Music Supervision and Editing

This course provides students an advanced study of music supervision and editing for motion pictures, television, and video productions. Students complete in-depth investigation of the job responsibilities and tasks of the music supervisor and music editor for various film and TV scenarios. Students explore the aesthetic and technical aspects of spotting, selecting, editing, licensing, and dubbing of all types of music for dramatic situations. Students learn musical soundtrack design concepts, including placement and integration of songs, source music, and temp-tracked underscore cues for creating a complete film's temp score. Students also explore additional duties and techniques, including preparations for pre-records and on-set playbacks, music licensing procedures, budgeting, preparing click tracks and picture cuing for scoring, as well as editing and conforming MIDI tracks and Pro Tools multitrack surround projects to picture. Students also learn organization and file management within the music team's workflow process.