History of Sound in Film - FULL LESSONS

Have all the tools you need to take your class into the fascinating world of sound in films with this immersive teaching resource, "History of Sound in Film". Uncover the remarkable story of how sound transformed the film industry from silent pictures to the symphony of audio-visual experiences we know today. Through engaging lessons, interactive exercises, and captivating anecdotes, students will trace the milestones of sound technology and its profound influence on storytelling. This captivating journey takes students and educators on a thrilling exploration of the evolution and impact of sound throughout cinematic history. See more teaching resources like this HERE!

This resource is perfect for teachers looking to incorporate modern cultural elements into their music curriculum while also helping students develop skills relevant to the growing film and television industry.

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This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of the full history of sound within Film and the Film Industry. This massive lesson covers the full history from early experiments with both sound and image all the way through to modern-day surround sound systems. The material in this resource would easily cover 4 to 5 lessons over roughly 5 or 6 weeks and would be excellent for Music Technology, Film Studies and Media lessons.

All material, presentations and worksheets, within this resource has been recently updated and now include links to online 'Distance Learning' versions through Google Slides™. This allows extra flexibility and continued support if students are learning and engaging from outside the classroom at home.

The presentation/lecture covers the development of sound technology and how it developed alongside the Film Industry throughout the Golden Era to contemporary Cinema. The presentation has 50 detailed slides, with embedded video links and examples to YouTube, thus providing an excellent addition to the resource.

This resource also comes with 4 classroom tasks that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation and integrated videos and will aid learning and revision for learners. Part of this is a very interactive lesson where students “map” the history of audio technology in film history with a “Cut-Out Timeline”. Moreover, all these classroom tasks come with Answer-Sheets, to aid marking student’s submitted work.

Furthermore, each of these Classroom Tasks comes in a “No Style”, black and white printout or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners.

This resource also comes with an Infographic resource to aid learning. This covers the full timeline of Sound from 1894 to the modern day. This also has embedded YouTube video links for many of the major dates throughout the Timeline.

In this package:

- PRESENTATION – History of Sound in Film (.pdf High quality)

- PRESENTATION – History of Sound in Film (.pdf compressed quality)

- PRESENTATION – History of Sound in Film (.pptx PowerPoint - read-only)

- VIDEO – Revision video of the presentation to aid learning and help with student learning.

- GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf)

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- INFOGRAPHIC – Timeline of major dates for Sounds development within the film industry. (.pdf High quality)

- INFOGRAPHIC (Powerpoint version) – Timeline of major dates for Sounds development within the film industry. (.pdf High quality)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 1-Sounds Found in Film & Early "Talkies"– Styled (.pdf file)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 1- Sounds Found in Film & Early "Talkies – Not Styled (.pdf file)

- ANSWER SHEET – Class Task 1- Sounds Found in Film & Early "Talkies – (.pdf file)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 2-Film Vocabulary & Research– Styled (.pdf file)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 2-Film Vocabulary & Research– Not Styled (.pdf file)

- ANSWER SHEET – Class Task 2-Film Vocabulary & Research– (.pdf file)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 3-The Importance of Sound in Early Film– Styled (.pdf file)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 3-The Importance of Sound in Early Film – Not Styled (.pdf file)

- ANSWER SHEET – Class Task 3-The Importance of Sound in Early Film – (.pdf file)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 4-TIMELINE + CUTOUT-History of Sound in Film– Styled (.pdf file)

- PowerPoint – Class Task 4-TIMELINE + CUTOUT-History of Sound in Film– Styled (.pptx PowerPoint)

- ANSWER SHEET – Class Task 4-TIMELINE-History of Sound in Film– (.pdf file)

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