AU202 Navigating The Filmmaker/Composer Relationship and Process
This class covers industry essentials to successfully establish communication and working processes between filmmakers and music composers, which are key to filmmaking and post production.
Music and film exist individually as powerful universal languages. Together, their creative potential and possibility is limitless, connecting and drawing us close to a story’s greater message and cause. Film Scoring quite often takes place within the post production stage in Filmmaking, where communication is especially crucial yet challenging because it requires close working relationships of music and film professionals with innately different creative backgrounds.
Students will learn key industry basics involved in hiring a Composer, music licensing, how to share and communicate visions and briefs effectively and develop workflow to bridge the differences between music and film as well as extend the creative uses of music within filmmaking and post-production. Class exercises will detail processes that are used in music and film scoring such as spotting sessions, cue breakdowns and hands-on approaches in recognizing and navigating challenges that arise during the film scoring process, and implementing effective solutions.
Included in the class material are cue sheets, which will be made available for future use. Also covered is industry advice from a diverse and inclusive perspective that will help you gain confidence, knowledge and skills in nurturing the longevity.
Class Details
Objectives
Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:
- Confidently approach the Music and Scoring process within filmmaking and post-production.
- Effectively use music to elevate their future project.
- Understand the industry basics involved in hiring a
- Composer as one and music licensing.
- Develop, share and communicate visions, briefs and systems for effective workflow.
- Recognize and navigate challenges that arise during the film scoring process, and implement effective solutions.
- Extend the creative uses of music within filmmaking and post-production and the possibilities of the composer-filmmaker relationship and process for future projects.
Audience
This class is well suited for students wanting to achieve careers in various production and post-production roles within Film, TV, Media, Music and Audio. These roles can include music composer and producer, songwriter, directing, producing, as well as editing, post-production coordinator, post-production supervisor, and audio and podcast production.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisite requirements.
