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  6. Lesson 4: Composing for film

Learning objective

  • To create and notate musical ideas and relate them to film music.

Success criteria

  • I can imaginatively use my body or my
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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Improvise
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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Match the picture and play the audio.

Learning objective

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could focus on the action scene, as they have had practice with the whole class; could compose and perform their part alongside a partner.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use their own instruments to add to the composition; could use staff notation to record key rhythms and melodies.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using their body, voice and instruments

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Vocabulary definitions

  • accelerando

    A gradual change to a faster tempo.

  • composition

    The way a piece of music is put together.

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In this unit

Assessment - Music Y6: Film music

Lesson 1: Soundtracks

Lesson 2: Scenes and sounds

Lesson 3: Following the score

Lesson 4: Composing for film

Lesson 5: The soundtrack

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Sarah Frecknall

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Sarah Frecknall is a specialist music teacher, currently working in a primary school teaching music from Nursery to Year 6.  Sarah started her teaching career as a Year 3 class teacher, and her music career as a professional jazz singer, before combining the…
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Last update: 5th December, 2025

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