The film Bear is set in current day Australia/New Zealand and focuses on the characters of Jack, Emilee, Jill, and a park ranger. Jack has a history of taking pranks too far, as his ex Jill warns. He plans to surprise Emilee with a birthday party in the woods wearing a bear costume, but she falls off a cliff after he scares her. Jack checks she's okay and explains, but a watching ranger mistakes him for a real bear and shoots him dead.

1. Film 100: BEAR
1.) Based on your textbook reading (page 4 & 5), what
is the SETTING of BEAR and who are its
CHARACTERS?
SETTING: TIME & PLACE:
• Australia/New Zealand (?)
• Current day
CHARACTERS:
• Jack
• Emilee
• Jill
• Ranger

2. Film 100: BEAR
2.)Based on your textbook reading (page
4), what is the STORY of BEAR? –
STORY = WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
COMPLETE FILM WHETHER THE
AUDIENCE SEES IT OR NOT AND IN
THE ORDER IT CHRONOLOGICALLY
HAPPENSSETTING: TIME & PLACE:

3. Film 100: BEAR
Jack has a history of taking things too far, including
practical jokes, as his ex-girlfriend, Jill, will tell you. In
order to surprise his new girlfriend, he buys party supplies
and rents a realistic bear costume. He is going to fool her
into thinking he’s forgotten her birthday but he’s actually
planning to surprise her on her bike ride. He goes to the
woods and sets up the birthday party surprise and puts on
the bear suit. Emilee rides up and he jumps out to scare
her, assuming she’ll turn right into the birthday
banner/surprise. Instead she turns left and falls off a tall
cliff. Jack is terrified she’s dead and runs down to check on
her. She appears to be OK and he explains his whole plan
to her. Meanwhile, a park ranger is watching the scene
unfold from a cliff far away and thinks a real bear is
attacking Emilee. He shoots Jack dead while he’s sitting
on/over Emilee. A red balloon from Jack’s surprise party
set-up floats by.

4. Film 100: BEAR
3.)Based on your textbook reading (page
4), what is the PLOT of Bear? – PLOT =
WHAT WE ARE SHOWN IN THE FILM
AND IN THE ORDER WE ARE SHOWN
IT ON SCREEN

5. Film 100: BEAR
A title card tells us that Jack’s ex-girlfriend, Jill, thinks Jack
always takes things too far. We thenb see Jack and Emilee
wake up and his girlfriend (Jill?) is clearly upset about
something. She then leaves for her bike ride and we see Jack
jump up and prepare some sort of surprise. He rushes to the
woods in his car. Emily is riding through the woods when a bear
suddenly jumps out and scares her. She takes a sharp left and
falls down a steep cliff. We see the bear take its head off and
realize it’s Jack – he’s set up a surprise birthday party/banner
for her (we see her name is “Emilee” and not “Jill”). Jack runs
down the hill in his bear costume to check on Emilee. He
explains to her it was all a surprise/practical joke and is relieved
to see she seems basically OK. He puts his head back on and
plays like he’s going to attack her while Emilee laughs.
Suddenly a shot rings out and Jack falls dead onto Emilee. A
ranger has been watching and has shot Jack, thinking he was a
real bear attacking Emilee. He calls out, “Is it dead?” as a red
balloon from Jack’s surprise party wafts by.

6. Film 100: BEAR
4.)Is there any DIEGETIC MUSIC used in
BEAR? If so, give a specific example.
DIEGETIC = the music’s source is INSIDE
the characters’ story
The music in Jack’s car
The cartoon music on the TV

7. Film 100: BEAR
5.)Is there any NON-DIEGETIC MUSIC
used in BEAR? If so, give a specific
example.
NON-DIEGETIC = the music’s source is
OUTSIDE the characters’ story
Song over end credits

8. Film 100: BEAR
6.)Describe the following from BEAR
using examples:
EXPOSITION:
Jill’s quote/Jack and Emilee waking up-
Emilee being pissed/seeing Jack has
something planned

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6.)Describe the following from BEAR
using examples:
RISING ACTION:
Jack rushing to the woods/Emilee
riding her bike through the woods

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6.)Describe the following from BEAR
using examples:
CLIMAX:
Jack jumping out bear suit-Emilee
falling down steep cliff

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6.)Describe the following from BEAR
using examples:
FALLING ACTION:
Jack checking on Emilee-seeing she’s
OK-explaining events

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6.)Describe the following from BEAR
using examples:
DÉNOUEMENT:
Jack is shot dead by a ranger who
thinks he’s a real bear

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7.)Do you think BEAR has a theme and/or
a message? If so, please explain.
THEME = the film’s central topic or
subject, a main idea that runs like a thread
through the story and ties together its
various elements
MESSAGE = an opinion or point of view
put forward by a film

14. Film 100: BEAR
OPEN TO SUBJECTIVE
INTERPRETATION:
Possible Theme = Jack IS a dangerous
creature (like a bear) – some various
animal imagery repeats throughout
Possible Message = Taking things too
far is a good way to hurt yourself and
those you love