.It might not be them who gets left out but there sure too see someone who will.

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  16. I think this film is about bullying because they dont like the big bird so they bully him because he is so big. So then the little birds leave the big bird out. Then at the end of the film it all hit the little brirds in the face..... What goes around comes around.

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  17. Yeah, I guess the birds are cute... BUT BUDGIES/PARROTS ARE EVEN BETTER BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY EXIST!

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  18. This film is about how Karma can bite you in the bum. Thats why you shouldn't make fun of people because when something happens to you like burn off your eyebrows, fall, etc. If you get made fun you wouldn't like it. I think for the bird is about Karma.xD

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  19. The story For the birds are about some birds who were young and they did not want to listen to anybody they just wanted to play and have fun.when the big bird wants to talk to them they did not want to listen i think the big bird was a bully and they did not want to hang out with him.

    Bart fram The simpsons he gets bullied and the little birds got bullied so the story is some how is similar.

    I liked the movie it was good.I likes it because it was funny and it was a nice movie to see.

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