Intro to Film Scoring with Matt Wang
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Learn the art of scoring to picture and using your music to enhance a story told on screen as media composer Matthew Wang (Centigrade, New Amsterdam, GLOW) walks you through his composition mindset. The course will discuss the technical aspects of setting up a composer template, writing efficiently, and delivering a professional final product. This course is intended for music makers who want to learn about how to create music visual medias and is non DAW Specific.
This course has ended. Upon purchase, you will be sent a link to the class recordings and daily recaps from the instructor.
Course Breakdown
Day 1 - Film Scoring 101:
Discuss examples of well-known composers
What separates media composers from normal music makers
How a film composer fits into the puzzle of film production
Timelines for writing music to picture
Day 2 - Templates And Mindset
Discuss different kinds of composer templates and how they can help us offline bounce stems and be ready for when inspiration strikes
Sample Library talk and what kind of tools you need in your sonic toolkit
Pre-mix or not?
Talk about the way to prepare a session for writing even before playing a single note
Day 3 - Writing To Picture
Getting started
Talk about setting up markers, importing video, and starting to write
Finding emotional story points and how to enhance them
Getting a basic mix and sending off to the client
Day 4 -Different Approaches to Scoring The Scene
What to do if your director had different intentions for the music of a scene
How to rescore and be flexible with notes (composers serve the film, the film doesn’t serve its music)
Being vigilant to instill confidence in your collaborators
Day 5 - Recap and Critiques
Send Matthew your best music to picture for a chance of having it critiqued in the class.
Recap of the classes and tips moving forward
