Project for a bilingual 2nd of CSE English class

1. Art around us
Art movements according to teenagers

2. Are you an Art Historian or an Art
Connoisseur?
Take the following test to find out!

4. The Project:
Groups of 5.
Each group has to choose an art movement which they must film a video about.
The video must be between 4 and 7 minutes long and will be shown to the rest of the class when the project is
finished.
Each group needs to:
a. Chose an art movement and talk about its most important and defining features.
b. Explain how the art movement is related to its historical setting.
c. Chose 2 paintings from their chosen art movement to comment (mention interesting facts about it, including
comments on its technique).
d. Interview an artist of your chosen art movement and ask them the following questions:
i. In hindsight, what techniques or details would you have added to this art movement and why?
ii. If the art movement was occurring now, which themes do you think it would depict and why?
iii.3 to 5 more interesting questions which you come up with
The video must include images of the paintings which are going to be discussed.
You can make use of crazy costumes, crazy make up and anything which you think would make the video entertaining!

5. Examples of Art Movements (you may choose
one which is not on the list)
• Medieval art
• Renaissance art
• Mannerist art
• Baroque art
• Romanticism
• Realism
• Impressionism
• Post Impressionism
• Cubism
• Surrealism
• Expressionism
• Pop Art
• Art Nuveau

6. Congratulations!
After this project is finished, you will gain the proud title of
Art Connoisseur!

7. We are performers and spectators during our
every-day lives….
Every lesson you attend to, is in essence, a performance!
Your attendance (as a student), instantly turns the lesson into a performance and
this turns you into a spectator!
Teachers, lecturers, speakers, actors, politicians, singers, dancers…etc all have one
thing in common…
When they communicate a message to a crowd, they become performers!
Therefore….
When you give a presentation in class (as a student), or you appear on video, you
become the performer!

8. Producing a video about Art Movements….
In order to produce a video about art movements, a team needs more than just performers…..
The following are the roles each team will need:
1. Scriptwriter
2. Performer 1
3. Performer 2
4. Videographer
5. Editor
Everyone in the team will have the double role of a reasercher and
creator and will help the rest of the members in what they need.

9. How can our team
capture our spectators’
attention?

10. Do your research on the subject!
The following youtube channels have very interesting videos about
different art movements:
• https://www.youtube.com/c/philinthecircle/videos
• https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriousMuse
• https://www.youtube.com/teded/search?query=art

11. Plan the format of your project wisely.
There are a lot of different ideas you can make use of or combine.
The following are some examples which can serve as inspiration:
A. Draw my life format
B. Story telling format
C. Documentary/mockumentary format
D. Soap opera format
E. Sitcom format
F. Stop motion animation
G. Lecture format (Like the Ted-ed videos)
……the possibilities are endless
But remember… the performers need to appear in
the video at some point

12. Come up with an interesting, dynamic and fun script.
When creating the script, ask yourself the following
questions:
A. Would this idea grab my attention?
B. Would it grab the attention of people with different interests to mine?
C. Does it contain at least a minimum amount of humour?
D. Is it energetic, fun and dynamic ? We don´t want people to get bored.
E. Is there an introduction, a body and a conclusion to the argument being
made?

13. Choose an editing programme you can easily
work with.
Some examples of free online video editors include the following:
• https://animoto.com/
• https://www.powtoon.com/
• https://www.animaker.com/
• https://www.wevideo.com/
• https://www.moovly.com/
If the video editor of your choice is not in the list above, you can still use it!

14. FALL IN LOVE WITH THE SUBJECT YOU ARE
SPEAKING ABOUT!
Be creative and fearless and Enjoy the process
You have done your research.
You know your stuff.
It is your moment to shine.
You are going to do great.

15. And last but definitely not least….
Be creative and original in your work!
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT