Blog Prompt:
First, click on this link and watch the video The Scarecrow. After you watch the video, compare and contrast the life of the scarecrow at the beginning of the video to his life at the end. Also, tell me why you think the filmmakers created this short animated film. Write your response in a blog post (1 paragraph, 8-10 sentences).
This blog post is due tonight at midnight. Please use your class time wisely to avoid taking work home.
"The Scarerow" is a short video that shares with us the journey of the scarerow visiting a city full of factories that pretend offering and selling natural foods. At the beginning of his journey, he went around the journey. His mood has changed through his visit. He had seen how the natural foods and animals are modified to multiply or even bigger. At the end of his journey he decided to go to his farm, and harvest all the naturals vegetables he got, corn, tomato, and peppers. He cooked a delicious taco and build a stand in the city, which had made him happier. The filmmakers created this short animated film to show the world that we are often fooled by the ads where it's written 100% natural, and the better thing is to better trust the small traders than the huge multinationals.
ReplyDeleteGreat assessment, Nour.
DeleteAt the beginning, The scarecrow was living in a city where all food was produced by machines. Officials of the city were lying by saying that everything is natural. People from the city didn't know what they were eating. The scarecrow decided to go outside, far from the city, to find natural products for cooking. That's why at the end of the video, he decides to bring natural products to the city and start cooking them and selling them to people. At the end of the video people start eating healthy food thanks to the scarecrow. The filmmakers created this film to sensitize people about the things they eat every day. There message is that we have to control what we are eating every day and that it's best to cook and eat your own food.
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DeleteLife is hard with our scarecrow. As anyone on earth he is forced to work to provide his needs. At the beginning , as every employee he obeyed the commands as working conditions ask. He went out every day in the company of an electronic pet that the monitored him .The scarecrow saw the truth, but he could not say it was that everything was fake nothing was natural, but he never dared to speak. When he returned home he started watching his vegetables garden. Even if its small size he knew how healthy it is because it’s natural. As it said, “To rebel or to adapt, there is no more choice in life.” The scarecrow has chosen to rebel .At the end, He took his vegetables and went to the market selling his own food. As it seems people appreciated his food. This short film was not released at random but to prove to people lots of stuff. First to show one hand how they are awful because cows and chicken are the food that has plenty of well done and that the genetically modifying one does things worse. Then to show people what society hides behind this large size food.
ReplyDeleteRebelling against a corrupt establishment is necessary.
DeleteThis video made me think about what we are living now. Everything became artificial,food, cosmetic,medicines, and clothes.The natural is disappearing. Long time ago, people were living in harmony with nature, and happiness was a part of their life. Today, people are destroying nature, and they forgot that nature was their origin. Technology is controlling human.They used to be free, but now they are just in a kind of prison called "Technology". People always need something, so they buy new things, they invest in technology, but at the end they don't know what they really need. I think that human just forgot about happiness that only the harmony of nature can give. Albert Einstein said, "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
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DeleteThis video is very interesting. It shows that everyone can fight what he feel wrong. At the first of this little video, we can see that the men is working into a big factory that produce fast-food from non-fresh products. As we can see, the men don’t agree with this way of producing. He’s sad, but everyone know that anyone can live without working, so he continue to work for this factory. While returning to his small house one day after work, he noticed a pepper that had grown in his little garden, so he had an ingenious idea. It was to create his own business. However, at the end of the video, we can see that the video was only an advertisement for a smartphone application.
ReplyDeleteI liked that moment when he noticed the pepper, too.
DeleteAt the beginning of this video, the life of the scarecrow was full of sadness and depression because of the way animals were treating. At the end, he tried to make a change with serving clean eating. The filmmakers created this short animated film as a warning for us; it has a great message. We should really pay attention to what we eat. It’s true that we lose more and more animals to meet our needs, but there’s always a way to keep things in balance. For instance, we may eat more vegetables or at least as much as meat. We should try to go more natural and treat our animals better. In conclusion, we’ve all something to do in order to make a change and help animals from the cruel conditions that they have to suffer through so they can be eaten.
ReplyDeleteI do think there is a strong pro-vegetable, less meat message in this video, too.
DeleteIn the beginning, the scarecrow went to a huge corporation (crow foods).first, he thought that all these nutrition is good and healthy. Especially, when he saw citizens using them a lot. But, when he took a look at how commodities are manufactured, he was surprised and disappointed; such as, how they cheat in chicken, and the meet of beef. Then he decided to try changing the world. So, he came to a farm and took some natural vegetables, and tried to open a restaurant even if he doesn't have means, to cultivate a better world and gave them a healthy food. I think that the filmmakers made this film to aware people how dangerous is the food which is made by big companies, and to give them an idea of changing the world.
ReplyDeleteYes, some food companies seem to make more diseases than food.
DeleteThe beginning of the video portrays the life that humans are currently heading towards; a fake life based on Imaginary happiness and satisfaction. The scarecrow walks into the city with a sad disappointed expression .Aside from being lifeless and automatic, humans in that city seem to have lost their humanity as they eat the same food, and are not even trying to change the situation .walking around the scarecrow seems to be suffocated and disgusted by that lifestyle, he sees no love in the food those people eat and sees no fresh components in it, even when the advertisement he sees gives him the slightest hope , when he looks deeper into it he realizes that those were nothing but lies. So then fed up with that life the scarecrow decides to go back to his house in the country side, he stares at his old garden with eyes full of hope of a better future, than he decides to start cultivating his ground with love in hope of making fresh vegetables .this second part also shows the scarecrow taking his vegetables to the sad city and making an attempt of brightening that city as he did with his own life .I personally think that the video makers contradict themselves. It is true that the message shared by the video was really deep and meaningful telling people to start choosing the food they get into their bodies and go for the fresh, healthy, and happy way, however this video was made for Chipotle as an advertisement, which is a food chain that highlights the use of organic ingredient ,but even so they still overuse animals and work in an automatic way .Which again shows us the kind of world we are heading towards , and the fake impressions given to us by the advertisers .
ReplyDeleteI loved your words: "A fake life based on imaginary happiness and satisfaction." That should be slogan of Instagram!
DeleteWhile watching the video, you can feel the sadness that it represents. The music and the colors give this short animated film a gloomy theme. It’s clear that the scarecrow have a monotonous life adapting the same routine. Everybody knows that scarecrows are made to scare ravens in order to push them from ruining the fields. However, in the video, scarecrows have fear from ravens, they work for them as slaves. What truly makes the sadness of the hero of the story is the way technology changed nature. Everything became artificial even food and animals. At the end of the story the scarecrow became happy again when he discovered some vegetables in his farm. He decided to share them with people to show them the real tastes and smells. The reaction of the kid at the end of the video shows that he prefers what the scarecrow sells to the artificial food coming from the factory. The target of this short story is to show that naturel things are the best. We don’t have to change things because we will be ruining life’s balance. As scarecrows should scare ravens, food animals and everything in life should stay original. After the film we can see that it’s publicity for a video game, so the purpose why the filmmakers crated it is to teach kids.
ReplyDeleteOr was the end goal of everything just to promote a video game for a huge corporation that gets kids addicted to an imaginary play world?
DeleteThis video is about factory farming and their bad and cruel practices. The scarecrow at the beginning of the video is quite different than the one at the end. At the beginning the scarecrow was so sad because it didn’t like the cruel conditions animals go through before they can be eaten. Moreover, the scarecrow was obeying orders even though it didn’t wanted to. However, at the end, the scarecrow could free itself, and set up its own contribution. It opened a small store where it sold organic and healthy food. I think filmmakers created this short animated video in order to sensitize people about the tough conditions animals have to suffer from. For instance, they test animals by using dangerous chemicals. Also, the video has a deeply meaningful message which is the lack of humanity and respect for everything that feeds us. I really liked the video, and I hope that people from now on will try to make a change, and lead to a better future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea that I hope people change in the future. Even if they maybe just change their minds about what they buy and buy into.
DeleteThis video lets me perplex. It perfectly summarizes the situation where we’re living today. At the beginning of the video the scarecrow was walking in a city. He seemed to be sad and anxious while he was looking at this industrial city. He saw all these superficial products that were sold. A world where the quantity is more important than quality. A world where nothing is natural. Everything is done to hide the truth. Instead of the beginning, the second part is more optimistic. The scarecrow is at home, on a farm where he grows fruits and vegetables. All its products are fresh and natural. He seems to be more happy and fulfilled. I think the film director of this clip aims to sensitize people and make them more aware of the dangers of our current situation. He also seeks to promote natural lifestyle that is free from artificial.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the filmmakers probably have a more natural bent.
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ReplyDeletePersonally, I liked watching the video of “The Scarecrow”. It left me with plenty of ideas and touched me. At the beginning the scarecrow is used to doing the same steps, repeatedly, in each way to work. He used to do the same thing at the farming factory. We can notice clearly that the scarecrow, with his sad and pathetic face, doesn’t scare cows anymore. On the opposite, the scarecrow is scared of the robotic cow, which stands on his shoulder and controls him. Besides, the food which is made in that factory is far from being organic or healthy, it was all made by machines and chemical matters, still it was mentioned that it is so on the package. In each time the scarecrow tries to fix something he sees that cows and chickens are bad treated, it is like he was ordered to hide the bitter reality. Going back home, far from the city’s pollution and darkness, we can see the rebirth of life in the scarecrow’s house. Even the colors have changed, we can feel the ultimate joy of the scarecrow when he touches the organic paprika. Our scarecrow’s smile came back again. He collected all his organic food and tries to sell them with a smile on his face, and pushes away the crow for good and once. By this, the scarecrow has changed the way things are, for the sake of saving people’s health and lives.
Yes, I agree that the scarecrow's change started to affect others. One drop of water makes ripples throughout the pond.
DeleteThis short video is about a young men working in a n industry that makes food. They are actually making bad food. In this video , they are showing us the journey of the scarerow. Through his journey we see that his living in a city where all food are geneticaly modified . They are pretending to sell natural food , but in reallity they are selling unhealthy ones. People dont even know what they are eating ; as a result, they are happy with that , thinking that they are eating right. At the end, the scarerow decided to make his own food and sell it to people. He was getting a natural vegetables and cook it. He was getting tomatoes , peppers, and all other vegetables from his farm. At the beggening he was unhappy and sad because of the situation of the city, but then when he decided to do the good things , his mood has complitely changed to the best. I think that the filmakers, made this short film in order to sincitize people and les him aware about what really happens around the world . Also to be more careful about what we are eating. In the other hand, to show un that if we are seeing the bad things , we should not just look at it without doing anything. We have to act and make the first step toward the right things. We should be the change that we want to see in the world .
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how fresh good foods can change our moods.
DeleteThe “scarecrow” is a short movie that have shared with us a journey of a scarecrow. At the beginning, the scarecrow was totally sad because he was obliged to work and obey the commands of electronic crows. The factory were the scarecrow was working, was producing unnatural food. So, the population of all the city were eating the companies’ products. The scarecrow saw the truth. He decided at the end to create his own company and cell natural food produced in his own farm. To conclude, I would say that the filmmakers made this video to aware people how foods factories fool people and give them fake impressions and say that all of their products are natural. This video also want to give a blank to people of how they can change the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you mean by "give a blank" to people?
DeleteI personally enjoyed watching this short movie. It caries a lot of messages to the world. The Scarecrow is a citizen as anyone else, but with different feelings and thoughts. In the beginning, he was working in usual factories, and we can clearly notice that he wasn't comfortable with it thanks to his facial emotions. When our Scarecrow came back to his house far from the city, his smile shinned all the view and came with beautiful colors, especially when he hanged the red paprika in his hand. That moment represents a radical change in his life, he got the idea of taking all his natural vegetables to the city in order to sell some healthy food instead of the harmful products plenty of chemical matters. In the end of this short movie, we can notice that people stared being interested to his masterpieces, which is a good start for a better future.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt that one person's ideas can have a significant impact on the world.
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ReplyDeleteScarecrow is a very touching short movie about how people believe that they are eating natural food, yet he saw how they have been cheating on all the people that don’t have a clue on what is going on behind their backs. After he saw what’s happening, he decided to go to his farm and get some natural healthy vegetables to cook them and sell them to the people who have no idea what the other companies and making them eat. He had a bright side to make people have the right choice whether they want to eat the unhealthy food or the healthy ones. This short movie has an effect on the real life we are living in. Nowadays, people all over the world buy food from companies that makes the people think that their food is healthy. They make people believe that they are selling natural food, but they are only lying to people. That’s why he decided to make a small place where he can cook and sell some real natural healthy food to the people in his small city. Furthermore, this short movie is upon the life we are living now, and it explains what people nowadays are dealing with.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you were so attuned to all the levels of lying and deception going on in this movie.
DeleteThis short video is really interesting. It shows the sad reality of our world that is based on lies. At the beginning, we can see that the scarecrow look sad. We can also see that he doesn't like what he is actually doing, like if he is obliged to do it. When he saw that the products that are supposed to be natural are not, he was angry. At the end of the day he returned to his farm and had this amazing idea. He decided to harvest all the naturals vegetables he got, corn, peppers and tomato. He didn't want to continue what he was doing, lying to people wasn't what he wanted to do. Starting a small business with only natural vegetables was better than working in a big industry based on lies. I think that the filmakers made this video to show us the truth of the big industries. To show that not all of the workers are happy to work there, sometimes they have to, and that's it.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It can be very difficult to do your job once you realize your job is lying to people.
DeleteI find that the real missing point of this short animated film is the pain of the scarecrow. He is seeing the lack of humanity and respect for everything that feeds us. Commercialization allows to feed most of citizens, but at a terrible price and unhealthy food. He makes his small contribution to prepare a healthy foods in his own way. A gentle hero moved by his compassion. He chased the crow away at the end. He wants to only change the world, he find the easy way. This short movie will take imagination to overcome the world food growth and distribution system, but never underestimate the greed and power of "Crow Industries."
ReplyDeleteI loved your phrase: "A gentle hero moved by his compassion". Excellent writing!
DeleteThe Scarecrow" is a short video that show us the journey of a scarecrow visiting a very polluted city full of factories that offers and sells natural foods (which is not true). At the beginning the scarecrow looks very sad when he saw what the factory was producing. He saw how the natural foods was modified to GMO and how animals were treated. At the end of his journey he decided to go to his farm, to bring natural products and started cooking them. He decided to go to the city and sells them. The filmmakers created this video to show what the reality of what we eat is every day. The message is that we should control the quality of food and stop lying to people.
ReplyDeleteStop lying about products is key!
DeleteI find that the real missing point of this short animated film is the pain of the scarecrow. He is seeing the lack of humanity and respect for everything that feeds us. Commercialization allows to feed most of citizens, but at a terrible price and unhealthy food. He makes his small contribution to prepare a healthy foods in his own way. A gentle hero moved by his compassion. He chased the crow away at the end. He wants to only change the world, he find the easy way. This short movie will take imagination to overcome the world food growth and distribution system, but never underestimate the greed and power of "Crow Industries."
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DeleteIn the beginning of this video, we see a scarecrow working in a company. He is not happy because the company pretends that it sells natural food. As we can notice, he becomes less happier when he noticed that hens are given injections in order to have more productivity.Without forgetting the raven that is bothering the scarecrow every time it feels that he is thwarted. When he got home , he found that he has a lot of natural food in his garden . then, He thought about people who consume food manufactured , and took all his stuffs and go to the town. He started preparing natural food that seem have attracted a child. Finally, as we say the beginning is most difficult things, and I strongly believe that he would be more productive in the future.
ReplyDeleteBut how should we be more product? Why do you think the filmmakers made this short video?
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ReplyDeleteThe scarecrow was a perfect image by the director to show that there still exist people that prefer to live naturally. The character was very sad at the begging of the animation. He didn’t like what he was doing. He hated how chemicals have devastated people’s life. On the other hand, what seemed to really affecting him was that people were unconscious. They didn’t really know what they are eating. Most of them believed that they were eating clean because that what the advertisements were communicating. Everything was industrial. Even chickens and milk weren’t natural. Nevertheless, the scarecrow didn’t give up, he started producing his own natural food, and selling it in the city. In the middle of food companies. This gesture could be just a small light that we can barely see at the end of a tunnel. A dark tunnel called the side effect of the globalization, but that move made scarecrow happier. He even started convincing people to follow him.
I think that the filmmaker was very smart by making this short animated movie. He wanted to show us that we should never follow whatever people do and consider it to be a normal thing. We should also never give up, and never be afraid to be the one who first made the switch.
I agree with you; just because it's normal, doesn't make it good.
DeleteThe video is about the boring routine of a young man working in a factory of food . At the begining we can see the young man roaming around the city , where everything looks sad and artificial . Crows are all mechanics food is not natural at all. Chickens are stung to get bigger , milk is cheated as well . Life in the city looks very sad and unorganic. Him seeing people living this life and eating this food makes him even more sad . Once he got back to his home where everything looked better and natural, he noticed a red chilli pepper wich gave him the idea to grab some real organic food to serve to the people in the city . This video affected me in a way that we can see how uncouncious people can be and are slowly harming themselves . The world is getting worse and worse , even evil . By watching this short video i had a reality check . Also , we should probably do something to make a signinficant change .
ReplyDeleteI don't know if the world is becoming evil, but I agree that if we are what we eat and we junk, maybe we are all just junky. Scary thought.
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ReplyDelete"The scarecrow” is a video that shows the life of a scarecrow visiting a manufacture that make food and distribute it. While the scarecrow was doing his work, he saw that animals were trended with an unhuman way. However, he was unhappy and the crow was always in his shoulder telling him what he should do. After finishing his work he goes back to his little farm and found a fruit in one of his trees. He decided to change his way of thinking and work his farm for a better productivity and consciousness. All that makes him happy and chase the crow and all the negative effect on it. This helps him to open a new place and a real one who sells healthy and better product. If all humans think like him the world would be better with no lies and no fake product.
I like that you saw the interaction between the crow and his scarecrow bosses. Working with good people makes a good product.
Delete“The scarecrow” is a short story that shows the quotidian of a living scarecrow that will change afterwards. In the beginning, the life of the scarecrow was sad. He used to work in the city in a factory. His job was to fix many things. While fixing those walls it happened to him to see some many farm animals waiting their turn to be killed, which made him feel bad. In the beginning his life was full of sadness and sorrow. After going to his farm house, his life have changed. He decided to open a vegetable sandwich store. Finally he became satisfied. This short story has a strong message, which is represented in the danger of the lack of food, and the massive urbanization. The second aim of this video is to advise us to eat more vegetables.
ReplyDeleteMassive urbanization is a key issues here that not many others picked up on. Good eyes!
DeleteFirst of all the mean idea behind this video is to denounce capitalism which its own goal is to sell products to the consumers and this, whatever the means employed. At the beginning of the video, the scarecrow was sad when disappointed by what he saw because the animals were treated in a very cruel way ,but he could not do anything because he had to obey orders and after that he decided to free himself and reap a very good organic food and open his own shop and prepare healthy food . I think the video is making people more conscious about what going on around the world and especially in the manufactures. I personally think this video is a great idea for lute against this phenomenon and to raise awareness and have a healthy and balanced life and lead a better future full of good things. If all people decided to do the same as the scarecrow we will be able to live in better world based on trust.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. This video is very anti-capitalism. Good on you for picking up on that.
DeletePersonally, I really enjoyed watching the “scarecrow” video. The video starts with a scarecrow who is visiting a huge modern city full of factories. Thought the visit, he unfortunately discovered that those factories are just pretending to produce and sell natural products. He figure out that they are using technologies to make animals become more productive. Consequently, they destroy the inner beauty of the nature. At the end of the video, the scarecrow brings his own natural products to this city. The filmmakers created this short animation to make people aware of this widely spread problem. Also, he wanted to show that even if you are representing the minority, you can make the change.
ReplyDeleteThere's a famous Margaret Mead quote that resonates with your last line. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
DeleteThe filmmaker shares in this video the journey of "Scarecrow" which is the principal carhacter of this short video. During the day, his mood changed because of many reasons.He becomes very sad and disappointed. He discover that the factories are just pretending to buy natural food. He was also chocked by the way animals are treated and some unnatural techniques that are used by factories in order to make those animals seems bigger. His job consist to repair the campanies imperfections and to hide their secret. At the end of his journey, Scarecrow went to his farm and brings his oown natural food and create his own small factorie that made him really happy. The purpose of this short video is to make people aware about this phenomenon that treathened us, and which is very well hided by those factories and lead sometimes people to forget it and consume whatever they found. this short animation have also another message which consist on the fact that the change can be made if we decide to do the same as Scrarecrow.
ReplyDeleteThis very well written.
DeleteIn the beginning of the video, Scarecrow was sad because he works in a factory that lies on people by giving them other quality of food than the one posted in advertising. he also feels guilty , for he has a hand in giving people unnatural food. however, he looks happy when making the meal in his own kitchen; he makes by passion one and putes t in the table. I learned from the video that people have to do the things they believe in to be happy in life.
ReplyDeleteMaybe happiness is simplicity.
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