Composition workshop 10 meetings dedicated to music for Opening Sequences in the Series.
The course, taught by lecturers Gianluca Podio, Cristina Carlini and director Valentina Bertuzzi, is structured as a creative workshop aimed at composing an original Theme Song.
The educational course is divided into three modules (3 meetings of 3 hours each):
1. Interactive lectures and projections by Valentina Bertuzzi:
- Theme Song: the sonic identity of a Series
- Opening Sequences: visual theme and musical theme
- Analysis of successful models
- Method and process of musician/character identification
2. Historiographical lectures and projections by Cristina Carlini:
- Overture: evolution of the Series from its beginnings to today
- Monographs. Creative identity and lifetime of Theme Song composers
3. Composition workshop by Gianluca Podio:
- Composition of a Theme Song for Series
Final meeting with the three teachers to listen to and discuss together the Theme Songs created by the students.
Meetings on a biweekly basis, Saturdays (shift B) from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Baccina Street office, according to the following schedule:
Composition workshop
January 13 and 27
Feb. 10 and 24
March 10 and 24
April 7 and 21
May 5 and 19
Education credits for academic courses: 4CFA
Skills required to participate in the Workshop:
- Knowledge of Cubase or other sequencer (e.g., Logic) such that you know how to do programming and exporting of original projects and audio/video synchronization to sound out given images.
- Writing and reading the treble clef and knowledge of chords in the form of acronyms as used in the lexicon of popular music and jazz.
