Jul 11, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
REasons for commercial success One of the reasons for widespread commercial success for many art forms and media is the ability to appeal to a very wide group of people. For instance, commercial chart albums are very often conceptualized in a way to include not only a...
Jul 10, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring, Working Together
Asking questions Sometimes, when you get an edit of a movie to work on it might be highly incomplete, with lots of placeholders, storyboard cut-ins etc. so it might be tricky to actually understand the story or important details. Also, sometimes, the storyline will...
Jul 9, 2018 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
getting an agent For many composers who are just starting their career getting an agent seems to be one of the most important things to do as they hope that these agents will get them high profile jobs and it is more impressive to have customers communicate with your...
Jul 6, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
8va and 8vb lines Even though you might think it makes life easier for your players and is a good idea to incorporate into your scoresheets wherever needed, orchestral players don’t like seeing 8va/8vb lines or marks at all. Even the players where the use of such...
Jul 5, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical, Working Together
Film making terminology Learn and understand the basic technical principles and terms of filmmaking. While it is nothing that you might need directly for your own work, it helps tremendously to communicate with people involved in the film project that you’re working...
Jul 4, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
practice long structures One of the trickiest things to learn when learning to compose is to gain a view and more importantly control over the big picture. It is fairly easy to learn and use all the “rules” and possibilities in small scale, having one chord and a...
