Film Scoring/Creating the sound of drama

These lessons on film scoring are under construction this month

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These instructions are designed for GarageBand 3 plus the sounds of a symphony orchestra.
GarageBand is easy and fast yet powerful enough to do film scoring.
Please, tell me if you find anything as good!

This course in music and filmmaking is: Film scoring introduction for filmmakers This lesson is: Lesson #3 - Using melody to create moods with GarageBand and the sounds of a symphony orchestra The pages in this lesson are: Page 1: Creating moods with melodies Page 2: Creating a simple melody using GarageBand - 6 points Page 3: Creating a melody which tells a story - 6 points Page 4: Creating a simple motif - 6 points Page 5: Creating continuity with melodies - 6 points Page 6: Create a musical cue for "Graduation Day" - #2 - 20 points

Lesson #03 - Create the sound of drama with melodies!

Lesson Summary - Melody Melodies do many things Single notes and simple rhythms create moods. A melody also creates a moods. But it also can do much more. 1. Mood Melodies create moods. 2. Narration Melodies can narrate a scene. That is because some melodies can tell a story. 3. Motiv A melody be identified with a person, action, or thought. 4. Continuity All music, specially melodies, can create continuity in a motion picture.

In this lesson In this lesson, you will create: 1. Simple melodies 2. Melodies which tell a story 3. Melodies which are motivs. 4. Melodies which create continuity

The next page We start very simply by creating a simple melody in GarageBand Contact your instructor Your instructor for this film scoring class is Robert Elliott. You can email me by clicking here.

Shortcuts to the other music lessons for film scoring: The Introduction → "Fear" → "Joy" → "Drama" → The Workshop

Film Scoring Introduction Lessons for Filmmakers Introduction: Basic theory of film scoring Lesson #1: Sound of Fear - Individual notes Lesson #2: Sound of Joy - Rhythm Lesson #3: Sound of Drama - Melody Lesson #4: Butchering MIDI files - MIDI Lesson #5: Adjusting the film edit - dialog for music Exercises: Film scoring exercises - real scenes This lesson is part of the course on film scoring for non-musicians