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Middle [6th-8th] Lesson Plan

Art Music Video!!

Created on August 26, 2012 by AmyHall

My Middle School students (5th - 8th) recreated some of their favorite pieces of art... by making themselves a part of the art! We lip synced and filmed the results! Can you identify the pieces of artwork? Some are tricky! Answers at the end of the video. https://vimeo.com/33827081 This took about 6 classes to complete. 1 to plan, 4 to actually gather materials and recreate the pieces and 2 to film. I burned all of the kids a copy of the dvd and they have been talking about it since!

40 Keeps, 6 Likes, 8 Comments

THE PLAN
-deeply study one piece of artwork.
-recreate their chosen piece using found and recycled materials.
-perform in a video recording.
We used all recycled materials... we raided the teacher's lounge for paper and cardboard.

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1. Form groups of 3-4
2. Chose a piece of artwork
3. complete worksheet about the artist/piece of artwork. (we used computers, books, any found resources).
4. Make a plan! - sketch out how you will recreate the piece of artwork.
5. Gather materials to recreate piece.
6. Recreate artwork (this was done in many different ways, depending on what each group chose).
7. Participate in filming... while lip syncing to song!! (We chose to do Eye of the Tiger!).
8. Edit into one video - this was done with teacher assistance.
9. Laugh your head off while watching students dressed up as Starry Night lip syncing!
This was one of our favorite all time project last year... I will for sure be doing it again this year! Many happy teaching moments came from it that I did not originally plan for - love when that happens!!

This project can be adapted in many ways. I left it open to students to chose any piece of artwork, but you could focus it on a time period or style.

**There is one artist identification mistake at the end of the video .. it has been fixed by a student, but the first version was already loaded to vimeo, so that's what I have now to post.
THE FEATURES
Balance, Color/Value, Contrast, Emphasis, Form, Line, Movement, Proportion/Size, Rhythm/Pattern, Shape, Space, Texture, Unity/Harmony, Variety
Acrylic, Canvas, Chalk, Collage, Digital, Drawing, Fibers, Marker, Mixed Media, Mural, Painting, Paper, Pencil
English/Language Arts, Geography, History/Social Studies, Multicultural Studies, Performing Arts, Technology
ATTACHMENTS
Music Video.pptx

  • Jenncook678 09/01/2012 at 09:40am
    This is a fantastic idea! Thank you for sharing!


  • AmyHall 09/02/2012 at 10:33am
    Thank you and you're welcome... I think we will do it again this year, first week of school the kids were asked about it.


  • lightARTed 09/09/2012 at 08:25am
    LOVE THIS!!!!! I really enjoyed the video, what a great fun learning experience!!!!!


  • RVArtist 02/18/2013 at 06:29am
    They look like they enjoyed this so much! Great idea.


  • BuckyArt 02/18/2013 at 04:30pm
    Great idea!


  • Cohen_Art_Room 02/18/2013 at 05:48pm
    Wow what a great idea. Would love to do this.



  • jennteal 08/29/2014 at 06:46am
    This sounds Awesome. Maybe I'll team up with the English department that is already making movies.