Film scoring/Score SBTDS

Lesson requirements

You must purchase a disk from the Star Movie Shop. If you have enough points, the disk will be free.

When you are ready and you have enough points, tell me that you want the disk called "Home Wrecker". clicking here

Earn points for the next lesson.

When you complete a film score for this scene, you earn enough points to receive the next disk free.

The real thing

Finally, you get to score a scene from a real television drama.

This scene is on disk #6 from the Star Movie Shop who is the sponsor of these lessons. This disk is an editing workshop for young film editors but the disk also contains two different edits of the scene for you to create a film score.

Extremely boring

This scene is not very exciting. In fact, it is extremely boring. Nothing happens on the screen.

So why am I asking you to create a film score for such a boring scene?

Your music needs to make this scene interesting. That is a great challenge. Can you do it?

The story (background)

The young woman is a super hero. She protects the world from vampires. And she is super strong.

But after 6 seasons of slaying vampires on television, the young woman still cannot get a boyfriend (because of her super strength) and she cannot get a good job (because she is too busy killing evil monsters.)

He is one of he undead. But he is really, really cute.

What is a girl to do?

Now it is the morning after. Now she realizes what she has done. (And she wrecked the house doing it.)

The story of this scene

1. The young woman and the man are sleeping.
2. The young woman wakes up and is suprised... and maybe horrified or perhaps secretly happy.
3. When the young woman realizes that the house has been destroyed and she asks, "When did the house fall down?"
4. The man replies, "I don't know. It must have been between the first time and..."
5. The young woman (and the audience) thinks about this for a while.
6. Finally the young woman says, "Oh. Oh my Gosh!"

End of scene.

Compose and perform the film score for this scene:

Load the edited version of the scene with time code into your music program.

The music can start two seconds before the beginning of the scene. This creates continuity between scenes.

Timecode 01:00:00:00 to 01:00:21:00

1. Narrative music - the two people are asleep and it is now almost morning.

• With your music, you must explain that it is morning and these two are sleeping (or that all is peaceful.)

Timecode 01:00:21:00 to 01:00:36:00

2. Narrative music - the woman is surprised and even horrified.

• With your music, you must create the feeling of fear and surprise.

Timecode 01:00:36:00 to 01:00:39:00

3. Faint background music or absolutely no music - Perhaps add the emotion of astonishment when she asks, "When did the house fall down?"

• No music.

Timecode 01:00:39:00 to 01:00:46:00

4. Narrative music - the man looks around in wonderment.

• Your music must express is amazement or maybe his sinister delight at this amazing situation.

Timecode 01:00:46:00 to 01:00:51:00

5. Faint background music or absolutely no music - Perhaps add the emotion of surprise when the man replies, "It must have been between the first time and..."

• No music.

Timecode 01:00:51:00 to 01:01:06:00

6. Narrative music - Explain to the audience what the man and the young woman did last night to cause the house to fall down.

• I think it is called "Sex!"

Your music must explain what kind of sex would cause a house to fall down. (If you are under 18 years old, do not do this part of the assignments. You are not supposed to know about things like this.)

Timecode 01:01:06:00 to 01:01:07:00

7. Background music or no music - Perhaps add the emotion of surprise, horror, joy, or disgust when the young woman says, "Oh."

• Your music (or just one musical note) must explain how she feels.

Timecode 01:01:07:00 to 01:01:15:00

8. Foreground music - Drown her expletive with music when the young woman says, "Oh my Gosh!".

• Your music must express her anguish and at the same time, hide the fact she used bad words.

Note: The ending music can continue to 01:01:20:00 (which is into the next scene.)

This creates continuity between the scenes.

Here is the exception to the rule.

The rule

Previously, you learned that you never use foreground music (loud music) when there is dialog.

The exception to the rule

When you do not want the audience to hear the words of the actor, you can cover the words with loud music. The audience will still hear the words but because of the loud music, the audience will not understand the words or pay attention to the words.

Please cover her words

That is needed here. You must add music to prevent the audience from thinking about the words of the young woman. She was supposed to say, "Oh my Gosh!". She said something different.

Start with the two longest cues

Please start by creating the cue for Sleeping

When you are finished, send this cue to me.

The second cue is "What they did last night?"

Next please create the cue for what they did last night. This is probably the most fun to do.

When you are finished, send this cue to me.

Next, you will create scores for two more scenes. Click here for your last lesson.

Your instructor for this course is Robert Elliott. You can send me a quick email by clicking here.

NOTE: To submit assignments

To submit assignments, attach your completed assignments to an email and send it to me at "r_elliott innercite.com".