MYP 3: Costume Design for Music Video Production

MYP 3 has just finished making their innovative and new instruments from found materials. Students created a tribal identity and composed songs in Music class to tell their stories of oppression. (They studied the music of oppressed and minority groups).

To finish off their performance, they will be creating costumes and producing a music video to tell their stories through sound, music and dynamic visuals. We will be looking at tribal costumes and rituals from around the world with a focus on the New Zealand Haka. The Maori perform the historical Haka, a rhythmic and traditional dance. It is often considered a war dance for it's intimidating components, and today it is performed at rugby games for their opponents, but it is historically rich and truly a party of the Maori cultural identity. To learn more about the Haka, visit this wonderful and interactive website: http://www.newzealand.com/travel/app_templates/haka/index_content.html

Other inspiration comes from around the world from Asia to South America.

We looked at African tribes who use natural elements to adorn and create costumes for ritual performances.

Finally we watched two videos by Empire of the Sun, an Australian electronic rock band who created some very fantastical videos, good music and beautiful and creative costumes! Check them out -



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ltRV41TXO4&playnext_from=TL&videos=wZ9AXm9f9OU&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-4-HM

Stay tuned to see what they come up with!!