In the newcast the words are missing , there is only music ...do we transcribe the news?
In pairs:
As you can imagine this newscast is special because it only has music, text and images will have to be created by you.
Como podéis suponer, este boletín de noticias es especial porque solo tiene música, el texto y las imágenes las tendréis que crear vosotr@s .Todo ello siguiendo lo que sugiere y describe la música.
La actividad cuenta con dos partes diferenciadas, una primera partede invención de noticias e imágenes relacionadas con ellas : 3 sucesos, 2 noticias culturales, 2 noticias deportivas, 1 noticia de última hora, el tiempo para el fin de semana y una segunda partedonde leer las noticias con la música de fondo.
The activity has 2 parts: 1-invention of news and images related to them : 3 events, 2 cultural news, 2 sports news, 1 breaking news, the weather for the weekend and 2- you have to read the news with the music
Después de inventar las noticias las pondremos en común y escribiréis los titulares .
Music suggets much about the society in which it is created. Music reflects a culture.It expresses experience and also affects experience creating feelings and responses in the listener. Music mirrors society , sometines raises questions about society's norms and values, and sometimes has the power to bring about change.
When this happens, music can serve a purpose that it was not intended for.For example, popular music has been known to create an identify for groups of people.Songs that were popular during World War II helped unify soldiers- for example The Moldau by Smetana was used as a resistance song during the Nazi occupation.
1-Why groups of people tend to be identified with certain types of music?( heavy metal, punk, rock, hip hop,rap, alternative music etc?
2-Does this kind of identification steretype students? If so, what are the stereotypes associated with specific music genres?
Os presento tres actividades para analizar la música de 4 anuncios publicitarios, las planteo tanto para comenzar el tema de la música y la publicidad . Estamos acostumbrados a ver y escuchar la música de los anuncios en radio y televisión, ahora vamos a tratar de ver el objetivo de la música en la publicidad a través del análisis.
Here you have 4 activities to analyze the music of 4 commercials.We are used to seeing and listening to the music of advertisements on radio and television, now we will try to see the purpose of music in advertising through analysis.
1-Ikea:
2-CHIQUILÍN
3-FILIPINOS
4-NAVIDUL
Listen to the music with attention and answer the questions:
1-Complete the details of the commercial:
Product being advertised
Product brand
Slogan
Reason of the ad
Target audience
Ad plot
2-What kind of music have they choosen?
Describe the music : vocal, instrumental, mix,instruments you can distinguish, the rhythm, the style.
Investigate who is the composer and the name of the music.
3-Explain the emotions, feelings that the music wants to transmit with the scenes.
4-What function or functions has this music in this commercial? memorize the brand, reinforce the message, gett attention or target the ad to an audience
5-In your opinion,do you think that the music for the ad is right? Would you play other music?
Students listen to some famous songs. You have carry out some activities in order to become familiar with their lyrics and tunes.
Then you will choose your favourite song and dedicate it to a friend, a relative or a loved one explaining the reasons for your choice.
General aim:
-To understand that Music is a way of expressing different cultures and part of Art and such also an expression of human creativity and genius.
Procedure:
Step1: Students listen to the songs one by one .
Step 2: Carry out the activities proposed, in order to become aware of how lyrics and tunes go together in a song: the importance and repetition of some words, its rhythm and structure, the different meanings and purposes a song may have, the instruments in the song etc. so that later you can create your own verses.
Step 3: Finally you have to choose a song and dedicate it to a loved person. You can do it in a audio format, or video format recording yourself dedicating the song and the song itself, using mp3 devices. or mp4 .
Songs: 6 SONGS
1-We are the champions (QUEEN):
a- Listen to the song : circle the correct form and match the expressions to their meanings.
b: Structure: Parts of the song.Instruments you can hear.
c: Sing the song .
d:You have already listened to the song several times. Now that it has become familiar, create your own verses. They will be additional lines to fit into the song's rhythm and structure.
e-Which is the message of the song? How the lyrics and the music help to express the message?
2-YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART(THEME FROM TARZAN BY PHILL COLLINS)
3-IMAGINE-LENNON
a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.
-b: Structure: Parts of the song.Instruments you can hear.
c: Sing the song .
d:You have already listened to the song several times. Now that it has become familiar, create your own verses. They will be additional lines to fit into the song's rhythm and structure.
e- What kind of world did John Lennon imagine? Read the lyrics and write about his views on religion, war, property and poverty. Make examples. What is the effect of repeated words throughout the song such as no,nothing and not?
4-MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE BY POLICE
a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.
-b: Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.
c: Sing the song .
d. Where are the 3 musicians in the video ?
e. How does the singer feel?
f. Does he keep hoping?Why?
g. Do you think that the island is a metaphore for his sentimental loneliness? Why?
5-TEARS IN HEAVEN BY
ERIC CLAPTON
Tears in HEAVEN, is a ballad by Eric Clapton about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year- old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother's friend on March 20, 1991.
a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.
-b: Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.
c: Sing the song .
d.Why did Eric Clapton compose this song?
e.Whom is it dedicated?
f.What do you feel ?
You can use this adjetives: angry, emotional, depressed, grateful, unhappy, relaxed, thoughtful, inspired, broken-hearted.
6-ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK
a-Listen to the song and fill in the blanks spaces.
b-Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.
c-What does the title of the song suggest?
d-Which of these 2 saying do you agree more with and why?
1-"BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY"
2-"WHEN IN ROME, DO AS ROMANS DO"
e-According to the song, if you were " a basque person in New York, what would be your greatest challenge?
