Author Nicholas Kafi Themes Shape and Form, Perspective

Shape, pattern and texture all play an important role in the visuals of Boy and Bicyle, and the director also uses shadow and perspective in interesting ways.

Ask students to note down shots, angles or compositions that they find particularly interesting as the film plays. Can they translate these shapes into an abstract sketch or develop their understanding of perspective by drawing a shot from a different, imagined angle? You might want to be more prescriptive (or less vague...!) by focusing on a particular frame - the static shot under the bridge or the boy's finger reflected in the puddle, for example. How different are students' artistic responses to these compositions? What different shapes, angles and textures do they focus on?

Boy and Bicycle seems to be about a 'journey' of some sort. Using this film as inspiration, ask students to plan their own piece of artwork around the word 'journey', thinking about how they might represent different locations or convey a sense of movement.

Alternatively, focus on the title - challenging students to sketch their own piece entitled Boy and Bicycle.