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Principles & Practices of Contemporary Film Music: True Tales from the Film Scoring Trenches

New York

Address: MPEG Office, 145 Hudson Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10013.


Educational

Speaker: James Sizemore
Part 1: 11:00 am – 1pm
Lunch: 1:05 pm – 1:25 pm
Part 2: 1:30 pm – 3:00pm
Fee: Refundable Deposit $40.00

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This seminar looks at how music is used in the filmmaking process. It will provide insights into spotting the film, creating a temp score, and “speaking music” in order to create a dramatic concept for the score.  The class will analyze real world examples of workflows and production techniques for music composition and production, and provide tips in overcoming the technical hurdles when conforming, recording, editing, mixing, and delivering film music. 

 

Timeline

Part 1

1.Common uses of music to support film
2.Spotting the film, temp music, and documentation
3.Composing themes, fitting music to picture

Part 2
4.Music demos
5.Conforming
6.Recording
7.Edit, mix, and deliveries

 

BIO

James Sizemore is a New York based music editor, composer and orchestrator, best known for his work orchestrating films such as "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies".  His feature film credits include  “A Dog’s Purpose”, “Spotlight”, “Rosewater”, and most recently “The Catcher Was a Spy”.  He has taught at NYU and CUNY and has lectured at both the NYU Tisch School of Film and the Manhattan School of Music.

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