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Unit: At the movies
The children explore movie music in
this unit – from 1920s animated films
to present day movies. They learn
techniques for creating soundtracks
and film scores, and compose their
own movie music.
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Medium term plan
1st lesson plan
2nd lesson plan
3rd lesson plan
4TH LESSON PLAN
5TH LESSON PLAN
6TH LESSON PLAN
Glossary
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
me d i u m t e r m P l a n
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lesson Learning
•Understanding music
narrative
•Interpreting notation
•Using a storyboard to
structure sounds
Teaching Activities
Music in early animation
Compare the use of music in animations from the 1920s and 1930s
Musical sound effects
Look at graphic representations of musical sound effects and listen
to them being played
Learning SUPPORT
If your resource of instruments is
limited, collect together materials
which can be used as sound
sources, eg paper, plastic, tins,
buttons, boxes, metal washers,
tubing, natural materials.
Storyboard cartoon sequence
Create music for a storyboard cartoon sequence
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2
lesson Learning
•Learning about the use of
sound effects to movies
•Exploring and using
narrative structure
•Composing sound effects
to perform with a movie
Teaching Activities
Abstract Albert
Add vocal and body sound effects to the movie Abstract Albert
Abstract Albert with Mickey Mousing
Compose musical sound effects in Mickey Mousing style to perform with
the Abstract Albert movie
Learning SUPPORT
Prepare the groups for activity
two – adding sounds played on
instruments. Watch Abstract
Albert without sound, asking the
six groups to add sound effects
for the six actions using body
percussion and voices.
Sequencing and character
Perform musical sound effects to accompany a silent animation
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lesson Learning
•Identifying changes in
tempo and their effects
Teaching Activities
Action Mouse song
Sing a song at different speeds and explore the phrase structure
•Exploring and
understanding phrase
structure of a song melody
Action Mouse movie
•Creating and performing
a sequence of melodic
phrases with a movie
Running Rodent
Glossary
Explore changing tempo to reflect the action in a movie
Learning SUPPORT
Help the children to understand
the Action Mouse song’s phrase
structure by dividing into four
groups: W, X, Y and Z. Sing
the song following the notation,
with each group only singing
their matching phrases.
Invent a melodic sequence to accompany a movie with three tempi
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
me d i u m t e r m P l a n
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4
lesson Learning
•Learning about the use of
musical clichés in movie
soundtracks
Teaching Activities
Man in a tunnel
Listen to incidental music to notice how the music suggests the mood
and the action
•Exploring the effects of
music on movies
fANTastic ANTics
•Using the musical
dimensions to create and
perform music for a movie
Musical clichés
Watch a movie and listen to musical clichés for different emotions
Learning SUPPORT
Make a note of the children’s
thoughts about the six pieces of
incidental music for Man in a
tunnel. Display these where the
children can see, then listen to
each piece again so that they can
reflect on their own and other’s
ideas.
Study the musical cliché notation, then make up new music for each
of the four scenes
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lesson Learning
•Learning about techniques
used in movie soundtracks
•Exploring techniques used
in movie soundtracks
•Creating sounds for
a movie, following a
timesheet
Teaching Activities
Spacedust
Watch Spacedust and learn about hit points in animation
Spotting
Learning SUPPORT
Make audio recordings of the
children’s ideas so that they can
listen, to help them evaluate the
sound effects they have chosen.
Learn about spotting and begin exploring musical ideas as a soundtrack to
the animation Spacedust
Spacedust compositions
Select instruments and compose musical ideas for Spacedust
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lesson Learning
•Working in groups to
create descriptive
movie music
•Evaluating and refining
compositions
•Learning about using
cue scores
Glossary
Teaching Activities
Scene structures
Continue creating music for each section of Spacedust
Cue scores
Learning SUPPORT
Make a large wall chart of the
cue score and use this to
rehearse the music without the
movie, following a conductor
if necessary.
Finalise ideas and fill in the cue score for each section
Synchronised Spacedust
Rehearse the cue scores to a second count, then perform the music
with the animation
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1
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
What you will
need
Lesson learning
•Understanding music narrative
•A selection of tuned and
untuned instruments and
soundmakers
•Interpreting notation
•Using a storyboard to structure sounds
Teaching Activities
Music in early animation
Vocabulary
Compare the use of music in animations from the 1920s and 1930s
Children:
–– watch animations to explore and discuss the role of music;
•Tempo
•Dynamics
–– critically describe the use of music in animated films.
Musical sound effects
Look at graphic representations of musical sound effects and listen to them
being played
Children:
–– interpret graphic representations of sound effects using percussion or soundmakers;
–– listen critically to select sounds that match graphics;
–– sing a song with added sound effects.
Storyboard cartoon sequence
Create music for a storyboard cartoon sequence
Children:
–– invent sound effects to interpret a cartoon storyboard;
–– work in groups to create and play storyboard sequences with tuned and
untuned instruments;
–– perform in groups, listen critically to their performances and evaluate.
Support: If your resource of instruments is limited, collect together materials which can
be used as sound sources, eg paper, plastic, tins, buttons, boxes, metal washers, tubing,
natural materials.
Glossary
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EXTENDED
LEARNING
Accompany a mime sequence
using musical sound effects, eg
one child mimes a sequence of
sawing, hammering, running,
walking, climbing, creeping,
fear, happiness etc while the rest
of the group make up musical
sound effects. Encourage the
children to match the tempo and
dynamics of their sound effects
to the movements of the mime
artist.
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
2
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
Lesson learning
•Learning about the use of sound effects in movies
•Exploring and using narrative structure
What you will
need
•A selection of instruments
and soundmakers
•Composing sound effects to perform with a movie
Teaching Activities
Abstract Albert
Vocabulary
Add vocal and body sound effects to the movie Abstract Albert
Children:
–– watch an animation which has a music soundtrack and sound effects;
•Timbre
•Dynamics
–– perform vocal and body sound effects in time with an animation and
music track;
–– experiment with making new sound effects in a narrative structure.
Abstract Albert with Mickey Mousing
Compose musical sound effects in Mickey Mousing style to perform with the
Abstract Albert movie
Children:
–– watch an animation with musical sound effects and discuss;
–– learn about ‘Mickey Mousing’ sound effects;
–– work in groups to create sound effects using instruments.
Sequencing and character
Perform musical sound effects to accompany a silent animation
Children:
–– perform musical sound effects with an animation in sequence;
–– refine their ideas for musical sound effects;
–– explore how sound effects can change the character of the animation.
Support: Prepare the groups for activity two – adding sounds played on instruments. Watch
Abstract Albert without sound, asking the six groups to add sound effects for the six actions
using body percussion and voices.
Glossary
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EXTENDED
LEARNING
Ask the children to write down
their musical sound effects using
graphic notation and to give an
explanation of how the sound
characterises Albert or his
actions.
Create Foley sound effects using
a wider range of sound sources,
eg walking and running (shuffle
gravel in tray), climbing the
ladder (tap drinks cans) and
add these to the musical sound
effect performance.
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L ess on
Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
3
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
Lesson learning
•Identifying changes in tempo and their effects
What you will
need
•Exploring and understanding phrase structure of a song melody
•Creating and performing a sequence of phrases with a movie
Teaching Activities
Action Mouse song
Vocabulary
Sing a song at different speeds and explore the phrase structure
•Tempo
•Phrase
Children:
–– learn a song at three different tempi;
–– use notation to explore and understand the phrase structure of
the song melody;
–– sing the song following notation.
Action Mouse movie
Explore changing tempo to reflect the action in a movie
Children:
–– watch a movie which includes music at different tempi;
–– listen and follow a graphic of the music’s structure;
–– listen to identify missing phrases in the score.
Running Rodent
Invent a melodic sequence to accompany a movie with three tempi
Children:
–– watch a movie with three sections at different tempi, and clap to the
changing tempo of a click track;
–– create a new sequence of phrases to accompany a movie;
–– sing the new phrases in time with a movie.
Support: Help the children to understand the Action Mouse song’s phrase structure by dividing
into four groups: W, X, Y and Z. Sing the song following the notation, each group only singing
their matching phrases.
Glossary
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EXTENDED
LEARNING
Learn to play the Action Mouse
song melody on instruments.
Perform the melody at different
speeds. Alternating two beaters
will help the children play
phrase Y at a fast tempo (RRLRLR
– crossing right hand over left to
play the note F). Invent your own
melodies to play using the
melodic phrases from Action
Mouse.
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Music Express Age 9-10 © 2014 A&C Black (an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc)
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
4
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
Lesson learning
•Learning about the use of musical clichés in movie soundtracks
•Exploring the effects of music on movies
•Using the musical dimensions to create and perform music for
a movie
What you will
need
•A selection of instruments
and soundmakers
Teaching Activities
Man in a tunnel
Vocabulary
Listen to incidental music to notice how the music suggests the mood and the action
Children:
–– watch a movie with five examples of different incidental music;
–– discuss the effects of the music on the movie;
•Pitch
•Timbre
•Tempo
•Dynamics
•Texture
–– in pairs, interpret music tracks through tableau, scenario or mime.
FANtastic ANTics
Watch a movie and listen to musical clichés for different emotions
Children:
–– learn and perform a chant;
–– watch and discuss a movie and its music;
–– learn about musical clichés;
–– perform a chant to accompany a movie, adding dialogue and ad libs.
Musical clichés
Study the musical cliché notation, then make up new music for each of the four scenes
Children:
–– relate graphic notations to sounds;
–– work in groups to create music and dialogue for scenes of a movie;
EXTENDED
LEARNING
In groups, children invent
their own scenario for the
ants and add musical
backing and dialogue.
–– perform music with a movie.
Support: Make a note of the children’s thoughts about the six pieces of incidental music for
Man in a tunnel. Display these where the children can see, then listen to each piece again so
that they can reflect on their own and other’s ideas.
Glossary
7
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
5
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
Lesson learning
•Learning about techniques used in movie soundtracks
•Exploring techniques used in movie soundtracks
•Creating sounds for a movie, following a timesheet
What you will
need
•A selection of percussion
instruments, eg xylophone,
metallophone, guiro,
tambour, triangle, claves,
cymbal, swanee whistle,
flexatone
Teaching Activities
Spacedust
Vocabulary
Watch Spacedust and learn about hit points in animation
•Texture
Children:
–– watch an animation, noting the timing of ‘hit points’;
–– investigate ways of marking the hit points with a hand clap.
Spotting
Learn about spotting and begin exploring musical ideas as a soundtrack to the
animation Spacedust
Children:
–– learn about adding music to a movie using ‘spotting’;
–– explore and evaluate ways of creating musical ideas for a movie;
–– perform movie music from a score using vocal and body percussion sounds,
and evaluate their effect.
Spacedust compositions
Select instruments and compose musical ideas for Spacedust
Children:
–– work in groups to create descriptive music for a movie using a timing
breakdown chart;
–– perform in groups and evaluate.
EXTENDED
LEARNING
Write dialogue to go with the
movie and record some sound
effects to add to the complete
soundtrack performance next
lesson.
Support: Make audio recordings of the children’s ideas so that they can listen, to help them
evaluate the sound effects they have chosen.
Glossary
8
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Music Express Age 9-10 © 2014 A&C Black (an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc)
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10
6
Musical focus: Composition
Subject link: English
Lesson Plan
Lesson learning
•Working in groups to create descriptive movie music
•Evaluating and refining compositions
•Learning about and using cue scores
What you will
need
•A selection of percussion
instruments, eg xylophone,
metallophone, guiro, tambour,
triangle, claves, cymbal,
swanee whistle, flexatone
Teaching Activities
Scene structures
Vocabulary
Continue creating music for each section of Spacedust
•Melody
Children:
–– revise and refine group compositions, using graphic notations;
–– practise playing to accompany an animation;
•Rhythm
•Dynamics
•Texture
–– listen and evaluate their own and others’ music.
Cue scores
Finalise ideas and fill in the cue score for each section
Children:
–– develop and finalise compositions;
–– notate compositions on a cue score;
–– use timing notes to perform compositions, synchronising with an animation.
Synchronised Spacedust
Rehearse the cue scores to a second count, then perform the music with the animation
Children:
–– perform group compositions in a sequence with an animation;
–– evaluate the timing and sound effects;
–– suggest improvements to the music.
EXTENDED
LEARNING
Swap groups so everyone gets a
chance to work on a different
section. Add real sound effects
and dialogue.
Support: Make a large wall chart of the cue score and use this to rehearse the music without
the movie, following a conductor if needed.
Glossary
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Unit: At the movies
MEuxpsreiscs
AGE
9-10