Intro to Film Scoring with Matt Wang

$60.00

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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.

NOTE: This is an outdated product page. Please click HERE to access this course using our new platform, which offers a student-friendly experience and guided lesson format. Please disregard the purchase button on this page.

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

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