As any experienced film composer will attest, the principal job of the composer is to support the
story and the filmmaker’s intent in telling it. In musicological terms, the craft of doing this is called
musical narratology, literally, “telling stories with music.” Narrative cinema is constructed based on
classic story form, which includes exposition, conflict, resolution, three-act structure, and manipulations
of time and space. You will score three assignments to picture, and through this exercise, learn to create a
linear partnership between the story’s structure and the score that accompanies it.
Prerequisites