Lesson Material

  • 1

    WEEK 1 - 22 JULY, 2021

    • NIC'S LIST OF BURNING QUESTIONS

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • USING STORYLINE METAPHORS TO INFORM MUSICAL DECISIONS

    • PRIORITY OF SOUND IN FILM

    • ENTRY AND EXIT OF MUSIC

    • COMPOSING AROUND DIALOGUE

    • EXAMPLE OF COMPOSING AROUND DIALOGUE - TROY TRAILER

    • SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (PRACTICE WRITING AROUND DIALOGUE)
  • 2

    WEEK 2 - 29 JULY, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • YOUR SENSE AND SENSIBILITY MUSIC

    • THE 20 ROLES MUSIC HAS IN FILM (thought you might find this interesting)

    • LOVE AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS

    • LOVE ACTUALLY

    • PRINCESS LEIA'S THEME

    • CIDER HOUSE RULES

    • FORREST GUMP THEME
  • 3

    WEEK 3 - 5 AUGUST, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • YOUR FORREST GUMP MUSIC

    • ORCHESTRATING THE 5 MUSICAL ROLES

    • PANNING CHEAT-SHEET

    • SAD MUSIC PDF

    • LOGIC ORCHESTRAL TEMPLATE DOWNLOAD

    • MUSIC FROM "HOOK"

    • THEME FROM "SCHINDLER'S LIST"

    • "I'M LEAVING" FROM MR MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM

    • SAD SCENE TO WRITE FOR

    • LOGIC TEMPLATE
  • 4

    WEEK 4 - 12 AUGUST, 2021

    • WRITING FOR STRING QUARTET - TIPS FROM THE BRODOWSKI QUARTET

    • STRING ORCHESTRATION TIPS

    • STRING WRITING THAT'S MORE EXPERIMENTAL

    • AUDIO EXAMPLE OF MY STRING ORCHESTRATION

    • LINKS TO SOME HELPFUL ORCHESTRATION ARTICLES I WROTE
  • 5

    WEEK 5 - 17 AUGUST, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • USE OF PERCUSSION IN THE DRESSMAKER

    • USE OF PERCUSSION: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

    • USE OF PERCUSSION: JULIAN ORBON

    • USE OF PERCUSSION: CHRISTOPHER ROUSE

    • TYPEWRITER EXAMPLE FROM "ATONEMENT"

    • BEHIND THE SCENES PERCUSSION SESSION WITH HANS ZIMMER

    • PERCUSSION DEMONSTRATIONS

    • ORCHESTRATION PAIRING SPREADSHEETS

    • PERCUSSION NOTATION

    • PERCUSSION ORCHESTRATION TIPS

    • WRITING HEROIC MUSIC (PDF SUMMARY)

    • EXAMPLE FROM SUPERMAN

    • EXAMPLE FROM "MAN OF STEEL"

    • WRITE TO THIS SCENE THIS WEEK

    • EXAMPLE OF WHAT ANOTHER STUDENT OF MINE DID WITH THIS SCENE
  • 6

    WEEK 6 - 26 AUGUST, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • MAGIC AND FANTASY PDF

    • EXAMPLE FROM HEDWIG'S THEME

    • EXAMPLE FROM MR MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM

    • CHECKLIST FOR WRITING MAGIC AND FANTASY MUSIC

    • MAGIC AND FANTASY SCENE TO WRITE FOR
  • 7

    WEEK 7 - 2 SEPTEMBER, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • THE DRESSMAKER CUES

    • A BEAUTIFUL MIND CUES
  • 8

    WEEK 8 - 9 SEPTEMBER, 2021

    • ZOOM VIDEO LESSON

    • LORD OF THE RINGS: THEME DEVELOPMENT
  • 9

    WEEK 9 - 16 SEPTEMBER, 2021

    • ZOOM VIDEO LESSON

    • ADVENTURE MUSIC PDF

    • JURASSIC PARK (SCENE TO WRITE TO)

    • JURASSIC PARK (STUDENT EXAMPLE)
  • 10

    WEEK 10 - 23 SEPTEMBER, 2021

    • ZOOM VIDEO LESSON
  • 11

    WEEK 11 - 30 SEPTEMBER, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • ACTION MUSIC PDF

    • SCENE TO WRITE FOR

    • STUDENT EXAMPLE

    • DIE HARD SCENE

    • CAR CHASE FROM SPECTRE
  • 12

    WEEK 12 - 7 OCTOBER, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO
  • 13

    WEEK 13 - 14 OCTOBER, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO
  • 14

    WEEK 1 (new block) - 21 OCTOBER, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO

    • JAMES BOND HIGH INTENSITY - STUDENT EXAMPLE

    • MODERATE INTENSITY ACTION PDF

    • MODERATE INTENSITY SCENE TO WRITE TO

    • JURASSIC PARK (MODERATE INTENSITY ACTION EXAMPLE)

    • UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION (MODERATE INTENSITY ACTION EXAMPLE)

    • MODERATE INTENSITY ACTION SCENE - STUDENT EXAMPLE 1

    • MODERATE INTENSITY ACTION SCENE - STUDENT EXAMPLE 2
  • 15

    WEEK 2 (new block) - 28 October, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO
  • 16

    WEEK 3 (new block) - 4 November, 2021

    • No lesson video from today
  • 17

    WEEK 4 (new block) - 11 November, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO
  • 18

    WEEK 5 (new block) - 18 November, 2021

    • ZOOM LESSON VIDEO