Advanced Dramatic Orchestration and Recording Techniques

FILM-440

This course allows advanced senior film and media scoring students to move towards mastery in the areas of orchestration and conducting live ensembles to picture. Working with a studio orchestra, assignments allow students extensive experience orchestrating, composing to picture, and recording with an all-live ensemble. On alternate weeks, students will be the composer-conductor of a cue, or assist one of their fellow composers as music librarian and booth reader. This course is paired with both a music production and engineering class and an ensemble class that meet concurrently. A glimpse into this unique course can be found in this video.

Credits
3
Prerequisites
FILM-307, FILM-340, and COND-217 or COND-351 and written approval of course chair (application required)
Required Of
None
Electable By
FILM and GAIM majors
Major Elective for
Film and Media Scoring
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
FILM
Course Chair
Sean McMahon
Taught By
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