Background
Dear Brother tells the journey of two brothers hiking the wide valleys and rugged mountains of the Scottish Highlands. A journey to the place of their youth, their home. Packed with a small bundle of cords and jute they keep on walking, until they arrive at the sea.
Daniel Titz and Dorian Lebherz, two young German students from the Film Academy of Baden-Württemberg, wrote and filmed the mock ad spot for $9,000 in 2015. It went viral within hours of being uploaded to YouTube.
Learn more about this amazing story here.
Objective
In this activity, you and your group will work together to evaluate the text from the Dear Brother short film and identify the argument or arguments the filmmakers made.
Instructions
- Evaluate the text and discuss the ideas you felt resonated the most with you.
- Identify the two most persuasive or compelling arguments you felt the filmmakers made in this film.
- Once the group has decided on the best arguments, take a moment and write out a sentence which captures this idea.
- Example: One compelling argument made by this short film / text is _________________________________.
- After the group has drafted these arguments, take a moment and identify at least two reasons, supporting points, evidence, or facts to support each argument. Write out these reasons also.
- Be ready to discuss your arguments with the class.
Your goal is to create an introduction that is engaging, clear, and well-structured. Work together, be creative, and have fun!
Voiceover text:
Walking the roads of our youth,
Through the land of our childhood, our home, and our truth,
Be near me, guide me, always stay beside me
So I can be free.
Free.
Let’s roam this place, familiar and vast,
Our playground of green frames our past,
We were wanderers.
Never lost,
Always home.
When every place was fenceless,
And time was endless,
Our ways were always the same.
Calm my demons and walk with me brother,
Until our roads lead us away from each other,
And if your heart’s full of sorrow, keep walking,
Don’t rest.
And promise me from heart to chest
To never let your memories die.
Never.
I will always be alive and by your side.
In your mind
I’m free.