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Watch the following stop-motion animation film very carefully.

Make a note of the sounds that you would expect to hear on the Sound Predictions worksheet.

Sound predictions

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Sound predictions (no sound)

This short animation was created by teachers during an Into Film introduction to stop-motion animation CPD session. They used paper cut outs and the programme iStopMotion on an iPad to produce this stop-motion animation.

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Watch the film for a second time with the sound turned on.

Fill in your worksheet once you have watched it.

Sound predictions

You may wish to show the following clip to your students more than once.4

Sound predictions (with sound)

This short animation was created by teachers during an Into Film introduction to stop-motion animation CPD session. They used paper cut outs and the programme iStopMotion on an iPad to produce this stop-motion animation.

Sounds: boings, guitar strum, footsteps. Slide whistle and bell, crickets, camera flashes, fire, harp.

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How important is sound to a film?

Remind pupils of the first film in the Shaun the Sheep The Movie series Starting your Story where the Aardmann animators explained that sound was a key component of the film as Shaun does not speak. You may wish to review the film from 02:48 to 04:02.Your class might discuss the pros and cons of silent films and different types of sound that they would expect to hear.

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What sounds were used in the film?

Did you guess correctly?

Sound predictions answers

Watch your film very carefully and make a note of when you would expect to hear sounds.

What items around your classroom can you use to create sound effects?

Watch the webcast with Foley artist John Fewell for more ideas.

Practice creating your sounds in time to your film.Sound effects

Think about the sounds in the locations below they make and try to recreate them.Location sounds

Ask pupils to consider questions such as those below to help them to decide the ambient sounds like they need to create: Is it windy and noisy? Is it by the seaside with lots of lapping waves and seagulls? Would you be able to hear any animals or people?

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Watch your film and think about the speed of the music.

Is your film fast moving and action-packed?

How can you show this using percussion and instruments?Music composition

For more information on sound tracking music for films, you can show your pupils Into Films Behind the Scenes interview with film composer Debbie Wiseman: http://www.filmclub.org/behind-the-scenes/details/380/debbie-wiseman.Into Films Guide to Key Stage 2 Music, suitable for upper primary classes: http://www.filmclub.org/assets//pdf/Primary-Music-Resource-FILMCLUB.pdf

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Perform your live soundtrack includingsound effects, location sounds and music at the same time as your film in front of your class.

You might need to choose one person as the conductor to tell you when to start and stop certain sounds.

Make sure that you practice before your performance.Live performance

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