Food - Screening Shorts

Personified food items talk about food: what they love, why they are vegetarian or pescatarian, how culture, lifestyle and geography can affect what you eat, quantity over quality.

This animated documentary will raise questions about food and the way we see, eat and think about it.

Clip Details

Genre: Documentary

Record ID: 007-002-000-039-C

Country of Origin: USA

Medium/Content: 3D Animation, Non-Fiction, Colour, Sound

Clip Length: 03:31

Age Group: S1-S3

Classroom Activities

01 Critical

Foods are given voices: which type of eater does each food represent? Sort and label these.
Would you have chosen these foods to represent each choice? Explain your reasons.
Where are the different foods set? Is there a reason for this?
Why do you think the filmmaker has chosen this kind of animation for the film? Is it the best way to get their message across?

02 Cultural

03 Creative

Personify a food on the iPad or with a model, then create an animation. Add a voice over using iMovie where the food describes its favourite food and why.