Film & Television Music

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

Reading

• Lehman, “Complete Catalog of the Themes of Star Wars“
• Doll, "Was it Diegetic, or Just a Dream? Music's Paradoxical Place in the Film Inception"

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

Files

• Scoring a scene (Word | Pages | PDF)