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Introduction to Film and Media Scoring with Helen Noir

Introduction to Film and Media Scoring is a 6-week course of 12 live online classes, taught by film composer and lecturer Helen Noir in partnership with Music Hackspace. The course

Level

Beginner

Duration

Self-paced

Format

Self-paced video

Course overview

Introduction to Film and Media Scoring is a 6-week course of 12 live online classes,
taught by film composer and lecturer Helen Noir in partnership with Music Hackspace.

The course provides the necessary latest skills, techniques and first-hand industry
insight into the methodology, workflow, and tips and tricks on Film and Media Scoring.
Students of this course will have several opportunities to create short pieces of music
for moving image and get a chance to play them back for professional advice.

The course will consist of:
● 12 x 2hr live online classes
● All classes recorded for student use (during the course only)
● Interactive group challenges and playback sessions
● Special guest speakers
● Music Hackspace Graduate Certificate of Excellence
● 50% discount on your first year subscription to Music Hackspace

Course content

Introduction to the Course

3 lessons

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  • Introduction to the course
  • Basics of writing for media - intro to DAWs, notation software and tech (and why so much tech is involved!)
  • Sound design & dialogue mixing

Brief History of Film & TV Scoring

3 lessons

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  • Looking at successful scenes from different genres
  • Developing an analytic ear
  • Assignment: students to review a short scene (to be provided) and prepare a brief analysis for review

Electronic and Hybrid Scores

2 lessons

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  • Working with synths
  • Vocals and other instruments

Working with Orchestral Instruments

3 lessons

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  • How to programme orchestral VSTs
  • Basics of notation and creating scores for musicians
  • Working with orchestras Assignment: students to write a short piece of music for an imagined film scene

Review Session

1 lesson

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  • Discussion of students’ responses to assignment scene given in (2)

Mixing Scores

2 lessons

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  • Intro to mixing both electronic and orchestral elements for media
  • Working with DAWs and plug-ins

Guest Speaker

1 lesson

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  • Discussion with one of Helen’s collaborators about a real world film project on which we’ve worked, and about their career & experience

Sample Libraries and how to use them

1 lesson

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  • Discussing sample libraries and their use in modern media music (overview discussion), hybrid scoring, use in sound design

Review Session

1 lesson

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  • Peer review of students’ music from (4)

Film Scoring Analysis

1 lesson

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  • Looking at some recent examples of great film/tv scoring, and relating these to students’ work

Sound Design

3 lessons

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  • Sound design vs. Composing - how they differ and where they overlap
  • Creating bespoke sounds
  • Brief Overview of mixing with dialogue

Scoring a Scene Walk-Through

1 lesson

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  • Looking at a real world example, we will walk-through writing a short cue to picture, mixing and adding sound design

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