Assignment: Art report

This is part of a series suggesting different ways to use Moviestorm in schools or other educational environments. They also make useful exercises for film-makers wanting to develop and practice different film-making techniques. Many more lesson plans and ideas, with free downloadable resources, can be found on the Moviestorm Web site.

Assignment: Art report
Create a video report on a particular artistic style, movement, or period, and explain why they are historically significant.

Suggested techniques
Intersperse the presentation with still images and video if appropriate. You could do this as a studio presentation or lecture, and display the images on a screen behind the presenter, or else you can make the images go full-screen.

Create a virtual art gallery to display a selection of works.

If appropriate, create reconstructed or dramatised scenes from the era.

Add extra content on-screen by using text to complement what you’re saying.

Add appropriate background music to create atmosphere, and ensure you have a striking title sequence.

For teachers: benefits to students

• Adding multimedia content enables the student to approach the subject in a richer way than just using written text and still images.
• Finding images and music to enhance the presentation requires detailed research.
• Providing narration builds confidence in speaking without needing to do it in front of an audience or camera.
• Creating a multimedia presentation helps develop presentational skills and requires the student to consider what information is best presented using the different media: spoken, written, or visual.

Suitability

• Ages 14+
• Suitable for groups
• Art