Assignment: soundscapes
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: Soundscapes
Create a video using a piece of music as a soundscape.
This was created in association with an Oxfordshire school Students start with the video and source appropriate music for it.
Suggested techniques
Tell a story to illustrate the music.
Use instrumental music rather than vocal music so the emotion comes from the sound rather than the lyrics.
John, from Oxford, suggests the following: “We’re looking at music which suggests the seasons. I’m getting the students to create movies based on the themes of spring, summer, autumn and winter.”
For teachers: benefits to students
- This helps students understand the relationship between sound and vision.
- This is an easy way to get students to engage with a piece of music.
Suitability
- Ages 12+
- Suitable for solo work
- Music
Downloadable resources
Click the link to download a Moviestorm movie template.
cloud.moviestorm.co.uk/Lesson_Plans/Summer%20Soundscape.zip
cloud.moviestorm.co.uk/Lesson_Plans/Winter%20Soundscape.zip
Installation instructions:
Download the file and extract the zip folder to this location:
Vista, Windows 7, Macs: [Username]/Moviestorm/Movies
Windows XP: C:/Documents and Settings/[Username]/Moviestorm/Movies
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