Y9 - Creating music for films

Music for Films

Duration: 6 - 8 lessons.

Planning of activities:

Lesson 1:

Introduction to film music

Part 1

The birth of film and audio synchronization

• The silent movies and the cinema orchestras
• The Jazz singer

Part 2

Y9 Film Music Project

Choose your partner wisely

Use of technology

On selecting a movie scene for your project

Should I take the music out or re-record the dialogues?

How long should my scene be?

Dates and deadlines

Lesson 2:

So... How do I start?

Part 1

A quest for inspiration

• Gathering important information about the movie
• Finding and defining the right mood for your score

Part 2

The motif

John Williams: Indiana Jones (the raider's march), Star Wars (Darth Vader's theme) & E.T (The creature's theme).

Bernard Herman: Psycho (Norman Bates theme)

Part 3

Creating a motif for a movie character

Lara Croft

Character's profile?

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• Exploring musical ingredients: Rhythms, Scales & Chords
• It's all about options... 
• Share and discuss your choices with the rest of the group

By the way, which is the Lara Croft's 'real' theme?

Y10 - Personal Music Investigation - Documents

Link to all Personal Music Investigation documents:

Personal Music Investigation Folder

Philosophy of Music - 3 lessons.

In these 3 lessons, we will be referring to an article written by Dj Spooky as an inspiration for discussing aesthetiques, the impact of technology in the music making process and digital distribution and advertising in contemporary society.

For such, prior to reading the article, I'll request you to write down the questions you have that made you opt for this particular lesson. 

Your inquiry should be fostering your questions and participation in our conversations during the next three weeks and by the end of these lessons, you should have adressed some of these questions, perhaps have a better understanding of it or even changed your inquiry.

I took care to add the definition of the most difficult terms you will find on the text. I have also highlighted interesting sections and added some questions for you to be thinking about in case you decide "not to think by yourself" at all.

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Lesson 1:

- Think, pair, share: think of your personal inquiry, discuss it with a friend, share findings with the group, write your questions on a piece of paper and hand it over to your teacher.

- Group reading and discussion of the article "Loops of perception" by Dj Spooky.

Get the article here:

Loops of perception: Sampling, memory and the semantic web

Lesson 2:

- finish reading and discussing the article "Loops of perception".

- Group discussion adressing different students inquiry questions

Lesson 3:

- Group discussion about the essential aspects adressed in lessons

- Write a student statement about what you have learned in these three lessons.