Practical learning activities Nikki Blackborow The Latymer School
Nov 19, 2014
Practical learning activities
Nikki Blackborow The Latymer School
‘Preliminary’ tasks
Organise one or two practical tasks Treat this like the prelim from AS – everyone
must completePrepare some questions for a practice
evaluation to followThis works well in the summer term of AS –
fun and useful learningStudents are used to the prelim so not likely
to question the need to do it!
4 useful examples of narrative/ performance music videos
1. Britney Spears ‘Baby One More Time’2. Busted ‘What I go to School For’3. Wheatus ‘Teenage Dirtbag’4. She + Him ‘In the Sun’
Available on youtube Set in school Rich for analysis Past but popular/ familiar with students Relevant and accessible Students choose their own contemporary examples
for analysis/research
Practical tasks to aid learning
Students remake short section of a music video. Work as a class or in groups to shoot + edit the remake. Cut all sections together at the end to form a whole
In pairs, choose a song and learn the lyrics. Then lip sync to song, shoot + edit the sequence
Evaluate the process and the learning associated with the above – like a prelim task
Practical/creative tasks to aid learning
Copy a look – students recreate a still photo in pairs
Play an unfamiliar track in class, & provide the lyrics. Students annotate the lyrics individually, then class discuss initial responses, thoughts around genre etc. Then students prepare a group treatment. Show the actual video and discuss
Students produce a storyboard for an extract from a professional video
Students create the shooting schedule for a narrative/ performance video
Lip sync practice
2007 Britney Spears ‘Baby One More Time’
2008 Busted ‘What I go to school For’
2009 Wheatus ‘Teenage Dirtbag’
2010 She and Him ‘In The Sun’