Wall-E - Beggining TITLE OF FILM AT THE START

WALL E

1. WALL-E a lost being in a World of Trash

2. Who and where is WALL-E? Click to watch Wall-E Intro (2:22) How the film begins.

3. Discussion Discuss the journey through space to Earth. What mood does the music set? How do the visuals contrast with this mood? As we zoom into the surface of the Earth what do we see? How do the images become more clear as we get closer? The film uses a happy song about going out, meeting people, and life as an adventure. How does the film use this music in this section to suggest something lost?

4. A Slow Reveal Pretty images of space; a cheerful song

5. A Slow Reveal Earth Appears – At a distance all is well

6. A Slow Reveal The Truth comes in to view

7. We’ve seen the posters. We know we’re gonna meet this guy. But is this really our Earth? And then, there’s Wall-E

8. The state of Earth becomes clearer. Are they Mountains?

9. The state of Earth becomes clearer. Maybe they’re tall buildings?

10. The state of Earth becomes clearer. They can’t be.. Piles of waste?

11. Discussion Wall-E is set in a fictional future but is a product of our own present. How do you think Wall-E’s Earth became covered in trash? What specific steps and behaviors could lead to such huge quantities of garbage building up? Do you think the world of Wall-E is possible for our planet? Why or why not?

12. For a real-life article about uncontrollable amounts of rubbish, open the Schoolbox document ‘Wall-E far away?’ About China’s growing garbage problem, with the headline “As Economy Grows, So Does China’s Trash.” Is the world of Wall-E that far away?

13. Discussion If it is only going to get worse, maybe somebody should make real Wall-E trash compacters, so the rubbish takes up less space? Is this a good idea? Discuss with your classmates how you think we could solve the world’s garbage problem to avoid a Wall-E situation.

14. Now make like Wall-E and Eva, and go save the planet, one plant at a time.