If you can make a QuickTime movie, you can make a film. Open to all- don't miss this valuable creative opportunity!

Oct. 6 & 7 @ 5:00 p.m. at Amherst Cinema.
Auditors' tix at amherstcinema.org
Participants register @ (413) 253-2547 x 7

Fresh from critically-acclaimed performances and master classes in Ireland, and as part of an inspiring week long residency supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts "Meet the Composer" program, Blanchette will provide beginner and intermediate filmmakers and musicians the singular opportunity to experience the craft of composing and editing music to enhance the emotional life of film.

Blanchette, "Writing music for film demands a degree of flexibility that musicians rarely have. The craft of film scoring is about maximizing the scene's expressiveness, often with a minimal amount of music. Composers, in service to the director, need to make a series of choices whether music in a given scene will contrast the story's mood or illustrate action with rhythms, sometimes revealing the secret motives of characters."

The master classes are offered at two levels: Participants and Auditors. Under the guidance of Blanchette, Participants will create an effective scoring plan of either a film cue of their choice, or one provided by Blanchette, much as professional directors do with film score composers. Participants will employ practical film scoring tools ranging from improvisation to computer-based cue mapping techniques to create a complete, rough cue for the short scene

The Participants' work will be visible via audio projection, allowing class Auditors to serve as an interactive audience; to ask questions, make comments and participate in discussions. Discussion will include of scoring techniques as learned from Blanchette's experience working with Pulitzer-prize winning composer William Bolcom and director John Turturro, with examples from various films, and demonstrations of cue choices from Blanchette's scoring of Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr.