The Singing Street (clip 1)

Questions

• How does the director create a feeling of loss in this clip?
• What do these clips tell us and why do we need clips like these?
• Who do you think shot this film and why?
• What playground rhymes and songs do you know?
• What would these children think about how modern children spend their spare time?
• Count how many long shots are used in the extracts and say what effect this has.
• What genre could these clips be put into?

Activities

Social History: Research traditional playground games so that you can teach them to another class at playtime.

Health and Wellbeing / Media Studies: Make a video record of games that you play now.

Media Studies: Storyboard and make a rock video for a playground tune.

Music / Maths: Make up your own skipping clapping game to demonstrate understanding number bonds, times-tables.

Media Studies / Modern Studies: Make a video portfolio of games you play.

Health and Wellbeing / PSE: Invent a new playground song to accompany skipping or other playground activity.

English: Freeze clip on one shot and create a story opening (e.g. reflection in window shot).

Media Studies: Compare to any films you know that use reflections in a window or mirror to create an effect (e.g. Volver).