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# Film Music Lesson 1

## You will need

* Piece of paper
* Pen or pencil 📝
* A way to listen to the music ♫ Headphones would be useful. 🎧

## Plan for today

In this page, there are...

* My words to read
* Sound files to listen to
* Videos to watch and to listen to
* Activities to try

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**Activities are in a box with a green tick**

Read these carefully.

Sometimes you will need to submit something to Teams, sometimes not.
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## 1. What is the plan for this term?

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This term we will be...

* Thinking about how composers use **musical elements** and **musical devices** to create effects
* **Listening** to some famous film music
* **Performing** some famous film music!
* **Creating** our own **soundtrack**

## **2. Let's hear some film music**

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On your piece of paper, draw this table:
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| Clip number | Matching Picture |
| ----------- | ---------------- |
| 1           |                  |
| 2           |                  |
| 3           |                  |
| 4           |                  |
| 5           |                  |

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1. Look at the pictures A, B, C, D and E.
2. Listen to the music clips below. They will download when you click the orange words.
3. Can you match each clip with a picture? Write your answer in the table.
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{% file src="/files/-MQSogZtDmN1fOqAK8ps" %}
Click here to listen to the music clips
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![Match these pictures to the music above.](https://3119691341-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4dA_dy9aIZnx3SLflp%2F-MQSiN2I_MuhH549FOUd%2F-MQSma34ul-kGDMGAIdI%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=a143a880-da1c-4e00-9157-6b551ed404bd)

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Click on the Answers tab underneath this to see the Answers and mark your work.
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♫
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1. E
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
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## 3. How do composers do this?

Let's think about the **musical elements** and how composers can use them.

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Read the table below carefully. We will need to use these when we do our own composing.
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| Musical Element  | What it means.                                                                        |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Melody           | The tune. How the notes move, e.g. skip, step or leap                                 |
| Articulation     | The way something is played, e.g. pluck                                               |
| Dynamics         | Loud and quiet                                                                        |
| Tonality         | Major and minor. We did this in our keyboard lessons and we will revisit these words. |
| Structure        | The sections of music                                                                 |
| Harmony          | How notes are combined together.                                                      |
| Instruments      | Recognising which instruments are playing.                                            |
| Rhythm and tempo | Tempo = the speed                                                                     |
| Texture          | The layers of music                                                                   |
| Sonority         | How something sounds, e.g. harsh or bright.                                           |

## 4. Batman

![](https://3119691341-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4dA_dy9aIZnx3SLflp%2F-MQSqFC5TwTCg9SjBpuU%2F-MQSrk_j4rQdpFcX7o0_%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=f35f8a1d-4743-4d05-ad34-5c90a58fd17e)

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Listen to the Batman music again.

Think about the **musical elements** you have just read. What **musical elements** are used in this piece of music to make it sound like a Batman film?

For example: the pitch starts low. The tempo is slow.

What other **musical elements** can you hear?&#x20;
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{% file src="/files/-MQSs0nShG3ew5kqi-S6" %}
Batman Theme
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## 5. Match the musical elements

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Copy the two lists in this picture. Draw them next to each other.
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![](https://3119691341-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4dA_dy9aIZnx3SLflp%2F-MQSqFC5TwTCg9SjBpuU%2F-MQSwhDNTFhAT7dbrhoL%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=9a624f2a-9d46-4419-ae14-39903bfd5f99)

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Listen to the music file below.

Draw a line between every clip and the right description.
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Musical clips
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Click on the Answers tab below to see the Answers and mark your work!
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♫
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1. E
2. F
3. D
4. G
5. C
6. J
7. B
8. I
9. A
10. H
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## 6. You're finished!

That's the end of the activities for this week.

Now we know about some techniques that we can use in our own pieces.

## 7. Extension (optional)

If you've done everything and you still have some time left over, why not listen to some more film music?

Here are some of my favourites:

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NqaupGcCpw>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35XMs5J7II>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5VP3of-dA>" %}