FÃS Screen Training Ireland
in association with Ceoil Productions Ireland Ltd. is seeking participants for The Film & TV Composer’s Workstation
Dates: 12th February – 25th March 2006
Location: Bow Lane Studios
Duration: 6 weeks
Fee: €700 (Levels 1 & 2); €600 (Level 2)
Participant Profile
Composers from classical, rock and commercial music backgrounds who aspire to become composers of film and T.V. music.
Course Profile
The aim of the programme is to enhance the technology skills of film and television composers and provide the skills to effectively score a film or T.V. show at the composer’s workstation.
The purpose of this module is to familiarise participants with the technology of the composer’s composition and recording workstation. This course is divided into two levels. The first is a short intensive programme aimed at the technological novice who has little or no hands-on experience of the recording studio.
This will cover everything from initial hardware setup and software instrument applications.
The second level will continue from this foundation and will address topics such as:
· Creating convincing synthetic orchestrations through the use of gigastudio and other virtual instruments to create everything from “mockup” to finished cues.
· The film oriented aspects of composing to picture using conventional commercial sequencers and notation packages.
· Mixing practices and modern production methods in sound design, creating beds and drum loops.
·Integrating acoustically recorded instruments into synthetic scores. Solo vs. ensemble, gestural reinforcement, timbral and textural considerations, etc.
·Synthesis vs. sampling. Exploiting the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses of each.
The emphasis will be on providing participants with practical experience of various methodologies employed throughout the process of electronic scoring.
Tutor Profile
Greg Magee has composed scores for the TV feature film Under the Hawthorn Tree (CH4 & RTE), An Evil Cradling and The Cat and the Moon. He has also worked as Music Supervisor for Countess Cathleen and Scoring Supervisor for such European and Irish Productions as The Last Word, A Love Divided, Filleann an Feall and Rheged – The Lost Kingdom. He scored the multi award-winning animated series The Fairytaler, TV show Cabin Fever, the title music for the “Rose of Tralee”, the score to the award winning Irish language short film The Longest Ditch, and the animated series Zombie Hotel. Greg won an IFTA in 2005 for his score for the feature film Winters End.
Application
Please apply online at www.screentrainingireland.ie. Deadline for applications: 23rd January 2006.
For further details contact: Sorcha.loughnane@nullfas.ie. Ph: 01 4830840.
