Discussion: Everything You Need to Know About Music in Film

Name: Discussion: Everything You Need to Know About Music in Film
Start: 2020-02-27T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-02-27T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Cinema Village Theater 1

February 27, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Cinema Village Theater 1, 22 East 12th Street
New York,NY10003United States

You know you need music and sounds to set the mood for your film, but where do you begin? How do you find a composer? How much does it cost? When do you get the composer involved? Can you get away with just using online music? How do you communicate your vision with your composer? How does copyright work?

Come get all of your questions answered! This event is FREE and open to the public but you must REGISTER IN ADVANCE.

Moderated by Winter Film Awards’ Zach Grinfeld.

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About The Speakers

Brian McKenna

Brian McKenna is a NYC-based Film/TV composer and producer. His work has been featured in hit TV shows, spots, major motion pictures and also on records by Grammy Award winning artists ...

Randy Frisch

Randy Frisch started LoveCat Music in 1999. Before that he was a musician and then a lawyer in the record industry. He’s written articles on music copyright law that are in the U.S. Congressional Record. Randy also enjoys watching music-based films, especially rockumentaries ...

Trinity Velez-Justo

Cristina "Trinity" Vélez-Justo is a music composer for film and media. Currently, she works full-time scoring features, shorts, commercials, video games, etc. Trinity also teaches as an adjunct professor at UNC School of the Arts, as well as guest-lectures at various universities, film festivals and groups; educating industry professionals on the importance of music in film and how to successfully work with a composer ...

Zach Grinfeld

Zach Grinfeld is a recent graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in film studies and production and a minor in engineering. He is working as an assistant editor on several upcoming documentaries, and was a production assistant with CBS for the first 2016 presidential debate at Hofstra ...