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*[https://franklehman.com/starwars/ Lehman, “Complete Catalog of the Themes of Star Wars“]
*[https://franklehman.com/starwars/ Lehman, “Complete Catalog of the Themes of Star Wars“]
*''Spitfire Audio:''
**[https://www.spitfireaudio.com/editorial/features/scoring-a-film/part1/ Bellamy, Henson and Thomson, "Scoring a Film"]


==== Listening or Videos ====
====Listening or Videos====


*[http://www.smt-v.org/archives/volume4.html#was-it-diegetic-or-just-a-dream-musics-paradoxical-place-in-the-film-inception Doll, "Was it Diegetic, or Just a Dream? Music's Paradoxical Place in the Film ''Inception''"]
*[http://www.smt-v.org/archives/volume4.html#was-it-diegetic-or-just-a-dream-musics-paradoxical-place-in-the-film-inception Doll, "Was it Diegetic, or Just a Dream? Music's Paradoxical Place in the Film ''Inception''"]
==== Tools ====
* [https://www.fransabsil.nl/htm/eventhit.htm Absil, Film Music Tempo Calculation Tool]


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==
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*Analysis of music from film, TV, or online video
*Analysis of music from film, TV, or online video
*Creating a compositional plan for a film, TV, or video
*Creating a compositional plan for a film, TV, or video
*Determining a tempo map for a cue based on given hit points


====Files====
====Files====

Revision as of 16:44, 30 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives

  • Students will be familiar with the compositional processes involved in writing for film, television, and online video
  • Students will be able to create a sequenced track which underscores a short video scene

Resources

Readings

Listening or Videos

Tools

Class Activities

  • Discussion of the mechanics and compositional challenges of scoring film and video
  • Scoring a short video scene using a sequencer

Assignments

  • Analysis of music from film, TV, or online video
  • Creating a compositional plan for a film, TV, or video
  • Determining a tempo map for a cue based on given hit points

Files

Notes