Forthcoming Film & Music Event:
Orchestration Master Classes
Saturday 14th — Sunday 15th February 2009
Update; 18 January, 2009: New Location. Due to popular demand the location of this event has changed to the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London (view on map).
Unique to Screened Music, a specially arranged weekend of orchestral master classes led by our own Rodney Newton. The sessions will focus on specific instrument techniques and on how to make the most of each instrument, as well as taking a broader look at scoring for small and large ensembles.
These master classes will be hugely valuable for anyone who scores for live players and equally beneficial to those using orchestral samples.
These master classes will be hugely valuable for anyone who scores for live players and equally beneficial to those using orchestral samples.
They will be aimed at composers with some experience in scoring for live players with a view to increasing their expertise and broadening their sound palette. With reference to both live and sampled instruments, the classes will focus on the following techniques:
- Scoring essentials - transposing instruments, clefs, ranges
- Basic instrument techniques - scoring and performance techniques, registers, families, quantities
- Making the most of each instrument - sweet spots, idiomatic writing
- Analysing the masters - examples of effective scoring
- Creating a fuller sound with small ensembles
- Layering real instruments over a sampled backing to create a 'live' effect
Event Structure
- Sat 14th February 10am- 1.30pm: Woodwind
- Sat 14th Feb 2.30pm-5.30pm: Brass and Percussion
- Sun 15th Feb 10.30am-1.30pm: Percussion, Keyboards, Strings
- Sun 15th Feb 2.30pm-5.30pm: Strings and Voices / Orchestrating various sizes of ensemble
All delegates will receive an essential orchestration booklet containing scored examples and an accompanying CD of musical excerpts to take away.
Fees
The Orchestration Master Classes are open to all and free for Screened Music composers.
| Screened Music Composer |
Non-Composer Members |
| Free |
- Per session £35
- Per day (2 sessions) £55
- Whole course (2 days, 4 sessions) £95
** Prices include VAT
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Booking Details
To book your place email olivia@screenedmusic.co.uk stating which session(s) you would like to attend. Please note space is limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Previous Events
Screened Music BAFTA Screening Event (June 2008)
- Event Title: Screened Music Network / BAFTA Screening Event
- Date and Time: 7pm Monday 2nd June 2008
- Venue: BAFTA Cinema, 195 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LN (map)
- Tickets: Tickets are free for all Screened Music and BAFTA members and can be booked by emailing info@screenedmusic.co.uk. Alternatively they can be purchased on the BAFTA website.
An exciting opportunity to view some of the work scored by Screened Music composers on the big screen with feedback from the event panel.
- The evening will comprise of selected film clips chosen by the event panel in the categories of film, documentary and animation
- The event panel will be on stage on the night to discuss their selected clips and the specific elements of the music they found to be successful.
- Throughout the evening there will be opportunities for the audience to participate with questions for the panel and the composers.
- The evening will be chaired by composer and BAFTA committee member Miguel Mera.
Screened Music BAFTA Event Panel
Maggie Rodford
Maggie Rodford is Managing Director of the Air-Edel Group, incorporating one of the world's leading music publishing and production companies, representing composers worldwide. The company has offices in London and Los Angeles.
Maggie trained as a music engineer and prior to joining Air-Edel worked at both the BBC and EMI. Maggie works closely with Air-Edel's composers, producing and co-ordinating music recordings. She was the music producer for the French and Flemish cast recording of the musical 'Tintin The Temple of the Sun' and has also worked as music producer, co-ordinator and supervisor on many prolific films scores including 'Atonement', 'Gosford Park', 'Bridget Jones' Diary', 'Gladiator', 'The Lion King', 'Beyond the Sea', 'Copying Beethoven', 'Pride & Prejudice', 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', 'Eragon' and 'Miss Potter' amongst other projects.
Maggie served as a PRS Director for fourteen years (1986-2000) and for many of those years she was an active member of the PRS Executive Committee, she is currently a member of the BAFTA Council film committee.
Maggie's IMDb entry →
Justine Wright
New Zealand born Justine Wright, trained and worked in commercials for ten years prior to editing her first long form film, 'One Day in September', directed by Kevin Macdonald. The film won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feautre and Justine was awarded the Best Newcomer Behind the Camera by the British Independent Film Award's.
Justine went on to edit two feature length dramas: 'Late Night Shopping', directed by Saul Metzstein and 'The Final Curtain', directed by Patrick Harkins. Justine's next projects were the documentaries, 'Being Mick', directed by Kevin Macdonald, 'The Game of Their Lives', which won Best Sports Documentary at the British Television Awards and 'Touching the Void', again directed by Macdonald, which won a BAFTA for Best British Film.
In 2006 Justine edited the TCM Classic Shorts Award winner 'Silence is Golden', directed by Chris Shepherd. The same year she also edited 'The Last King of Scotland', directed by Macdonald, awards included: BAFTA for Best Film, Best British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Justine is currently editing Kevin Macdonald's latest feature 'State of Play', starring Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren.
Justine's IMDb entry →
Martin Phipps
From a musical background (he's Benajmin Britten's godson), Martin read drama at Manchester University. Fortunately for the acting world he concentrated on writing music.
Following the early critical success of Eureka Street and most recently of the BBC period dramas North and South and Elizabeth - The Virgin Queen (for which he won an RTS Award for 2006 Best Original Score to a TV drama and a prestigious Ivor Novello Award 2006/7) Martin continues to create consistently innovative music which strikes at the emotional heart of the drama. In the summer of 2005 Martin composed a haunting score to the film Pierrepoint, directed by Adrian Shergold. Other recent credits include the The Wife of Bath from the BBC's contemporary adaptation of the Canterbury Tales, the acclaimed contemporary drama Dirty Filthy Love and the thriller She's Gone starring Ray Winstone. Martin's enchanting score for the 4 part BBC period drama, Elizabeth - The Virgin Queen, in which he incorporated the wonderful voices of the Medieval Babes and the Bulgarian Women's Choir to excellent effect.
Martin has recently scored the British feature film, "The Flying Scotsman", which tells the true story of celebrated Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree as released in April 2007 in the US as well as the BBC adaptation of the 2004 Man Booker prize winning "The Line Of Beauty" by Alan Hollinghurst.
Martin's IMDb entry →
Host: Miguel Mera
Miguel Mera composes music for film, television, and theatre. His work has been screened at film festivals around the world including: Cannes, Chicago, Edinburgh, London, Los Angeles, Tampere, and Venice.
Miguel has recently finished scoring Paul Morrison's feature film Little Ashes which explores the relationships between the painter Salvador Dali, poet Federico Garcia Lorca and filmmaker Luis Buuel. Recent television work includes dramas and documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, the Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. He has also scored animation for Nickelodeon. Miguel is a member of the BAFTA education committee and teaches at the Royal College of Music. He writes about music and the moving image and is the author of Mychael Danna's The Ice Storm (Scarecrow Press, 2007) and co-editor of European Film Music (Ashgate, 2006).
Selected Clips
We are now delighted to announce that the following clips have been selected to be screened on the night.
- Open Doors, Algernon Films, Dir James Rogan - Music Composed by Jack Arnold
- Natural World, BBC, Dir Fergus Beeley - Music Composed by Anne Nikitin
- This is Civilisation, Seneca Productions for Channel 4, Dir Neil Cronbie - Music Composed by Jon Wygens
- Girls, Guirgis Fawzi Films, Dir Amr Bayomi - Music Composed by Amir Khalaf
- Napoleon, BBC, Dir Nick Murphy Music Composed by Daniel Pemberton
- Open Doors, Algernon Films, Dir James Rogan - Music Composed by Jack Arnold
- Day of the Kamikaze, Darlow Smithson for Channel 4, Dir Pete Nicholson- Music Composed by Al Lethbridge
- Worms, Andris Films, Dir Chris Clayton - Music Composed by Tom Moss
- Temerario, NFTS, Dir Carl Zitelman - Music Composed by Mat Davidson
- Natural World, BBC, Dir Fergus Beeley - Music Composed by Anne Nikitin
- London to Brighton, Steel Mill Pictures, Dir Paul Andrew Williams- Music Composed by Laura Rossi
- This is Civilisation, Seneca Productions for Channel 4, Dir Neil Cronbie - Music Composed by Jon Wygens
- Hope for Cambodia's Children, Just World International, Dir William Bataille - Music Composed by Andy Quin
- Girls, Guirgis Fawzi Films, Dir Amr Bayomi - Music Composed by Amir Khalaf
Composing Master Classes (February / March 2008)
A rare opportunity for professional film and television composers to gain an insight into some of the more advanced audio production techniques employed in the industry today. A series of three master classes presented by composer and technical consultant John Moores. John works with some of the world's leading film composers such as Rob Lane, Martin Phipps and Trevor Jones. John will be focusing on real world examples of successful film and television music and divulging some of the industry's best-kept technical secrets. Post event summary.