Assignment 2 – “The Veldt” Music Video
Before Reading the Story - Answer the following questions based on the music video
and the song before reading the story.
1. Which part of the music video is “the Veldt?” Is it real? Explain
2. How does the song make you feel?
3. Where do you think the children are coming from when they pass through the
door in the beginning of the video?
4. What are your initial reflections on what the song is about? Please refer to the
lyrics of the song.
5. What might happen if rooms could become environments sensitive to the thoughts
and feelings of their human occupants?
6. What is your perspective of the viewpoint held by some parents that “nothing's too good for our children”? After Reading the Story – Answer the following questions based on the music video
and the song after reading the story.
7. What are the children experiencing in the video?
8. Is there any experience that you have had similar to that portrayed in the video
through your online activities or virtual reality interaction? Explain.
9. What do the glasses and red flow leading to the lions represent from the story?
10. Juxtapose the melody of the song with the storyline portrayed.
11. Which is real- the dark room or the veldt?
12. What is the world that the children made?
13. Please share a fantasy world of yours from your past, present, or future that you
would telepathically create if such a virtual reality room existed.