MA COURSES
Composing For Film and Television

Curriculum

YEAR ONE
A series of composing workshops combining practical exercises and seminars:
  • Basic narrative techniques
  • Midi, sampling and audio
  • Combining music and sound
  • Narrative with dialogue
  • Non-fiction scoring
  • Instrumentation and orchestration
  • Composing to script
  • Improvisation


  • Ongoing analysis of feature film soundtracks and film structure
    Orchestration and recording with live musicians

    Workshops with Sound Design and Editing students:
  • Abstract Film Workshop
  • Without Images - a sound-only project
  • Animation exercises
  • Shooting the Scene - writing and directing a scene to learn the basics of scene structure


  • Productions
  • Without Words - short drama shot without dialogue
  • Documentary poetry exercise
  • 1st year fiction film
  • Cross Spec - an introduction to film language and storytelling involving all departments


  • YEAR TWO
  • Orchestration and recording with live musicians
  • Improvisation
  • Continued analysis of films
  • 2nd year short fiction production, shot on Digibeta
  • Graduation films in documentary, fiction and animation