Film Scoring for Beginners
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- 1 - Welcome and About This Course
Film Scoring Definitions and Fundamentals

2 - The Role of Music in Film
3 - The Vocabulary of Film Music
4 - The Film Composer
5 - Tips for Diversifying your Musical Output
6 - Working With The Director
7 - Tips for Working with Inexperienced Directors
8 - The Other Team Members
Career and Business Matters

9 - Career Goals and Dreams
10 - Developing Your Career Goals
11 - Essential Tools for the Beginning Film Composer
12 - When You Get The Call: Rates, Interest, and Availability
13 - Thoughts about Contracts and Agreements
Score Pre-Production

14 - Developing the Score: Breaking Down the Film
15 - Developing The Score: Finding "The Sound"
16 - Developing the Score: Crafting Themes and Association
17 - The Power of Musical Placement in Film
18 - The Spotting Session
FCA Cue Sheet Template.xlsx
SCREENWRITERS CUESHEET for FCA.jpg
19 - Scheduling the Workload
20 - File Management: Receiving, Importing, & Sync
Principles of Placement in Action: The Screenwriters

21 - Breaking Down a Scene from "The Screenwriters"
Scoring To Picture

22 - Home and Away: Principles of Musical Tension and Resolution
23 - Getting Inspiration, Originality, and Ideas
24 - Micky Mousing, Hit Points, and Shift Points
25 - Structure and Arc in the Cue
26 - Finding the Rhythm and Tempo of the Scene
27 - Emotional Point of View
28 - Key Choices, Modes, and Modulation
29 - Fitting Music Around Dialogue and FX
30 - Using World/Ethnic Instruments
31 - Scoring Cue Entrances and Exits
32 - How to Create Effective Underscore
33 - How to Score an Action or Chase Scene
34 - How to Score a Funny Scene
35 - How to Score a Romantic or Tender Scene
36 - Scoring the Big, Iconic Music Moments
37 - Common Film Scoring Problems and Solutions
Benjamin Botkin Scores a Scene from "Charade"

38 - Re-scoring Charade Part 1: Planning
39 - Re-scoring Charade Part 2: Composing
40 - Re-scoring Charade Part 3: Timing and Finishing
Screenwriters Scoring Assignment Video and Notes.zip
Charade Re-scored (Finished Scene)
Charade Rescored MIDI and VIDEO.zip
Finishing Up

41 - Finishing Up: File Delivery and Final Steps
42 - Thank You (And What's Next)!
Course Completion Feedback Survey
Complete Course Audio

Film Scoring for Beginners COURSE AUDIO.zip
Additional Resources

Resource List for Further Learning
Video Resources for Film Scoring Practice
Great Scores and Scenes to Study
Screenwriters Brainstorming Scene NOMUSIC.zip

39 - Re-scoring Charade Part 2: Composing

Picking up where we left off, in this lesson we will:

Work on nailing down the composition better
Find the tempo of the scene
Use a beat calculator to find out starting tempo
Structure and plan the cue
Begin layering parts
Begin orchestration