The document summarizes and discusses the children's book and 2009 film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. It provides plot summaries and descriptions of scenes from both the book and film. Key elements that are analyzed include similarities and differences between the two works, themes of escapism and loneliness, and how relationships and settings are portrayed. Discussion questions are also included to prompt critical thinking.

1. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
There is a wild thing in all of us!

2. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
MAURICE SENDAK
COVER: What do you think this book will be about?

3. PAGE TWO
MISCHIEF
Can you figure out what the word
„mischief ‟ means from looking at the
picture?

4. PAGE FIVE
Do you think his mom
would really send him
to bed without eating
anything?

5. PAGE FIFTEEN
1. What do you think is going to
happen to Max? Is that dragon going
to hurt him?
2. A year is a pretty long time. I bet he
misses home.

6. PAGE SEVENTEEN
GNASHED
What does this mean?
It sounds scary!

7. PAGE EIGHTEEN
What do you think
the monster‟s are
going to do next?

8. PAGE NINETEEN
What does it mean when Max
said he
TAMED
them?

9. PAGE TWENTY TWO
What does
RUMPUS
mean?

10. RUMPUS
“Let the wild rumpus begin…”

11. PAGE TWENTY NINE
What did Max do to
the Wild Things, that
his mother did to him
back at home?

12. PAGE THIRTY
Where do you think
that smell is coming
from?

13. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
DIR. SPIKE JONEZ (2009)
The film follows the imaginary
adventures of a young boy named
Max, who is angry when his
mother, Connie, invites her
boyfriend over. After causing one
mischievous antic after another, he is
sent to his room without supper.
Feeling angry and unloved, he then
creates a forest bordering a massive
ocean, and sails away to an island
inhabited by seven imaginary
monsters called the Wild
Things, who crown him as their
ruler.

14. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
THIS FILM IS YOU HAVE READ THE
BASED ON THE BOOK AND YOU SYNOPSIS OF THE MOVIE AND
CAN SEE FROM THE POSTER IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO
THAT THE MONSTERS AND MAX THE BOOK
LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE
ILLUSTRATIONS --
-- WRITE DOWN A LIST OF THE
WRITE DOWN A LIST OF ALL ASPECTS YOU THINK WOULD
THE PARTS OF THE BOOK THAT CHANGE AND WHY
SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED
AND WHY

15. WATCHING THE FILM
THIS SHOULD TAKE TWO PERIODS

16. WORKBOOK
Section A - film

17. FILM STUDY
Objectives:
Engage with and enjoy visual language
Understand, respond to and use visual language effectively in a variety of
contexts
Identify the purposes for which verbal and visual features are used and
combined
Respond to and discuss meaning, ideas and effects

18. WHAT DO WE STUDY?

19. TECHNIQUES
Ve r b a l Visual
• Dialogue (digetic) • Shot sizes
• Voice over (non • Camera angles
digetic) • Editing
• Music (non digetic) • Colour
• Silence (both) • Costume/Make up
• Ambient sound • Mise en Scene
(digetic)

20. WORKBOOK
Section B- techniques

21. CHARACTER
1. Who is the main character in the film? How do you
know they are the main character?
2. Describe the main character, physically and
emotionally.
3. What sort of person is he? How do you know this?
4. Who is the main Wild Thing?
5. Describe them in detail.
6. How does the Wild thing connect with/relate to
Max?

22. WORKBOOK
Section C - character

23. THEME/IDEA

24. THEME/IDEA
Escapism Fantasy Friendship Loneliness
Make a table like this with four
ideas at the top you can choose
from the ideas we discussed on the
previous slide

25. WORKBOOK
Section D - Ideas

26. RELATIONSHIPS
1. Are relationships important in this film?
2. Which relationship is most important?
Why?
3. What do we learn from watching Max
interact with the Wild Things?

27. WORKBOOK
Section E – practice writing

28. SETTING
What is so special about the setting in this film?
There are two settings

29. ESSAY WRITING
How to write a Year 10 essay (idea)

30. THEME/IDEA
Choose one idea and think…
What did the director say about this idea?
How did the director show you this was the main idea?
What did he want you (the viewer) to think about this idea?
How can we prove that this is the main idea?

31. THEME/IDEA
Describe an important theme/s or idea/s from your text.
Explain how it is important.
Describe a challenge or challenges that a character faces.
Explain how the challenge/s helped you understand a key
idea/s.
Describe an interesting moment in your text.
Explain, with detailed examples, why it was interesting.
Key Words!

32. ESSAY WRITING
Essay question comes in two parts and has handy hints (the key words in
bold).
Part One: DESCRIBE – you need to be able to describe WHAT it is that is
on bold on your question, for instance; describe
theme/challenge/moment
Part Two: EXPLAIN- you need to be able to explain HOW/WHY this
made you feel as a viewer, for instance; explain how
was it important/how it helped you understand the
idea/why it made you think it was interesting

33. DESCRIBE & EXPLAIN
In your paragraphs you need to be able to describe clearly what the question
asks you to and explain convincingly how the director made you do
something:
write your description as if the person reading the essay has NEVER
seen the film (this way you will be more detailed)
only describe your aspect in full detail, be brief about the plot
explain using PROOF from the film
format using I. D. E. A. +.

34. IDEA+
I Identify the point you are going to
make
The main idea in the film Where the
Wild Things Are is loneliness.
D Describe your point Loneliness was shown in the film when…
E Give an example of your point An example of this was the dialogue,
when ?? says,…
A Analyse what this example did This made the audience
think/feel/believe/feel…
+ Connect it to either a) another text The audience was made to feel like that again
you have studied or b) another
aspect of the film
in the film when…
This was similar to The Outsiders when Pony
Boy felt lonely because…

35. STRUCTURE
• Introduction = reword the question into a statement, be sure to use the
words that are in BOLD and include the films title (underlined) and the
directors name. Name the examples you will use to prove you are right (not
the techniques, the moments of the film you will talk about)
In the film Where The Wild Things Are, directed by
Spike Jonez an important idea was loneliness. Loneliness was
important because it…

36. STRUCTURE
• Boby paragraphs = these are the internal essay paragraphs that convince the marker that
your opinion about the film is correct. You will need to use your IDEA+ structure
One of the reasons the idea of loneliness was important is because it
made you understand the character Max and what he was feeling.
Max felt left out of his family and was angry with his mum when he
was sent to his room. Max felt as though he was alone and no one
understood or cared about him. This was shown when…
• The + can be about what YOU LEARNT from watching this

37. CONCLUSION
• Conculsion = tell the marker why you believed the idea of loneliness was
important in the film and how specific techniques were used to prove it
(not the moments in the film).
Spike Jonez was clever when he conveyed the idea of
loneliness in the film. He used the techniques…. To show
how important this idea was.

38. PRACTICE ESSAY
DUE: 9th March

39. WORKBOOK
Section F - poster