Music Theory and Scoring for Film
Collaboration with a Filmmaker
A course by Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim , Music Producers and Composers
Joined February 2022
Joined February 2022
About the video: Collaboration with a Filmmaker
Overview
“You'll learn about a spotting session and why it's important, how to prepare for it, and some ideas on how to navigate the conversation. ”
In this video lesson Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim addresses the topic: Collaboration with a Filmmaker, which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Theory and Scoring for Film. Learn how to score a film collaboratively, using your music to convey a feeling and tell the story..
Partial transcription of the video
“ Collaboration with a Filmmaker In this lesson, you'll learn about collaborating with a filmmaker. We'll highlight the first big step in this, which is called the spotting session. The spotting session is incredibly important in starting the scoring process on the right foot. A good spotting session can set the right tone for the scoring process and start the collaboration with everybody on the right foot. What is a spotting session? A spotting session is simply a moment for you and the filmmaker to sit together for a while and to watch the film together and decide where music starts, wher...”
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Course summary for: Music Theory and Scoring for Film
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Audio, Music, Music Production
Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim
A course by Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim
Juan Dussán is a New York-based film composer. Since he was a young child learning the piano, he knew he was destined for a career in the arts. He graduated with a Master’s in Composition studies at New York University and has since worked on over 30 films as a composer, including Francesca Scorcese’s Crimson Ties, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and Wells Watson Jr’s short film Wendigo.
Alex Wakim is a New-York based composer. He has worked on a wide variety of projects, from films to video games. He scored the Sony game Horison Forbidden West alongside Oleksa Lozowchuk. His music for the documentary film Glen Eden has been screened at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. It has been heard through the festival circuit at Raindance Film Festival, Doc NYC, Vail Film Festival, the Arab Film Fest, Tallgrass Film Festival, and more.
Juan and Alex co-founded an advertising music storytelling house called Dekatu Scoring. They have worked on commercials for Air Company, Hourglass Cosmetics, and ILIA Beauty.
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