MYP The Art of Storytelling –Interdisciplinary Unit Art/English/Music
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concept: Narrative
Global Context: Personal & Cultural Expression
ATLs:
Social –Collaboration
Self Management – Organization & Affective Skills
Research –Media Literacy
Statement of Inquiry: Symbols and conventions used to convey meaning
to audiences are influenced by time and space
Inquiry Question: What is the relationship between arts and audiences?
Week 1 Post
On the first week of Music, we got into groups of four, and we had to present a presentation about how we would use Indonesian Gamelan Puppetry and Phantasmagoria Light Show with English, Music and Art. I got in a group with Sameer, Daniil and Oliver. It took some time to think of what we were going to do, but we successfully created a good presentation.
We started to present our presentation about Indonesian Gamelan and Phantasmagoria Light Show, We also were marking and giving our opinions on the other group's presentations.
Week 2 Post
We got into groups of 9 to decide our ideas to talk about ideas to combine different aspects. We talked a lot about the Alcatraz Island and prison, as it was a very difficult prison to escape, we talked about the plot, involving the villain switching suitcases including illegal toys being smuggled on the airport. As the innocent man, is sent to prison, he needs to escape. The man asks the warden, on how to escape the prison. The warden asked for hundred lollipops to escape. We used toys, illegal toys which are being smuggled and using lollipops to ask the warden for help to escape to appeal to children. We all gave our own opinions and adding on details to the big story. We will use shadow puppets and music to make the presentation come
to life.
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to life.
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| This is the setting for the presentation, the Alcatraz Island/Prison. |
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| Researching on Shadow Puppets. |
Week 3-4 Post
We decided all of are roles, the music side, composing music and the art side designing puppets and voicing over the puppets. We finalize our idea for the project and talk about the prison and how to make the escape better and more interesting to children, as the presentation is focused on children. My work in enrichment, designing creatures and people.
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| Villain, in progress, going to be completed by the art group, rough ideas, |
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| Hybrid/Monster |
Week 5 Post
We started composing music and using other music created and adding a bit of notes to change the music, to make it spooky, We are using the song called Requiem for a Dream. We used the piano and practiced the song. We are trying to play the song and add a different voice, to make it different. We have been using the keyboard/piano to learn the song and using tutorials for the song.
Week 6 Post
In Week 6, we made more music and we used the piano to make a main theme and we used the piano to make other creepy music, we used the drums to make music and other instruments for our performance. In Enrichment, we created lots of puppets, cut them out and stuck them cardboard, we made some of them
movable.
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| Puppets that we created in Enrichment |
Week 7 Post
During
today’s lesson we practised our performance. We reflected on our work so
far and discussed how we could improve our product/show. This is what we have
decided to do to improve our work, we will add more music, we will sync our audio with visuals, we will practice our speaking, playing the instruments and maneuvering the puppets,designing the puppets in depth, adding colour to the puppet. Each member of our group will be
responsible for, I would be moving the puppets, Yuya will be moving the puppets as well. Ahmed will be playing the piano, Daniil will be playing the drums, Sultan, Michael, Oliver, Jad and Sameer will be voicing over the puppets.
Week 8 Post
We used different aspects of writing, creating tension, creating stories that build up tension, it helped us make the right puppet designs because of the description used in writing and ballads. The techniques we learned in the Phantasmagoria Show, like using water on people, to make it a 4D experience, it helped us with ideas, to make the play interesting. The story helped us make certain music, voices and more, it helped us a lot in the play. We made spooky piano tunes, scary drum music, which helped us create the mood and atmosphere for the play. The play was not great, we did not have the right people for the play, as most of our members had to go for the next lesson, because our play went overtime, so we couldn't start it on the same lesson. We can do more rehearsals to make the play better. We could improve our voice, making it louder and improving the accent for the character. We can make more puppets, so they are unique for each character, we can add more backgrounds with high quality, for a better imagination. Reflecting helped us identify the mistakes in the play, help us make the play better and successful, it helped us make necessary changes and make it better.
Play Perfomance Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_HvY8BgOpo
