# Film scoring/Creating a story with a melody

* Interesting examples by FIREborn: Fear.ogg ---- Sad.ogg ---- Tired.ogg ---- Surprise.ogg ---- Joy.ogg ---- Fast like the wind.ogg.
This school is:
Narrative film production - Wikiversity Film School and School of Music - Wikiversity Film School
This course is:
Film scoring
The pages in the course is:
Introduction to film scoring
Create the sound of fear from a single note
Create other moods from a single note
Create the sound of joy using a delicate rhythm
Create other moods from delicate rhythms
Quiz: Music which tells a story
Create a mood with a melody
Create a story with a melody
Quiz: The Spy Story - Who is who?
DVD-Video: Scoring your first scene - The Promotion
Create four motifs - Mama, papa, baby, and Goldie
Create continuity with a single motif
Foreground / Background music - soft vs. loud
Quiz: Watch a short movie - George Lucas In Love
DVD-Video: What is a "Spotting Session"? - Only A Dream
DVD-Video: Write two musical cues for Home Wrecker
More musical theory
Butchering Midi - The starwars theme
DVD-Video: How would you score Green Tea Smoothie ?
DVD-Video: Write a film score for Blindman's Bluff
Write a film score for Seduced by the Dark Side! :
* Moods created from delicate rhythms
* Your assignment A story
* Create a melody which tells a STORY.
* 2 points. Be sure to tell me what story your melody creates.
* Don't try to get too fancy. Just a very simple melody which tell the audience a story.
* Note: You can use the same stories in the Pop Quiz.
* Suggestion: "Running fast", "Birthday party", "Stealth".
* 6 to 8 seconds maximum!
* Maximum limit four each.
Completed assignments: Tell a story
* Completed Homework Assignments for Creating a story with a melody
* Examples of a melody which tell a story for the course on film scoring for musicians
* From Oregon, Orsanct has completed this assignment. July 22, 2007
* From Oregon, Orsanct sent me a melody which creates the story of the Melody of Sea Serpent. 10 points.
* From Oregon, Orsanct sent me a melody which creates the story of A sad Christmas. 10 points.
* From Oregon, Orsanct sent me a melody which creates the story of PeeWee. 10 points.
* From Germany, Blueygh2 has completed this assignment. September 6, 2007
* Blueygh2 sent me a melody which creates the story of Happy Run which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points.
* Blueygh2 sent me a melody which creates the story of Mystery which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points.
* Blueygh2 sent me a melody which creates the story of Cemetery which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points.
* From Florida, Joe Mac has completed this assignment. September 17, 2007
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of a Wedding/Marriage which you can hear by clicking here. (Wedding/marriage melody: Buscarino nylon string electric guitar into GarageBand 4 played ' live.') 10 points.
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of Christmas which you can hear by clicking here. (Xmas melody: Played midi controller into GarageBand. Used boldt ensonic celeste sound.) 10 points.
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of A pretty girl enters which you can hear by clicking here. (pretty girl enters: fender strat into GarageBand 4 .........New Nashville guitar setting, master track set to 'classical chamber.') 10 points.
* Update
* I asked Joe Mac to try shorter musical cues and to hold the last note. Here are his results.
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of a Wedding/Marriage which you can hear by clicking here. (Wedding/marriage melody: Buscarino nylon string electric guitar into GarageBand 4 played ' live.')
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of Christmas which you can hear by clicking here. (Xmas melody: Played midi controller into GarageBand. Used boldt ensonic celeste sound.)
* Joe Mac used a melody to create the story of A pretty girl enters which you can hear by clicking here. (pretty girl enters: fender strat into GarageBand 4 .........New Nashville guitar setting, master track set to 'classical chamber.')
* When you listen to these musical cues, they sound strange to end on just a sustained note. But remember that in a movie, there is a lot of action and dialog so this music will fit in perfectly.
* From Brazil, Tiago Louis Zontag (Zon) has completed this assignment. December 26, 2007
* Tiago Louis Zontag (Zon) sent me a melody which creates the story of An agent invading a enemy place which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points.
* Tiago Louis Zontag (Zon) sent me a melody which creates the story of A happy person walking on Sunny day which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points.
* Tiago Louis Zontag (Zon) sent me a melody which creates the story of A beautiful butterfly flying from flower to flower which you can hear by Media:Zon Flying little butterfly.ogg. 10 points.
* Completed Film Scoring assignment - Creating a story with a melody
* May 17, 2008
* Tonto Silver has created this assignment.
* The kings arrival.