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Categories of Music in Visual Media
Musicals: Adapted to Film - Original Film Musicals
Assignment 1: Identify Musical Usage COURSE INFO
For-credit tuition: $1,400
Lesson 2: Dramatic Functions
Non-credit tuition: $1,200
Add 6 CEUs: $25.00
Composer As Storyteller
Credits: 3
Plotting the Dramatic and Musical Arc of a Scene
Duration: 12 Weeks
A Symbiotic Relationship
Catalog #: BMW-160
Dramatic Function: Three General Categories
Assignment 2: Music as a Tool for Dramatic Development
Course Faculty
Lesson 3: Film Terminology and Dramatic Application
Donald Wilkins
The Stages of Film Production Chair Emeritus of
Setting Up and Shooting a Scene Berklee College of
Music's Film Scoring
Film Grammar and Linear Structure
Department.
Common Abbreviations
Dramatic Application of Camera Movement and Perspective Jack Freeman
Teaching courses in
Assignment 3: Analysis of Two Scenes from Apollo 13
film music editing,
Lesson 4: Spotting composition, and
history at Berklee
Before You Start Writing College of Music since
1991.
Consideration When Spotting
Music Spotting for Under the Tuscan Sun
Michael Rendish
Film Grammar and Linear Structure Former Assistant Chair
Assignment 4: Sinead Rising Talking Points of Berklee College of
Music's Film Scoring
Lesson 5: Working with SMPTE Time Code Department.

SMPTE Time Code

Working with SMPTE Timecode and Timecode Offsets
The Music Summary/Master Cue List Student Comments
“The material covered in this
Importing/Opening Video in a DAW
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Creating a Off-Set Timecode Start for Music in a Video teaching style is really great - he
seems to know intuitively what to
Specific Guidelines for Digital Performer, Logic, and Pro Tools
ask of his students - a great
Assignment 5: Score Sinead Rising
blend of encouragement and
Lesson 6: Synchronization-Part 1 enthusiasm!” - P. Gurnig

Music Mixes and QuickTime Audio

Copying and Bouncing QuickTime with Audio
Tangible Content - Aesthetic Choices
Synchronization Defined
Three Primary Scoring Methods
Scoring in the Digital Age
Create a Cue Layout
Downbeats and Upbeats
Assignment 6: Score a Scene

Lesson 7: Overlap Cues and Transitions

Overlapping Cues Defined and Illustrated

Why and When to Use and Overlap
Techniques for Creating Overlaps
Musical Considerations: Tempo, Tonality, and Timbre
Assignment 7: Creating Overlapping Cues with Comments

Lesson 8: Spotting and Scoring a Short Film

Putting It All Together

Spotting - Transitions and Overlaps
Creating the Spotting Notes
Assignment 8a: Spot the Blue City Movie
Creating a Music Summary
Developing a Concept for the Score
Assignment 8b: Spotting Notes

Lesson 9: Compositional Devices in Dramatic Scoring

Compositional Devices Relevant in Dramatic Scoring

Themes, Motifs, and Associated Elements
The "Theme"
Thematic Development and Manipulation
Pedal Point, Canons and Fugues, Negative Accent
Sketching Out a Scene: Design and Layout
The Anatomy of a Cue
Assignment 9: MIDI Track Work - The Attic Photo Score

Lesson 10: Free Timing Concepts Applied to DAW Scoring

Methods of Free Timing Defined/Examples

Explore Stop Watch
Conducting Beat Patterns
The Written Click
Creating a Sketch to Timings
Dead Cues and Reference Timings
Conduction Live Players
Assignment 10: Create a Sketch Score

Lesson 11: Scoring under Dialogue or Narration

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Open and Closed Scoring Situations

Considerations for Scoring Under Dialogue
Scoring Methods Under Dialogue
Dialogue and Music as Counterpoint
Narration vs. Dialogue
Assignment 11: Apply Dialogue Scoring Techniques

Lesson 12: Professional Scoring: Preparation and Application

Trust and Believe in Yourself

Creative Collaborations: Getting Started
Considerations Before Scoring
Creating a Budget
Assignment 12: Create a Music Budget for the Blue City Movie

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