For the IDA's next session in their Doc U series at the Kodak Screening Room in Hollywood this Thursday the 23rd at 7:00 p.m., the topic will be music scoring for documentary film, a vital component for any production.
Composer Miriam Cutler and filmmaker Lisa Leeman will be on hand to discuss their most recent collaboration for the upcoming feature documentary, One Lucky Elephant, the epic story of one man's journey to find a permanent home for a 26-year-old elephant named Flora, a creature he adopted after she was orphaned when the herd to which she belonged was culled. To read more about the film, click here.
Attendees will get to observe the creative process and a professional collaboration in action as Cutler and Leeman share their expertise in how to create an effective dialogue between filmmaker and composer, the optimal time to bring in a composer on a project, and choosing the best music collaborator possible. Licensing issues will also be discussed, as well as budgeting for a score for a feature-length piece, making the most out of temp music, and the role of the composer during post-production--lots of great practical and useful info.
Cutler has scored prolifically for independent film and television projects--as well as for two circuses! She focuses almost exclusively on nonfiction and has scored films such as Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Thin, Chris and Don: A Love Story, China Blue, Lost in La Mancha, and many more. She also has served as an advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Composers Lab and sat on juries for the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards and the AFI Film Festival.
Leeman (a personal mentor, and a hell of a teacher) writes, produces, directs and edits documentary films and has also served as a judge for Sundance, is a past president of the IDA, and sits on the board of the IDA and the National Coalition of Independent Public Broadcasting Producers. Her first documentary, Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman (released in 1990), won the Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance, among other prizes, and was broadcast on P.O.V. She has also co-directed alongside Haskell Wexler on the film Who Needs Sleep?, and most recently directed a feature doc called Out of Faith. She is on the faculty of USC's School of Cinematic Arts and has taught documentary filmmaking in China and Jordan.
Visit the IDA site to register now and purchase an advance ticket since this is sure to sell out fast.
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