Assignment: The Blues

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: The Blues
Create a music video using a 12-bar blues.

This template video was made in collaboration with a school in Oxfordshire. Students import a 12-bar blues to create their own video.

Suggested techniques

Tell a story or use stage footage.

For teachers: benefits to students

• This allows students to understand a specific musical form and get engaged without having to be able to play the music.
• The same technique can be adapted to other standardised musical forms.

Suitability

• Ages 10+
• Suitable for solo work, groups, or can be produced by teachers
• Music

Downloadable resources

Click the link to download a Moviestorm movie template.

cloud.moviestorm.co.uk/Lesson_Plans/12%20Bar%20Blues.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