"Gift" Video Responses

1) Describe what the main concept or "big idea" behind the video is. That a small family adopts a young girl, and they accept her into the family, and soon you begin to see she is separated from the family and it sets up the scene to let you know that she isn't actually a girl, but a dog. And the young girl is equally portrayed as a responsibility to take care of, and that was the endings big idea.

2) What is the emotional tone of the video..Happy? Sad? Optimistic? The video portrays a tone starting with exciting and happy and leads to sad and concerning, to a depressed tone.

3) Were there any clues that the adopted child was a metaphor for an adopted dog? There were clues like how when they adopted her she wasn't allowed to eat dinner at the table with them, and the dad and daughter were throwing a ball and left her behind. There also was a scene where she wanted the dad to play with her and he kept giving her toy back to her.

4) Identify the message the filmmakers were trying to convey. The filmmaker wants to convey a message of people are equally as important as humans, and you need to have responsibility to take care of them if you are willing to have them in your life.

5) In your opinion, was the message effectively conveyed?  (Use examples to support your opinion) Yes. People have a soft-spot for animals, and at the end when it showed them leaving the dog behind, it hits hard because a dog is a friend, and a responsibility, and the message of taking care of them really came into play since in the video they used a young girl.

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