MFA 511 Screen Scoring II: Narrative

Prerequisite

MFA 501

As any experienced film composer will attest, the principal job of the composer is to support the story and the filmmaker’s intent in telling it. In musicological terms, the craft of doing this is called musical narratology, literally, “telling stories with music.”  Narrative cinema is constructed based on classic story form, which includes exposition, conflict, resolution, three-act structure, and manipulations of time and space. You will score three assignments to picture, and through this exercise, learn to create a linear partnership between the story’s structure and the score that accompanies it. 

This course is 4.5 credits.