Rage of keeping SCORE!

Do you harbour ambitions to make it big as a film maker? If yes, it’s about time you get your basics right. With a surge in the number of media and communication students across the city, film makers are milking the opportunity to give a detailed background on various aspects, which are often overlooked.

The craft of film music scoring and workshops are being pegged as the ‘next big things in movie making’; with more youngsters wanting to get a bigger picture before they scream, “Lights, camera and action!”. We chat up with seasoned  city-based directors and students for more...

“Films are more than just what is projected on screen – there’s more than just the fun and drama. The entire process entails a truckload of effort! That said, there are three people crucial crucial to the technique of cinema. The director for the overall vision, the director of photography and the music director. While the story is the soul, music is crucial to highlight, move and get to the skin of the audience.

I was fortunate to work with Ilayaraja  in my first two films. He once told me that he thinks of movie music scoring as a parallel screenplay. And how right he was! I could see a stark difference in the way a scene shaped up because of the background music. And I see how the knowledge is slowing spreading, with lots of youngsters signing up for such courses in the city!” shares K M Chaitanya, a Sandalwood film maker.

Adding to how the idea of  such workshops is to acquaint more youngsters to the lesser known aspects of music in cinema, Aparajith Sris, a music director, who will be conducting a weekend film scoring workshop, opines “While everyone pretty much knows the impact of good music to a film, the audio department is often overlooked. People often look as music as a substitute to visual goof ups! It’s hilarious and as film makers, we think there’s an absolute need to educate youngsters interested in films by showing them popular films, breaking them down into sequences and learning how there’s a striking difference post a background music scoring.”

And looks like, even youngsters are in awe of the trend. “It’s high time we get to see meatier workshops and classes that actually help you shape up into a better professional, no matter which area of cinema  you want to plunge into,” opines Sharmin Ali, a city based entrepreneur, theatre artiste and script writer.
A workshop on the craft of film scoring will be conducted on July 30 and 31 at Aparajith Sris