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Post your amazing album cover along with your one paragraph of descriptive writing.

Write ONE descriptive paragraph

The word limit is between 120-150 words

Your paragraph MUST include:

1. Song title and artist

2. Your feelings when listening to the song

3. Description of colours, visuals and imagery used in the album cover

4. Clear justification linking the song to the design choices.

A reminder to everyone to not just describe the design, rather you must explain WHY you chose it.

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I have attached a playlist on Spotify containing all the songs for this activity. Please pick one song from the playlist, and make sure that no two pairs choose the same song.

After choosing your song, research it by visiting websites or other online sources to find the following information:

The singer or artist: Find out who performs the song and any interesting information about them, such as their style, background, or other songs they have made. This will help you understand the kind of music they create.

What the song is about: Try to understand the story, message, or theme of the song. Think about the lyrics and what the singer is trying to communicate.

The overall mood of the song: Identify the general feeling of the music.

How the song makes you feel: Write down your personal reaction to the song. Explain why you feel this way.

After finishing your research, we will proceed to the brainstorming stage, where you will plan your album cover using a mind map

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Creating What You Hear: Visualising Music Through Art

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Creating What You Hear: Visualising Music Through Art

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After completing your research, you will begin the brainstorming process using a mind map to plan your album cover and its justifications. I have attached an example of a mind map using the song “Story of My Life” by One Direction to help you understand how to organise your ideas.

For your mind map, you must choose one example for each category: visual, colour, and imagery. Under each example, write three short justifications explaining:

How it connects to the mood or emotion of the song

How it represents the message or story of the song

How it shows the feeling the song gives you personally

The completed mind map will serve as a guidance and reference for the next task, which is designing your album cover.

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After uploading your first draft, you have to complete peer feedback activity individually.

Review and read another pair’s work carefully. Then, provide constructive comments using the peer feedback checklist.

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Once you have given your feedback, read the comments that your classmates have written for your pair’s work.

Revise and improve your descriptive paragraph based on the feedback you receive. Make sure that your description explains how the song influenced your album cover and design clearly.

After you have completed revising, upload your final version of the album cover and descriptive paragraph on the Padlet.

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🎨 Welcome to 'Visualising Music through Art'

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🎨 Welcome to 'Visualising Music through Art'

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Hi everyone! In this project, you are going to become Album Cover Designers.

You will listen to a song, feel its mood, and then design an original album cover using Canva. To finish, you'll write a short description explaining why you chose your specific colors and images.

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Before we start, watch this short TikTok video. Look closely at how the person uses different colors and shapes to match the "vibe" of the music.

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Calum Stevenson Art (@calum_stevenson_art) on TikTok

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Trying to paint using the power of music! #art #process #oilpainting #calumstevenson #artist #painting #timelapse #music #creation

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After watching the video, talk with your partner and answer these 3 questions in the comments below:

1. What emotions did you feel while watching/listening?

2. How did the colors in the video match the music?

3. How can we represent feelings through images?

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Attached here is the vocabulary banks and sentence framers for all of you to refer to when writing your descriptive paragraph. You may use them as reference.