Cyrille will analyse the following topics: Overview of the work between the director and composer: «The basis of a close cooperation. How to create a good partnership between the film director and the composer, the human relationship.»; The role of music: «My overall philosophy when it comes to composing. How to provide a musical score which adds another sensorial impact to those already provided by the picture and the story line.»; Case studies of two film compositions, Splice and March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step. «Differences between documentary and fiction movies. Practical examples on special sequences (video clips) » • Music recording and production: «Dealing with deadlines, managing time and workflow during periods of music production (music preparation, orchestration and recording sessions).» • Q&A with the audience

The role of music in film and how to create a good partnership between the film director and the composer.

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An eclectic composer (comedy, thriller, drama, adventure), Cyrille Aufort has truly begun to establish his reputation both in France and abroad with films such as Antartica: Ice & Sky (2015), Past Life (2016), A Perfect Man (2013), and more recently, by winning an Emmy Award and a Music in Media Award for his original composition on the documentary L'Empereur (2017) by Luc Jacquet. 

Cyrille Aufort is in the spotlight with Heart of Oak co-directed by Michel Seydoux and Laurent Charbonnier. He has just finished composing for the series And the Mountain Will Flourish by Eléonore Faucher. Previously, he composed the series Saving Lisa and the TV movie Never Again Without you, Luna, both by Yann Samuell. He recently worked on the original scores for the series Nox by Mabrouk El Mechri for Canal+, then for the TV movie Ma Mère Le Crabe et Moi by Yann Samuell, for the documentary Beyond the Clouds by Eric Valli and for the feature film The Other Story by Avi Nesher.

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