Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): Sci-Fi Movie Music Listening Guide
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AND NOW... for our FEATURE MUSICAL PRESENTATION....
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS ON THE THIRD KIND (1977) COMPOSED BY JOHN WILLIAMS
Movie music is a great way to continue teaching your students higher level listening and music comprehension skills. Imagine covering all of your required material while also using music that is unique and new to them instead of the same old tunes and songs. Give them something to think about as they watch their favorite sci-fi movies! And give them to the tools to analyze, decode, and understand why the sounds in film are so important to conveying emotion on screen!
This google slides listening guide and sci-fi genre movie music exploration center is one in a series of many movie music listening guides of all genres and types. Hit the green star to follow Newman Music Academy to get updates on new additions in ALL genres to the movie music listening guide collection in the future.
ALL MATERIAL INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT IS SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. Although some movie music lessons features very popular films that might not be rated appropriately for school aged students, no video clips or dialogue from the movie is actually used in these resources, and no graphic descriptions of action taking place on screen are described in writing. ***Music audio only is featured. There is no access to the actual film from this lesson.
This resource includes:
- 1 film and film score composer showcased for the entire lesson.
- 3 clickable navigation pages (Homepage, Common Sound Elements in Sci-Fi Movies, movie track landing page)
- 3 clickable "sound elements of sci-fi movies" slides including:
- 3 soundbite examples of each element
- a description of the sound element
- links to homepage and film info page
- Movie track landing page includes:
- title, release date, short synopsis, movie poster of the movie
- film score composer info
- film score general info and listening introduction
- Links and titles to all featured tracks
- 3 song track slides from the featured film that include:
- a sound description of the track
- a sound-only recording of the track
- a set of reflection questions for students to answer for each track
- a slide with a custom Spotify playlist code linking students to a playlist that includes every track from all lessons in the same genre/collection!!
This is an excellent activity to teach so many difference concepts to students as young as 5th grade, such as: consonance/dissonance, folk and invented musical instruments, major vs. minor keys, tonal vs. atonal, and so much more. If you still love the idea of incorporating this resource into your class plan but unsure of how, here are a few ideas:
- Have students enter while you play one of the tracks over the class speaker. Introduce the movie and the lessons, then you can either break it up into several days or just one lesson after that.
- Assign small groups to listen and analyze 1 of the 3 tracks, then have them present their thoughts to the class at the end of the period.
- Have students listen to each track while drawing a picture or writing their own story to go with the track.
- Play the tracks one at a time, then let the students play a full-class game where each person in teams tries to guess what they think the movie is about based on the tracks they heard. Which ever team gets closest to the correct plot summary wins.
- Have students pick colors from paint chips or a pantone color wheel based on how the track makes them feel.
- Send the lesson link to each student and have them complete the assignment individually at home. Families can choose whether or not to let their student actually watch the film, or if the student is older they can simultaneously watch and complete the assignment. Have them complete a short thought-journal entry about the score.
If you need the pdf version, please email me at newmanmusicacademy@gmail.com
*Zoom, Google Slide, and print compatible*
*k-12 Music TEKS Aligned*
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