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- Year 6
Film music: drama
I can create drama in my film score, considering effective ways to build on my motif to create a sense of danger and disaster.
- Year 6
Film music: drama
I can create drama in my film score, considering effective ways to build on my motif to create a sense of danger and disaster.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A film score is an effective tool for adding emotion, tension and drama to a visual story.
- A motif can be used to represent an idea or emotion and can be developed and built on to create a bigger piece.
- We need to think about the structure when scoring so that the film score clearly enhances the visual narrative.
- Making changes to the elements of music, for example changing tempo, can help to add drama and tension to a film score.
Keywords
Film score - an original piece of music composed to accompany a film or television programme that contributes to the narrative by adding emotion, tension or drama
Natural disaster - a sudden event, caused by natural and not human activity, for example an earthquake or flood
Scoring - creating original music for film or television that enhances the narrative
Dramatising - using music to amplify the impact of a narrative beyond the visual on screen
Motif - a short recurring musical idea in a film score that represents a place, character, emotion or idea
Common misconception
Texture and structure are the same thing.
Texture and structure are easily confused. Think of texture as vertical and structure as horizontal. Texture is what is happening at the same time: the layers of sound. Structure is what happens in order: what happens first, then what happens next.
To help you plan your year 6 music lesson on: Film music: drama, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 music lesson on: Film music: drama, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Explore more key stage 2 music lessons from the Compose and create: nature documentary inspired film scores unit, dive into the full primary music curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
If creating using a DAW (digital audio workstation), pupils will need access to tablets or laptops. Otherwise, a selection of pitched and unpitched classroom percussion.
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