Create a Movie Score

Students discuss the importance of music to film and experiment with how they can use musical expression in an inventive way to accompany film. They create a score (music and sound effects) for a short movie clip and create a representation of it in traditional or invented notation.

• Create sound effects and appropriate soundscape for a film 

• Compose and perform an accompanying melody 

• Work in small groups to develop ensemble skills 

• Use traditional or invented notation 

This unit has a creativity and critical thinking focus: 

• Identify and question convention and consider several perspectives on movie score composition

• Make connections between film scenes and musical ideas

• Play with unusual ideas to create music with expressive qualities and justify their choices 

Essential Links

• The teacher could show students videos of pieces composed from found sounds for inspiration or comparison. E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPU3NefyktQ 

Other Links

• Audio/Video: Students listen to music to compare with music pieces (to be chosen by the teacher as appropriate) -Pieces to be shared 

• Sound Recorder: Record any sounds when students go around the school

• Video Recorder: Record students’ performance

• Any instruments necessary for students to compose.

English Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ffoHfgIZtVzEPC7bAM3ecXUK_jwXizrP3ZvdqS80va0/edit?usp=sharing 

Hindi Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KY0lxrx4yfpCwkXknWKQHY71bUrtcsbs3mlR0ve30ns/edit?usp=sharing

Gujarati Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_atEYZo5wkAxtdqEt3hmLWC7i8mRJUMA_EXKPnV9cM/edit?usp=sharing

Kannada Version

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/121ug-rsfbT4sHEhCpnM-wkkXRMlTEoKw8RsciVVTubM/edit?usp=sharing