wildinout8
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I have done 3 short film scores in the past year a half which have all competed in the 48 Film Project - the largest independent film fest in America.
48 Hour Film Project
1) There are scenes you can download from YouTube that have the scores removed. Use these as practice just so you get a feel of you will eventually be doing.
2) Go to your local university or find local film makers to work with on a project. It is a completely different beast than doing music for a rapper/singer who will pretty much accept anything you give them
3) Hopefully, you're already doing this, but learn how to create emotion with your music. Chord progressions, melodies (no 5 note trap melodies), changes in energy and volume, etc.
4) Expect to create some very beautiful music that the director will reject. As a matter of fact, expect a lot of rejected ideas
5) Give the director TONS of different versions of the same song (theme) so that the director can choose what he's really looking for
6) Directors usually tend to not speak the same language as musicians, so find ways to communicate emotion and instruments and tone to them
7) Expect that for every 30 minutes of music you create the director will only use about 2 minutes of it LOL
8) Enroll in the Hans Zimmer Masterclass that will be releasing soon. It costs around $99
48 Hour Film Project
1) There are scenes you can download from YouTube that have the scores removed. Use these as practice just so you get a feel of you will eventually be doing.
2) Go to your local university or find local film makers to work with on a project. It is a completely different beast than doing music for a rapper/singer who will pretty much accept anything you give them
3) Hopefully, you're already doing this, but learn how to create emotion with your music. Chord progressions, melodies (no 5 note trap melodies), changes in energy and volume, etc.
4) Expect to create some very beautiful music that the director will reject. As a matter of fact, expect a lot of rejected ideas
5) Give the director TONS of different versions of the same song (theme) so that the director can choose what he's really looking for
6) Directors usually tend to not speak the same language as musicians, so find ways to communicate emotion and instruments and tone to them
7) Expect that for every 30 minutes of music you create the director will only use about 2 minutes of it LOL
8) Enroll in the Hans Zimmer Masterclass that will be releasing soon. It costs around $99