Yesterday was the annual Meet & Greet session with the U of T Film Composition Course, and it went especially well this year due to the large turnout from our Sheridan students - over 70 made the GoTrain trip to downtown Toronto. Plus we had about twenty students in the UT Film class demoing their music for us. I think I can fairly say that we were all impressed with the high quality of the U of T music demos this year - a very promising start!
And as always, the coffee and donuts were amazing! :>)
The next step of this collaborative process is to lock down a partnership with one of the students you met yesterday. It's always a little tricky due to the mismatch of numbers, but it's still important to make the attempt. Work via email, chat or telephone as it suits you.
Remember that due to the mismatch in our numbers you can only partner with ONE musician. Sorry, no shopping around.
A final caveat - even the best laid plans can go awry, specially in a creative endeavour like this. It's possible that your musician may not produce exactly what you want, or may not produce anything at all! The UT students have many academic pressure on themselves, just as you do. So be safe - HAVE A BACKUP PLAN. You've already got the beginnings of one with your scratch track and temp music. Keep developing those even as the UT music track develops, just in case.
The next time we will meet as a group with the UT musicians is at the Music Spotting Session - January 22, 2014, Sheridan College, 4th Year Studio, (A361) 2 pm - 4 pm
This is the time for Sheridan animators to sit down with their UT musician and carefully discuss all the musical requirements for the film. Bring your updated Aniamatic reel with temp music carefully laid in. Be prepared to discuss the following:
• where in the project music is required
• general mood and expression
• special sync points that the music should 'hit'
• character driven musical themes if appropriate
• extra music for titles and/or end credits
• desired musical style
• desired instrumentation
• possible changes to length/timing of your project
STAGE 3) Demo track delivery deadline (via internet) - week of February 16, 2014
UT composers will deliver a demo recording of the musical score to their Sheridan animator by this date.
An ftp site is available to facilitate exchanging large files. Speak to Technologist Mario Positano - Mario Positano <mario.positano@sheridanc.on.ca> - about how to access the ftp site. Commercial/free services like DropBox.com also work well.
STAGE 4) Final Track Delivery Deadline (via internet) - week of March 30, 2014
UT composers will deliver finished music recordings by this date.
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