Analyzing a film: August Rush
August Rush I and II
Analyzing a film:August Rush
August Rush I
"I can hear the music everywhere"
"I believe in music the way people believe in fairytales"
"I like to imagine what I hear"
1- Which of these 3 lines do you agree most? Give your own reason.
2- Explain the relation of these characters to Evan:
Louis
Lyla
Arthur
Wizard
Roxanne
3- Evan was bullied at the Home for Boys. Why?
4- You are Evan. Write the diary about that night there.
5- Evan´s parents met a roof top. Their meeting there was special. What did they have in common?
6 - When Evan got to NYC he is impressed by the sounds of the city.
Could you describe his feelings?
7- When and where did Evan meet Arthur?
8- How did Evan get Wizzard´s workshop?
9- Do you like Wizard? Give positive and negative opinions about him.
10- What was Evan´s first contact with real music?
August Rush II
1-Make a list of four characters describing them with at least four adjectives.
2-Now describe their relation of each of them to the world of music:
3-How did Lyla know that her son is alive?
4-The famous arch in Washington Square became a symbol in the film, a place to meet. Give account of events taking place there. Underline the correct items:
a) meeting point for Louis and Lyla
b)a place for street musicians
c) the place where Evan met Arthur and Louis met Evan
d)a place where Lyla went back when she returned to NY
e) stage for the first classical concert performed by Lyla
f) place where Lyla was run over
5-Underline the name of the orchestral music Evan composed for the Concert in the Park.
August Rhapsody? August Symphony? August Sonata? August Concert? August Song?
6-He wanted to be heard by hundred of people. What for?
7-“You can´t learn music from books”- Wizard told Evan. What is your opinion about that?
8- The most unbelievable part of the story for you.
9-Music plays the main role in this film.Is it... ( Explain your answers)
a)A way to escape?
b) a way to find yourself?
c)a way to express your feelings?
d) a way to communicate with others?
e) a way to make people be better?
f) All the items before are possible?
10- What´s the message of the film from your point of view?
15- In your opinion, what´s the message of the film?
August Rush III
A complete work about this film for a trimester
August Rush is all about music.
We need to get in depth in the study of the musical connections in this task.
0. Previous work: Watch the film in class organized in scenes and then, in groups students will answer the questions in August I and II documents.
(Perhaps you can watch the film at home with English subtitles as an extra homework assignment).
August Rush is all about music.
We need to get in depth in the study of the musical connections in this task.
0. Previous work: Watch the film in class organized in scenes and then, in groups students will answer the questions in August I and II documents.
(Perhaps you can watch the film at home with English subtitles as an extra homework assignment).
1. Can you describe four classmates with four personality aspects?. Try to gues who other classmates are referring to.
1. The sound of silence ( two lessons)
a) In two minutes, write in jour journal all the sounds you can hear in the classroom.
( We must keep in silence)
b) Feel your emotions during the exercise. Write about it.
c) In two minutes, write in your journal all the sounds you can hear it outdoor.
d) Homework: Write the sounds you can hear in two minutes in three different places at home.
e) Write a poem about "Silence" using a special structure in groups:
Lines 1, 5 and 8 must be similar. Lines 2 and 7 must be similar. Lines 2, 3, 4 and 6 can be diferent.
e) Write a poem about "Silence" using a special structure in groups:
Lines 1, 5 and 8 must be similar. Lines 2 and 7 must be similar. Lines 2, 3, 4 and 6 can be diferent.
Create a choreography for this poem in groups and performs it.
PAY ATTENTION, during Covid 19 time, keep the distance.
REVIEWING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUND ( ONE LESSON)
1. 2. Analyse the characteristics of one of these sounds.
1.3. Do you remember the top four qualities of sound? Underline the correct answers:
Melody, rhythm, duration, pitch, intensity, dynamic markings, timbre, speed, time, decibels, instruments, notes, staff, tempo.
1.4. Describe an everyday environment in your life in which sound turns out to be attractive for you or that for any reason you enjoy in a special way. Write the different sounds you can hear.
1.6. Look up the definition of noise pollution and the problems it can bring about.
1.7. Noise Pollution Test. (Activity in class). Read the items and discuss with your partners about the test.
1.8. Look up the definition of noise pollution and the problems it can bring about.
COMPOSING MUSIC:
2. Evan gets delighted when he listens to the wind chime. It is his first contact with a musical instrument with several rods each sounding a different musical note.
2.1.Do you know of any musical instrument that people usually have at their homes that makes music without anybody playing any note on it?
2. 2.Perhaps you know an object that can be used as a musical instrument or an instrument that can be played in a non typical way. Describe it.
2. 3.Study all the contents related to human voice and instruments in the orchestra.
The vocal cords, the families in the orchestra...
3- Evan has the ability to turn everything he hears into music.
3.1. Could you compose a melody for three of these images?- in groups- ( With voices, percussion instruments, body percussion, recorders, piano, guitars or dancing)
- It´s raining
- Sunrise
3.3. A great variety of sounds can be used to compose the soundtrack of a film.
a)Do the task about the Foley Effects on google drive.
b)Choose another interesting video about Foley effects.
c) Look for two interesting sounds in this page: BBC sounds effects
3.4. Choose a Jaime Altozano video related to a famous soundtrack and write an opinion about it.
The importance of music in films
What´s a leitmotiv?
3.5. COMPOSE YOUR OWN SYMPHONIC POEM WITH SOME OF YOUR CLASSMATES and WRITE IT IN A SCORE.
3.6 Perform and play a score without conventional musical signs.
( Your teacher can give you this score to perform it).
4. Drama. Can we ACTING AND PERFORM these stories?
TYPES OF MUSIC
5. Evan´s parents belong to quite different music environments.
Choose one of these tasks:
5.1. Find a song you like most and study the different parts it has. Seek information concerning its performers.
5.2. Find a piece of music that you enjoy and study its most significant elements. Seek relevant information about the composer.
5.3. In group students will choose one of the chosen songs and analise the song structure.
5.4. In group students will review all related to textures, instruments, character, etc in order to analise a song or piece of music they like most.
COMPOSERS
6. Soon afterwards, Evan has his first contact with a musician, a person who knows how to play an instrument. Who is he?
6.1 Do you remember any situation in which you felt a special emotion by listening to someone singing a song or playing music?
6.2. "RUEDA DE PROFESORES". Hablaremos sobre la trayectoria musical de cada uno de los grupos o solistas intérpretes de las canciones elegidas.
IS IMPORTANT THE MUSIC?
7. You can find in the film some links to the Greek philosophers who talked about the music of the spheres.
Could you describe some of those moments?
WRITING MUSIC. Musical language.
8. At a particular moment in the film, Evan learns the names of the musical notes to play the guitar. Who has them written and where were they?
Choose one of these two tasks:
8.1. Remember the names for notes and other musical elements by finding a video about musical language and introduce the QR code.
8.2. Answer the questions about the video How to Read Music in 15 minutes.
8.4. Try to write the music you composed in a score.
PLAYING POPULAR INSTRUMENTS ( RECORDERS, GUITARS, PIANO...)
9. At another point in the film, there is a link to the way many children start to study music by playing some well-known and simple musical pieces composed by great musicians.
9.1.Can you describe that moment or name the piece they are humming?
9.2. Do you remember a melody from your childhood that has been since engraved in your heart?
9.3. Can you play a simple song with any instrument?
JAZZ
10. There is in the film yet another link to Jazz music. A music style where we can find the roots of modern music.
Which is that moment?
ORCHESTRA
11. At another moment during the film, there is a link to that instrument that some say is the King of instruments.
Can you describe that moment?
PRODIGY
12 . Evan is a child prodigy, like many great musicians.
12.1.Who is the musician that they mention in the film as a paradigm of musical prodigies?
12.2. Do you happen to know any other great musicians known by their talent for music since childhood?
CLASSICAL MUSIC
13. The importance of written music is highlighted as a way for the most outstanding musical compositions to reach our times.
When in the film did Evan discover that music can be written so that others can perform it?
MUSIC SCHOOLS. ORCHESTRA AND CONDUCTORS
14. At one point during the film, they talk about tonics, dominants, scale degrees, chords…
What is the place where musical talent or ability can be developed to the highest standards?
Is there any place like this in Badajoz? Name them.
15 .There is a look at the need for someone to learn how to conduct a huge orchestra of instruments.
Could you describe that moment?
What´s the name of the little stick used to conduct an orchestra?
- Narration and Voice-over
- Music ( diegetic and non diegetic)
- Sounds effects ( Foley and real sounds)
8. 3. Choose a sound you like and draw it in a paper.
-Sound-efects
Creating Sound in films:
1-Dogs paws a) pine cones
2-A boat going through the waves b) a feather duster
3-Footsteps on the snow c) leaves rustling
4-Horse hooves d )a Batman cape
5-Cracking ice e) gloves with paper clips
6-Bird wings f) water splashing in a tub
7-A vicious thunderstorm g) feet tromping on play sand
8-Sails on a boat h) coconuts clomping
Todas las actividades se realizarán en grupos interactivos y utilizando cuando sea posible la tertulia dialógica.
Se propondrán también rutinas de pensamiento y destrezas que se reflejarán en un portfolio.
La profesora aplicará la autoevaluación, coevaluación y heteroevaluación con check list, dianas y rúbricas de aprendizaje así como los recursos de evaluación que considere más adecuados para profundizar y desarrollar los productos propuestos.
PAY ATTENTION, during Covid 19 time, keep the distance.
REVIEWING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUND ( ONE LESSON)
1. 2. Analyse the characteristics of one of these sounds.
1.3. Do you remember the top four qualities of sound? Underline the correct answers:
Melody, rhythm, duration, pitch, intensity, dynamic markings, timbre, speed, time, decibels, instruments, notes, staff, tempo.
1.4. Describe an everyday environment in your life in which sound turns out to be attractive for you or that for any reason you enjoy in a special way. Write the different sounds you can hear.
( AT HOME OR GOING TO YOUR HOUSE AFTER SCHOOL).
NOISE POLLUTION ( TWO LESSONS)
1. 5. When Evan first comes to town, he gets kind of dizzy because of the amount of sound around him.Could you describe a moment in your life in which the sound stimulation perceived might have also made you feel dizzy or perhaps nervous? NOISE POLLUTION ( TWO LESSONS)
1.7. Noise Pollution Test. (Activity in class). Read the items and discuss with your partners about the test.
1.8. Look up the definition of noise pollution and the problems it can bring about.
A SPECIAL SOUNDTRACK. Learning to eat slower.
1.9. Bring three pieces of different fruits. Cover your ears and listen to the sounds of the fruit pieces in your mouth and write a possible story with that peculiar soundtrack. COMPOSING MUSIC:
2. Evan gets delighted when he listens to the wind chime. It is his first contact with a musical instrument with several rods each sounding a different musical note.
2.1.Do you know of any musical instrument that people usually have at their homes that makes music without anybody playing any note on it?
2. 2.Perhaps you know an object that can be used as a musical instrument or an instrument that can be played in a non typical way. Describe it.
2. 3.Study all the contents related to human voice and instruments in the orchestra.
The vocal cords, the families in the orchestra...
3- Evan has the ability to turn everything he hears into music.
3.1. Could you compose a melody for three of these images?- in groups- ( With voices, percussion instruments, body percussion, recorders, piano, guitars or dancing)
- It´s raining
- Sunrise
- A storm with thunders
- A bird is singing
- Waves in the sea
-A galloping horse -A ghost in a scary castle
- An ambulance
-A girl on a swing
Try to write these sounds in a score.
Choose a sound you like and draw it in a paper.
3.2. Could you make a brief melody for each of these feelings?:
Choose a sound you like and draw it in a paper.
3.2. Could you make a brief melody for each of these feelings?:
We can create a special atmosphere with music:
Try to compose a piece of music expressing different feelings:
-Happy and joy music
-Sad music
- Angry music- WRATH
-Scary and fear music
- Love and passionate music
- Comedy and funny music
3.3. A great variety of sounds can be used to compose the soundtrack of a film.
a)Do the task about the Foley Effects on google drive.
b)Choose another interesting video about Foley effects.
c) Look for two interesting sounds in this page: BBC sounds effects
3.4. Choose a Jaime Altozano video related to a famous soundtrack and write an opinion about it.
What´s a leitmotiv?
Diegetic and non diegetic music
Diegetic versus non diegetic sounds
3.5. COMPOSE YOUR OWN SYMPHONIC POEM WITH SOME OF YOUR CLASSMATES and WRITE IT IN A SCORE.
3.6 Perform and play a score without conventional musical signs.
( Your teacher can give you this score to perform it).
4. Drama. Can we ACTING AND PERFORM these stories?
TYPES OF MUSIC
Choose one of these tasks:
5.1. Find a song you like most and study the different parts it has. Seek information concerning its performers.
5.2. Find a piece of music that you enjoy and study its most significant elements. Seek relevant information about the composer.
5.3. In group students will choose one of the chosen songs and analise the song structure.
5.4. In group students will review all related to textures, instruments, character, etc in order to analise a song or piece of music they like most.
COMPOSERS
6.1 Do you remember any situation in which you felt a special emotion by listening to someone singing a song or playing music?
6.2. "RUEDA DE PROFESORES". Hablaremos sobre la trayectoria musical de cada uno de los grupos o solistas intérpretes de las canciones elegidas.
IS IMPORTANT THE MUSIC?
7. You can find in the film some links to the Greek philosophers who talked about the music of the spheres.
Could you describe some of those moments?
WRITING MUSIC. Musical language.
8. At a particular moment in the film, Evan learns the names of the musical notes to play the guitar. Who has them written and where were they?
Choose one of these two tasks:
8.1. Remember the names for notes and other musical elements by finding a video about musical language and introduce the QR code.
8.2. Answer the questions about the video How to Read Music in 15 minutes.
PLAYING POPULAR INSTRUMENTS ( RECORDERS, GUITARS, PIANO...)
9. At another point in the film, there is a link to the way many children start to study music by playing some well-known and simple musical pieces composed by great musicians.
9.1.Can you describe that moment or name the piece they are humming?
9.2. Do you remember a melody from your childhood that has been since engraved in your heart?
9.3. Can you play a simple song with any instrument?
JAZZ
10. There is in the film yet another link to Jazz music. A music style where we can find the roots of modern music.
Which is that moment?
ORCHESTRA
11. At another moment during the film, there is a link to that instrument that some say is the King of instruments.
Can you describe that moment?
PRODIGY
12 . Evan is a child prodigy, like many great musicians.
12.1.Who is the musician that they mention in the film as a paradigm of musical prodigies?
12.2. Do you happen to know any other great musicians known by their talent for music since childhood?
CLASSICAL MUSIC
13. The importance of written music is highlighted as a way for the most outstanding musical compositions to reach our times.
When in the film did Evan discover that music can be written so that others can perform it?
MUSIC SCHOOLS. ORCHESTRA AND CONDUCTORS
14. At one point during the film, they talk about tonics, dominants, scale degrees, chords…
What is the place where musical talent or ability can be developed to the highest standards?
Is there any place like this in Badajoz? Name them.
15 .There is a look at the need for someone to learn how to conduct a huge orchestra of instruments.
Could you describe that moment?
What´s the name of the little stick used to conduct an orchestra?
DISCUSSION
16. At another point, we find the never-ending discussion about which is more authentic, popular or classical music.
16.1.When does it take place? Could you describe it?
16.2. Go over the main characteristics of these two types of music in the task about it on the website and write at least four differences.
16.3. Do you like music? Write about what does music mean for you nowadays.
PASSION AND FLOWING
17. Evan composes out of a deep need to express himself musically that he can´t get in any other way. And also because of a need for affection and love with the purpose of reaching those that he feels alive around him.
What activity do you think you could spend a lot of time doing in order to develop your own sensitivity and abilities?
CRITICAL COMMENTARY AND METACOGNITION
18 . Could you select the most exciting moment of the film for you? Why did you choose that one
19. What message does the film hold for you at this moment of your life?
20. Would you recommend it to your first year classmates? Why?
16.1.When does it take place? Could you describe it?
16.2. Go over the main characteristics of these two types of music in the task about it on the website and write at least four differences.
16.3. Do you like music? Write about what does music mean for you nowadays.
PASSION AND FLOWING
17. Evan composes out of a deep need to express himself musically that he can´t get in any other way. And also because of a need for affection and love with the purpose of reaching those that he feels alive around him.
What activity do you think you could spend a lot of time doing in order to develop your own sensitivity and abilities?
CRITICAL COMMENTARY AND METACOGNITION
18 . Could you select the most exciting moment of the film for you? Why did you choose that one
19. What message does the film hold for you at this moment of your life?
20. Would you recommend it to your first year classmates? Why?
EXTRA MATERIALS
Types of sound in films/ videos/ media:
- DialoguesTypes of sound in films/ videos/ media:
- Narration and Voice-over
- Music ( diegetic and non diegetic)
- Sounds effects ( Foley and real sounds)
8. 3. Choose a sound you like and draw it in a paper.
-Sound-efects
Creating Sound in films:
1-Much of what you hear in the
movies is “created”. Let´s find out the elements behind each of
these sounds. Match A and B:
A What you see B What you really hear 1-Dogs paws a) pine cones
2-A boat going through the waves b) a feather duster
3-Footsteps on the snow c) leaves rustling
4-Horse hooves d )a Batman cape
5-Cracking ice e) gloves with paper clips
6-Bird wings f) water splashing in a tub
7-A vicious thunderstorm g) feet tromping on play sand
8-Sails on a boat h) coconuts clomping
2-Rearrange the words and find
these interesting reflections about the magic of sound and films:
-magic Hollywood in everything and
is make-believe
-Story we into bring the sound
-Any create we mood can with sound
-sound two one all hitting one is
elements another
3- The artist of sounds say
“We have to fight with music, sometimes dialogues, but when you
hear it at home it should be natural”. What do they mean by that?
4- Which
element would you use to create the magic of sound for a specific
action? Create your own Foley effect and describe it.
For example: shaking a metal
blade in the air to create the effect of a thunder
5- Try to create these effects with non conventional instruments: ( Choose two)
- It´s raining
- A horse is galoping
- A thunder
6- Look for another interesting vídeo about Foley effects.
Another interesting videos about Foley effects
Video 4Todas las actividades se realizarán en grupos interactivos y utilizando cuando sea posible la tertulia dialógica.
Se propondrán también rutinas de pensamiento y destrezas que se reflejarán en un portfolio.
La profesora aplicará la autoevaluación, coevaluación y heteroevaluación con check list, dianas y rúbricas de aprendizaje así como los recursos de evaluación que considere más adecuados para profundizar y desarrollar los productos propuestos.
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