MYP The Art of Storytelling – Interdisciplinary Unit
English/Music/Art
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concept: Narrative
Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression
Statement of Inquiry: Symbols and conventions used to convey meaning to audiences are influenced by time and space.
Question: What is the relationship between arts and audiences?
ATLs: Collaboration, Organisation and Media Literacy
My name is Sahil Singhvi and I am in year 8. This is my MYP Arts Process Journal. On this blog you will find documented evidence of my learning through the Arts: Art, Drama and Music. This term I am starting my learning journey in Art.
My strongest Arts subject is Art. I want to develop my skills in Drama and Music.\
Week 1 Post
Inquiry Questions: Why do we share stories? How can stories help us navigate our journey through life? How can we create musical/audio stories?
Reflection
I learnt a lot of new information about the Phantasmagoria Lightshow because with the PowerPoint I researched a lot of facts and information about it. I am really excited about the topic because I find it interesting looking at how in the past they had got entertainment.
Experimenting with Photos
Week 2 & 3 Post
Inquiry Questions: •How can
artists
create layers of narrative in a visual and audio form?
•How does a ballad or gothic horror story captivate the
audience –what techniques are used to create this?
•How
will we use our stories/Ballad's to create a Phantasmagoria Light Show?
•How can
we evoke emotions in our audience and build tension?
In the second week we formed our groups with 8 people and decided the story for our final task. We worked to choose the best story and also tried to combine stories to make it a better story for our project. We were told to get photos of scary settings and scary sound effects and music.
Sound of Horror Trailer
Week 4 Post
How can you create gothic horror imagery –what qualities should it include?
Demonstrate & Explain how you used the following photography
techniques:
Pepper’s ghost, Xray setting, Light & Shadow
How will you use these techniques be incorporated into
your Phantasmagoria Light Show.
During this week we learnt more photography techniques like the pepper's ghost and tried it and experimented with it, we used hollow material as well for the photos. We also did a X-Ray photo to make it scary and Light & Shadow technique.
Week 5 Post
•How did
you experiment with moving image to build tension?
•Explain
what experimental films you created
•Demonstrate
& Explain how you used the
tracking/dolly technique:
•How can
you develop the footage to create a gothic/horror feel?
•Explain
how you will you use these techniques and incorporate them into your
Phantasmagoria Light Show.
During this week we learnt about video techniques and the dolly technique to incorporate it in the Light Show and used moving images to create tension.
Week 6-8 Post
•How
have you experimented with layering tools for digital media or editing tools
for moving image?
•Explain
and show your experiments
•Explain
how these tools have altered your images
and moving image:
•How will you put the still images and footage
together to create a Phantasmagoria Light Show?
During the last few weeks we have been editing and playing around with our images with digital media and editing tools for our Light Show. We also used editing software and effects to develop our moving image footage for our trailer.
Week 9 Post
Inquiry Question: How to create a successful
Phantasmagoria Light Show.
How
could your performance be improved?
How well does it
relates to your story
How have you created tension?
How well do the instruments and sound effects work with your still and moving image
Is there a clear structure to your story?
What emotion should the audience feel?
During this week we tried our music for the Phantasmagoria Light Show, we discussed on shadow puppets and how it would work, we edited more of our images and to improve our Phantasmagoria Light Show.
TERM 2 REFLECTION
