Film Scoring/Movie Scoring Projects


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The movie poster prop for the movie "Seduced by the Dark Side!"
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A movie that needs music

 * On the right is the storyboard for a tiny motion picture. This  movie needs music.  Look at it and tell me what music is needed.  Email me with your answer.

What do you think?

 * (#1) A smiling face music
 * When the movie starts, we see the face of a young person. As the camera moves closer, the young person smiles.  What should the audience feel?  Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#2) The Star Wars poster music
 * Then we see what the young person is watching. It is a poster for the movie, Star Wars.  What should the audience feel?  What kind of music will create that mood?   Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#3) Older person thinking music
 * When the older person is thinking, what kind of music should there be?  Tell me! [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#4) The Macintosh music
 * When the young person eagerly says, "Macintosh", what music should there be?  Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#5) Young person thinking music
 * When the young person is thinking, what music should play?  Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#6) The Macintosh music
 * When the young person exclaims, "Seduced by the dark side!", what music should there be? How should the audience feel? Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#7) Older person smiles music
 * When the older person smiles, should we still hear the music from before or should there be new music? Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]


 * (#8) Walking home music
 * What music should we hear when the younger person and the older person walk home together? Tell me!  [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|30px]]

FrameForge 3D Studio is great fun!


 * Highly Recommended
 * The images in this storyboard to the right were created quickly and easily using the free demo version of FrameForge 3D Studio. This is a wonderful program that all filmmakers should immediately download.  Your instructor highly recommends this program.


 * Free Demo Version
 * When you requrest to download the demo version, just for the fun of it, list your middle name as "WikiU". Robert Elliott 16:09, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


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The storyboard for "Seduced by the Dark Side!"

EXTERIOR - The local movie theater - NIGHT

(1) The Young Person and Old Person stand looking at the movie poster outside the theater.

Slowly dolly in. A smile begins to form on the young person's face.

Cut to the poster and dolly in slowly.

(2) Young Person: "That was a great movie..." Cut to a side view.

(3) Young Person (contined): "but I do not understand one thing." The young person's head turns to the older person.

(4) Old Person: "What's that?" Wide angle shot to show emotional distance between the two characters.

(5) Young Person: "How can anyone be seduced by the Dark Side?"

(6) The old person thinks for a while. Old Person: "Humm!" Thinking very slowly.

(7a) Old Person: "What computer do you..."

(7b) Old Person(off camera): "... have at home?" Cut in mid sentence to see the young person's anticipation.

(8) Young Person (eagerly): "A Macintosh!" The young person's face lights up with excitement.

(9) Old Person: "But what computer does your father use at work?"

(10) The young person thinks for a moment. Young Person: "Humm!"

(11) Young Person (amazed and excited): "Seduced by the Dark Side!"

(12) The Old Person smiles. Old Person: "Ahh!" The face lights with a knowing smile.

(13) Old Person and the Young Person walk toward home together. Lock the camera for a matte painting.

The camera remains locked. When the matte painting is added, the shot will look like a scene out of Star Wars at Port Isley.

(14) Fade to Black.

The End
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The Next Page

 * Now you begin learing and practicing the three basic methods of creating film scores for filmmakers who are not musicians.
 * Lesson 1: Creating the sound of fear [[Image:Crystal Clear action forward.png|24px]]

Contact Your Instructor

 * Your instructor for these courses is Robert Elliott. To email me, you simply @undefined.


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