Hi all,
Here’s the last film of the course. It’s a longer one and lasts for 15 minutes. Enjoy, answer the questions and try the extension task.
Questions
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
4. What does it mean to be lost?
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
Extension task
Describe your own lost thing. What does it look like? Sound like? Move like? Smell like?
If you like you can draw it and upload your picture.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? because he was lonley .
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? there in the beach .
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? space
4. What does it mean to be lost? where you missed the way
5. Who or what is lost in the film. a alein thing
Thank you Hailee. That’s an interesting idea that the lost thing has come from space.
Maybe because It was so important and the man was lost as well
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? Because it was lost.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? Lonely are because know one helps him .
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? A place all lost things come from.
4. What does it mean to be lost? You don’t have an owner and you don’t know where you come from.
5. Who or what is lost in the film? That weird robot.
Thank you Leila. Yes it does seem a lonely world.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? Because it didn’t want it to get hurt of get broken.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? Normal world because to people want to destroy thing.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? from the sea or the place were all the lost things play and he got lost
4. What does it mean to be lost ? Can’t find your way
5. Who or what is lost in the film? the robot thing
Thank you Darlington. Is there anything else or anyone else lost in the film?
the boy might be lost to
Oh I see. In what way might the boy be lost?
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
Because no one owned it or no one wanted it so he just took it with
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
They are in a selfish world were no one cares about anything else but themselves.
3. Were might the lost thing have come from?
They might have come from toy factories that were not neat so they throwed the ugly toy away.
4.What does it mean to be lost?
It means you have no were to go no were to call home or no were u will find love around you and you have no friends that what it means to be lost
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
i was the lost thing he had no were to go but luckily he found a very nice guy to help him.
Thank you Claris for your thoughtful responses. I hadn’t considered the lost thing might be from a toy factory and been rejected.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? Because he maybe found a friend that actually like him .
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? Mysterious and sus.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? A scientist that made this creation but forgot about it .
4. What does it mean to be lost? To be in a location that you haven’t seen and don’t know a way to get to your actual destination .
5. Who or what is lost in the film? The creature was lost
Extension task
Describe your own lost thing. What does it look like? Sound like? Move like? Smell like?
If you like you can draw it and upload your picture. My lost thing has a cogs as eyes and has Parana teeth and has tale on its back .My creature sounds like hulk when he’s angry I’m just guessing idc what it is .My creature move like a lion catching it pray. It smells like nothing
Thank you Rehaan. Sounds like a fantastic lost thing you’ve created.
1:so the they don’t have to live in a big working city.
2:very foggy and dirty and filthy.
3:the other side of town like the local everyone thought where they lived was a real land but it as all meatal and plastic.
4:something u can’t find and that is very hidden and u can find it.
5:the big red friendly robot
Thank you Marwa. Yes the city does appear dirty. Can you think of an example from the film?
1.Why did the man help the lost thing?
That’s because he noticed it was lost and no-one was paying attention and helping it.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
A world where lots of living things are lost across the world
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
It might have come from an appointment
4. What does it mean to be lost?
When you are confused where you are and don’t know what to do
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
It was a creature with some protected metal
Extension task
I think the thing was a unique octopus who was damaged and has water under the suit as his oxygen as that’s the reason why he was at the beach
Thank you Samuel. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on the unique octopus.
1. Because he felt like nobody cared about it. Futhermore, it was just there. Nobody cared about it. He was curious about it, and MAY have felt bad for it.
2. A very boring world as there is a scene where a bunch of houses look the same. Everybody focuses on themselves, Everybody minds they’re own business. For example,
That lost creature. Everybody on the beach was minding they’re own business. This is why i think this is a boring world where nobody cares about each other
Thank you Eyad. Yes people do seem to mind their own business in the film. Could you say they are too concerned with themselves?
1 because the man liked the lost thing because he was harmless and he liked playing with each other
2 lonley because only that man wanted the good for the creature
3 the beach because it kinda looked like a crab
4 it means you don’t know what to do or you don’t know were you are
5 the creature and the man is lost
How is the man lost Aya? Can you tell us more?
1.i think the reason that man looked after the lost thing is because it has no home and is sad.
2.i would describe the world that the lost thing and where that man lives as miserable ,boring and sad.
3.i think the lost thing came from underground where those other lost things may be from because they have rusty metal.
4.to be lost it means to be lonely,sad and miserable
5.the person that was lost is those monster like things
Thank you Yaacob. Yes I guess the lost thing could have come from underground.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
Because the man thought that the creature is lost nd didn’t know where to go. Maybe because no one would want to help the lost creature.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
Like a type of weird world because there are lot more than 1 lost creature not just 1. Also at first I think they wanted to do something to that lost thing but they didn’t because the other people figured out that there is more than 1.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?Because it was lost.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?Really dull and boring.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?Probably another universe?
4. What does it mean to be lost?It’s quite lonely.
5. Who or what is lost in the film? The red tank thing.
Yes their world does seem dull. Why do you think it is dull?
The monster was a lonely had no friend and was very big ang can help him in the furter
Thank you Adam.
1. He looked after it becuase no one did. .2 Caring good-hearted 3.Maybe it was from a toy store and no one bought it so it was thrown away. 4. It means to be alone and not cared about not loved at all, absolutely no one there for you no one has your back your alone,your lost. 5.It was kind of of big machine but then a playful ocotopus managed to climb inside.
Thank you Harun. Yes it does seem to be a mixture of robot and octopus.
1. because it was lost and abandoned
2. a junk yard because everything is made of scrap
3. the ocean because the thing looks like an octopus
4. what it means to be lost is to have no parents have no home and just have nothing to rely on
5. the octopus crab looking thing
Thank you Leon. I didn’t consider the lost thing coming from a scrapyard.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
Because it looked out of place and lonely
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
A peaceful and silent place
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
From a family of creatures/world
4. What does it mean to be lost?
It means to be in a place you dont know/ to be in an unknown place
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
A machine crab
Thank you Ronald.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? he was lonly
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? a rude and dark world
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? Aother planet
4. What does it mean to be lost? you dont know where you are
5. Who or what is lost in the film? the crab shapend robot
Thank you for your responses Malak.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
Both of them were a bit lonely
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
A dull sad dirty enviroment
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
ocean because it kind of looks like an octopus
4. What does it mean to be lost?
where you cant find your way home or somewhere else
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
the wird looking creature
Thank you Ali. That’s interesting. You seem to be suggesting the man needed the robot too?
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
because it looked interesting or he took it because it was just on the ground and no one owned it
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
selfish because a non-selfish person would try look for the owner or put it in charity, and to describe the world it will probably be disgusting because the just found random things on the group and say he didn’t find it could of went into the sea then the fish will eat it
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
maybe like a little kid who lost it on the beach
4. What does it mean to be lost?
It means when you have something and then you can’t find it
5. Who or what is lost in the film
the robot
Thank you for your responses Kelis.
1.Because he thot he shode help this lost thing.
2.its a world of lost stuff
3.a hold new world of stuff
4.it lost where he came from
5.the misterys crecher was lost the lost thing is the crecher
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing?
Because it was lost and sad.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in?
A very polluted , sad and strange city because there were quite supernatural stuff like for example what looked like a crab/alien creature in a robot suit.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from?
Maybe from a far away island were all those robot’s lived and one day the got lost.
4. What does it mean to be lost?
to be lost and to be forgotten are almost similar.See there are two meanings of lost .There is to be lost as in to lose something or to get lost somewhere.And there is also lost as in to be forgotten or to be sad and with no good feeling’s .
5. Who or what is lost in the film?
It looks as if it is a crab mixed with a octopus living in a robot suit that acts like a shell.
Thank you Nikol. I like the many differing definitions for lost you provide. Do they all apply to the film?
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? Because maybe he was lonely as well didn’t want them to be alone.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? I think in the olden days because they are so much machines to make some stuff work. There are machines in these times as well but there are places to hide them.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? Maybe from a place that lose of machines come from.
4. What does it mean to be lost? I think sad because some mum and dads might leave the children alone and maybe it would be a sad feeling.
5. Who or what is lost in the film? A machine that has creatures in it.
Thank you for your thoughtful responses Zelal. I like the idea of the lost thing being from the past.
1. Why did the man look after the lost thing? Because it was lost.
2. How would you describe the world the man and the lost thing are in? the world was so dirty and everyone else they are so selfish because they don’t care about there own world.
3. Where might the lost thing have come from? maybe from another country or people might just throw there old or other staffs on the floors.
4. What does it mean to be lost? lost means to be on your own.
5. Who or what is lost in the film? the staffs were lost and the creature and I THINK the man but I’m not sure.
Thank you Elifnaz. I agree it doesn’t seem like the people care about their world. Do you think this explains why there are lost things?
I like your comment because its cool
on number 1 I think there should be more describing because its very short
1. he looked after it because it was lost out on the beach alone with a sad face
2. I would describe the world as a fun,happy place with lots of lost things every were
enjoying their selvs
3.it must have come from a lost place were all the lost things come from.
4.to be lost it means you must have bin somwere and you lose trak of were your
going
5.in the film the lost thing is like a weird alien machine with blue tenticls
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Jack.
1 because it was lost.
2 they are in a world where things get forgotten and lost.
3 maybe the sea because it looked like a squid.
4 just forgotten and not noticed.
5 the robot octopus thing.
Thank you Arlo. Yes it does seem like it might have come from the sea.
1. the man looked after the lost thing very kindly and didnt do anything bad to him.
2. It is a very lonley and boaring
3.I think the creature is from a world that has all the creatures that doesnt exist
4.being lost means when you cant find something
5.the big creature is lost in the film beacause he does not belong in that world
Thank you Isabella. I think you’re right, belonging is an important concept in the film.
1. The man looked after the lost thing because The lost man doesn’t know where his place is
2. Maybe a place where there are things which was forgotten and lost which wasen’t used for a long time
3. He Might come from another country
4. Lost means being lonely
5.The creature was the one who was lost and can’t find his friends
Thank you Mohamed. I hadn’t thought of the lost thing coming from another country. Would that change our understanding of the film?
it was lonely
a boring place
the place where it went at the end
it means when your all alone
the people and the thing
Thank you for your responses Christopher.
i think he looked after it because he was all alone and lonely and lost.
the world they are in is very boring.
i think the lost thing came from another planet.
i think being lost means having no fun being sad and lonely.
i think the thing that is really lost is because he came from another planet by accident and felt lonely because he did not know anyone and carn’t say the right thing because of his langue.
Thank you Amira. Some interesting speculations here.
1. I think the man decided to look after the lost thing because he thought it was alone and he thought he looked sad because no one saw him
2. i think he is in a cursed world because no one saw him
3 it might have come from a different planet/realm/universe/time
4.i think being lost means being lonely and ignored
5 i think everyone is lost because the thing is lonely
Well spotted Adam. Yes the man does seem to be the only person who noticed or paid attention to the lost thing. I wonder why the other people didn’t notice it?
1.I think he looked after it because maybe he thought it couldn’t look after it’s self.
2.The world they are in is lonely and not fun.
3. I think the lost thing come from the beach.
4.I think being lost means you can’t find a away.
5. I think the thing that is really lost is really lonely
Thank you Sebastian. How would you describe the relationship between the man and the lost thing?
They are friends
1. He doesn’t it’s habitat
2. I would describe it as dull, boring world
3. It might have come from a mysterious land
4. unfound
5.the people
Thank you Aaryan for your responses.
My lost thing looks like a middle sized thing with the body of a poodle and the head of a flower. My lost thing sounds like a squeaky noise. My lost thing movs backwards. My lost thing smells like potato and pizza.
Thank you Nellie. Your lost thing sounds fantastic.
My lost thing can teleport anywhere and has the body of a human but has no eyes ears and mouth and It’s face is covered with a robe basically it’s like the grim reaper ☠️
Sounds terrifying!
1. Because he was lonely.
2. The world they are in is lonely and not fun.
3. It might’ve came from a mysterious planet
4. When you missed a certain way
5. In the film the thing is like a weird alien machine with blue little tentacles
Thank you Sofia.
1. Because he felt sorry for it and wanted to help it.
2. The world is very bland like nothing is happening.
3. A planet of other lost things
4. When you don’t know where to go
5. The thing is lost but then found its home
Thank you Aaron. Yes the world does seem bland unlike the lost thing.
1.Because it was lost and nobody wanted to take it.
2. The world is not caring ,the man is caring, and the lost thing is sad
3. I think it might be a robot
4. Lost means to be somewhere by yourself and not knowing what to do
5. The person that is lost is the kind of robot thing
Thank you Kingston. Yes I agree. The world seems unkind which is in contrast to the way the man behaves.
Because he thought it was lost 2. as a dull boring world 3. It may have wanderd from its home 4. unable to find one’s way 5. the m0onster was lost
Thank you Muhanad.
1.Because he was lonely
2.peacfull and calm.
3.a diffrent universe
4.your far from home
5.A alien
Thank you Isaac.
1. The man looks after the lost thing because he didn’t feel right to leave it on the streets.
2. A dirty, dull, boring place where no one cares about anything.
3. I think the lost thing comes from a place where builders build weird things.
4. Lost means you don’t know where something is or where you are and you don’t know how to get back or get it back.
5. I think the thing is lost because in the film, it looks like it doesn’t know where it’s going.
Thank you for your responses Max.
The man was very nice to the lost thing and didn’t leave the lost thing on the street.
Yes he was kind Sarah. Can you think of examples?
1. The man looked after the lost thing because it was lost
2. I would describe the city as busy and boring
3. I think the lost thing came from the sea
4. Being lost means you can’t find your home or purpose
5. I think the creature is lost because it acts like it’s lost