Lights, Camera, Action...Music: Critiquing Films Using Sight and Sound
Films can be much more than entertainment; they can also help students better understand themselves, their culture, and other forms of media. In this lesson, students view a scene from Good Morning, Vietnam in which the visuals and the music contradict each other. They then use a scene analysis framework to explore why the director chose the setting, camera angles, and music and what these choices do to create the scenes tone. Students reflect on the scene individually and in groups and then create their own scene to be presented to the rest of the class. Detailed lesson plan that leads students through the process of reading film, making them active viewers and allowing them to see the effects sound, lights, cameras, etc. can have on a visual work.
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