Music Theory and Scoring for Film
Getting Revisions and Cue Approval
A course by Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim , Music Producers and Composers
Joined February 2022
Joined February 2022
About the video: Getting Revisions and Cue Approval
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn what to do when you're asked to make revisions to your music. You will understand the process of getting to the final approval of a cue by collaborating with the filmmaker. ”
In this video lesson Juan Dussán & Alex Wakim addresses the topic: Getting Revisions and Cue Approval, 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
“ Getting Revisions and Cue Approval Now that you have delivered your cue, it's time to discuss how to present your music to a director and what to say about it. During your composing process, you used a lot of different things, the story, the characters, and your musical and life experiences to write this cue. Use that information to present your cue, to talk about it and reflect on it so that your director can understand where you come from and what your perspective is as a composer. Sometimes, directors don't want to hear your version of the story, but should the case arise, it's good to...”
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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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