SWAMP FILMMAKERS SALON

Using Sound and Music in Film

This 1 ½ to 2 hour presentation will be a mixture of text slides, sound/music clips, and video clips. The main objective is to provide you with basic information and guidance to help you decide what type of music and sound effects to use for your scenes. You DO NOT have to know anything about how to create music and sound effects (which is outside the scope of this presentation). You will rely on your personal and professional experience in listening to music both inside and outside visual media.

The scope of this presentation extends to not just film, but also includes TV, music video, commercials, animations, and corporate productions. This presentation will not discuss musicals.

About the presenter: Joel Irwin is a composer, songwriter, arranger, orchestrator and award winning music producer. He has won the "Listen And Exchange" worldwide music producer competition (www.listenandexchange.com) SIX years in a row. Joel's music styles include pop, country, r&b, folk, classical, Christmas, and film/TV. Joel has also created music as diverse as a polka and a tango. He composes mainly for acoustic groups as small as one and as large as full orchestra. He works include both instrumental as well as vocal music (solo & duets), both live scores and electronic versions. His style and identity comes from creating recognizable works which have 'hummable' melodies (music you will remember if you hear it again). Joel has written music for two independent films, one private film and has scored music used with a live narrator on a men's retreat weekend (www.mkp.org). Joel's music can be heard in many of the popular locations such as www.myspace.com/joelirwin, www.facebook.com/joelirwin, www.soundclick.com/joelirwin, and www.blip.fm . Performances of Joel's works can be found at www.youtube.com/joelirwin. Joel also writes original music and charts of existing music for a jazz/big band (www.texasjazzcentral.com) and is a professional videographer for live performances (including the Foundation For Modern Music, Houston Community College, and Houston Grand Opera To Go). Joel is a member of ASCAP, Society Of Composers, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (Screen Composers Association), The Recording Academy (Grammys), Women In Film And Television (WIFT), and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP).

PLEASE NOTE: SWAMP will be providing light snacks and soft drinks during the event. The salons are now BYOB, feel free to bring your own beer and wine.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

SWAMP Office (1519 West Main, Houston, TX 77006)

6:30PM - Mix, Mingle and Munch

7:00 - Presentation by Joel Irwin
FREE and open to the public (please rsvp @ swamp@swamp.org