Composing Cues 2: Structure
When and how should your score acknowledge important moments in scenes?
Turning and Shifting Points
Mechanisms of Shifting Points
Hits and Stingers
Dramatic Choices
Pre-Planning vs. Ad-Hoc
Course Curriculum
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StartIntroduction (0:40)
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StartHit Points (0:44)
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StartQUIZ: Hit Points
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StartShifting (1:29)
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StartQUIZ: Shifting
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StartThe Impact of Change (0:40)
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StartQUIZ: The Impact of Change
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StartThe Ramifications of Hitting (0:42)
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StartQUIZ: The Ramifications of Hitting
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StartValidation (1:42)
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StartQUIZ: Validation
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StartHow Much? (0:47)
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StartQUIZ: How Much?
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StartHow and What to do? (1:16)
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StartQUIZ: How and What to Do?
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StartLocating Shifting Points (2:11)
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StartQUIZ: Locating Shifting Points
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StartCollaboration (1:07)
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StartQUIZ: Collaboration
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StartDISCUSSION: Shifting Points
Instructor
Film Composer of over 80 Feature Films, theorist on the Art & Craft of Film Music, founder of The Composer Collective a media scoring firm of over 3000 global composers, creator of CuePop™ the world's first fully automated online Music Library, and son of the legendary Jazz Pianist Bill Evans.
Evans studied with Jerry Goldsmith, Joey Rand (Music Editor, "Titanic"), Steven Scott Smalley (Orchestrator, "Batman","Conan The Barbarian"), Marco Beltrami, Don Ray, Clare Fischer, Elmer Bernstein, and Lalo Schifrin.
He has worked for and trained under iconic Film Composers Danny Elfman, Jeff Rona, David Newman, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, and Basil Poledouris.