Six film scoring labs offer students the opportunity for hands-on study in the areas of film music composition, editing, and sequencing, and of computer applications incorporating digital audio. The technical resources available to you, as a film scoring major, include two labs equipped with 16mm six-plate flatbed Moviola editing machines; a complete 35mm editing lab containing two upright 35mm Moviolas, and an editing bench with rewinds, synchronizers, sound readers, and splicers; two personal computers running Auricle film scoring software; three video screening rooms with keyboards and video playback, where students develop their film music compositions and where individual student-faculty project screeenings and evaluations are held; a dedicated digital audio editing lab featuring DigiDesign ProTools hardware and software; and a dedicated video/scoring/sequencing lab that provides the opportunity to sequence music cues with video interlock, and the capability for synthesizer playback into live sessions on the department's scoring stage.

You can also use the Film Scoring Department's self-contained scoring stage and audio-video control room, which allows students to conduct ensembles in the performance and recording of their music, as well as the postproduction synchronization of their music to video. The scoring stage is equipped with synchronization hardware and a large video projection system for conducting to picture. The control room is a fully equipped digital audio facility for the production of student scoring compositions.

For more detailed information about the film scoring facilities contact the Film Scoring Department at (617) 266-1400 x2440.