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The Seminar:
Approaches to Music for Film and Visual Media
New York City Film and TV composer Frank Ferrucci's seminar Approaches to Music for Film and Visual Media, presented to enthusiastic and capacity audiences in New York and Brazil, gives a behind the scenes look into the creative process and real life challenges of composing music for film and visual media. Frank presents an educational and entertaining seminar, sprinkled with anecdotes from his long career. He lays out a fascinating description of a musical life that has strongly influenced his approach to film music, beginning with his roots as a Latin/Brazilian jazz pianist and band leader, through his work with modern dance, to his composing career today. This seminar will be enjoyed by students, composers, musicians, producers, and film music lovers in general who would like an opportunity to view through a veteran composer's eyes the creative, collaborative and technical processes involved in making music for film. Frank explores the approaches used by composers of several famous films and, using examples from his own work, shows particular insight into how he himself creates music for the moving image. Frank's interspersed anecdotes about his long career are some of the most entertaining and enlightening moments of the seminar. And most importantly, he exposes the "strategy of storytelling": the creative process involved in musically and emotionally supporting the narrative of a film and the vision of the film maker.  The seminar also addresses some of a composer's less obvious responsibilities as Frank delves into the history and evolution of setting up film cues; working with timings and tempo; the use of past and current technology in the art of film scoring; how computers are used in the creative process and how technology can be used to help make a composer's job easier. What others have to say: "Frank is clearly a master at his craft, and he patiently and generously shares all of his accumulated knowledge and tricks of the trade in this fascinating and very thorough Film Music Seminar. Afterwards, my head was literally swimming with all of the new-found bits of information and insights he so thoroughly and clearly covered, and I could hardly wait to get home to put them into action. Highly recommended!!" D.D. Jackson Composer for "The Wonder Pets", and Juno Award-winning Jazz Pianist/Composer "One of the best Film Music Seminars I've ever attended! Mr. Ferrucci was able to entertain his audience, lead them through a full spate of procedures related to the art of film music composition, educate them with doses of reality, and regale them with his air of refreshing professionalism" Chris Kaufman Composer/Orchestrator "I attended a Frank Ferrucci film music seminar to extend my reach in scoring and composition for the moving image. Frank generously provided me with a wealth of usable knowledge and information. Thanks Frank, I owe you one." Bashiri Johnson Percussion/Production "I have been a big fan of Frank Ferrucci's approach to writing for film. I was in NY in July of 2012, and I was lucky to attend his seminar, which, as a singer and songwriter, I found very enlightening. He knew so much and created such a very relaxed atmosphere that I wished the seminar had lasted longer. Hearing about his experiences and understanding his artistic approach helped me see that no matter how advanced our technology, what ultimately matters is our feelings towards the images we see." Vanessa Falabella Vocalist, São Paulo, Brazil
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