Music Production for Films
The Spotting Session
A course by user3316641 surname3316641 , Musician and Composer
Joined June 2020
Explore music as a tool for storytelling by conceptualizing, developing, and producing a score for the big screen
About the video: The Spotting Session
Overview
“In this lesson I would like to go over one of the key moments in film scoring: the spotting session. This is where the director is “handing over” the film to the composer, which can be terrifying for both! The “letting go” for the director, and a “blank sheet of paper” moment for the composer. But it can be the source of some stimulating discussions and ideas and we should plan and prepare to get the most out of it. ”
In this video lesson user3316641 surname3316641 addresses the topic: The Spotting Session, which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Production for Films. Explore music as a tool for storytelling by conceptualizing, developing, and producing a score for the big screen.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Spotting Session In this lesson, I would like to cover what is a really important session, the spotting session, which is the first discussions with the director. It's where you watch the film together and discuss where music might go, its role, how you're planning it, and you try to get in sync. They're doing a very important handover from one storyteller to another. It's also where you establish workload, which could be related to budget, but mainly it's getting in sync with another storyteller so that you get up to speed. It's really important that we examine the why of the film, why...”
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Course summary for: Music Production for Films
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Category
Music & Audio -
Software
Logic Pro X -
Areas
Music, Music Production
A course by user3316641 surname3316641
Simon Smith is a Barcelona-based musician and composer who specializes in music for film and television. As a child, he was always experimenting with playing different instruments and eventually went on to study music in London, where he found himself drawn towards composing and improvising. Simon went on to release music with a label in the city and play in bands at well-known festivals like Glastonbury before moving on to composing for the big screen.
He has worked in countries around the world including the USA, Germany, Mexico, the UK, and Spain, and his work can be heard both in cinemas as well as on platforms like Netflix and Amazon.
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