UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title ilm Comosition, Creation, and Realization o Three Original Shorts ermalink htts://escholarshi.org/uc/item/8jr06j Author Economou, Stehanie Celeste ublication Date 01-01-01 eer revieed Thesis/dissertation escholarshi.org oered by the Caliornia Digital Library University o Caliornia
UNIVERSITY O CALIORNIA Los Angeles ilm Comosition, Creation, and Realization o Three Original Shorts A thesis submitted in artial satisaction o the requirements or the degree Master o Arts in Music by Stehanie Celeste Economou 01
ABSTRACT O THE THESIS ilm Comosition, Creation, and Realization o Three Original Shorts by Stehanie Celeste Economou Master o Arts in Music University o Caliornia, Los Angeles, 01 roessor Michael Dean, Co-Chair roessor eter Golub, Co-Chair ilm Comosition, Creation, and Realization o Three Original Shorts is comrised o three musical comositions accomanying original short ilms created by UCLA ilmmakers o the School o Theater, ilm, and Television. The score to uturebook emloys an instrumentation o oodinds, strings, har, and ercussion. The mystical and comedic sirit o the ilm demands an imbalanced, yet intriguing mystery hich enveloes the score ith various orchestral colors. The sound-design-driven underscore o Heart-Ache mimics the bare, monochromatic style o the animation. The lack o leading thematic material ushes the boundaries o other musical elements, ith a directed ocus on carving out sonic sace and sculting an illusory environment in hich the vieer can exerience the icture. Te Quiero Un Chingo requires a dee sense o emotional and cultural connection to the onscreen characters, hich is relected stylistically through reeating melodic and motivic igures. This musical score exlores character themes, hile simultaneously balancing the intimate and delicate relationshis ith a hybrid electronic-acoustic score. ii
The thesis o Stehanie Celeste Economou is aroved. Ian Krouse David Lekoitz Michael Dean, Committee Co-Chair eter Golub, Committee Co-Chair University o Caliornia, Los Angeles 01 iii
Stehanie Economou MA Thesis Comosition or Visual Media ilm Score Comosition, Creation, and Realization o Three Original Shorts Cue Sheets UTUREBOOK Directed by Annie ace CUE CUE TITLE TIMECODE LENGTH INSTRUMENTATION WRITTEN BUSSED RECORDED MASTERED 1m1 uturebook Discovery 01:07;00-0:01;01 00:5;01 Bass Clarinet, Oboe, English 1m School o Mime/ End Credits Horn, Clarinet, Strings, ercussion 0:6;6-0:5;1 1:09;18 Bass Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Strings, Horns, Trombones, Tuba, ercussion TOTAL MUSIC TO BE RECORDED: ~:0 HEART-ACHE Animated by Sam Grinberg CUE CUE TITLE TIMECODE LENGTH INSTRUMENTATION WRITTEN BUSSED RECORDED MASTERED 1m1 Bedroom Isolation 00:19-00: 00: Electronics, Cello 1m Dog Emerges 00:7-1:7 00:50 Electronics, Cello 1m City Construction 01:8-1:51 00:1 Electronics, Cello 1m Surreal alling 0:0-: 00:1 Electronics, Cello 1m5 A Heling Hand to Crossroads 0:5-:5 01:10 Electronics, Cello TOTAL MUSIC TO BE RECORDED: ~:00 1
TE QUIERO UN CHINGO Directed by Annie ace CUE CUE TITLE TIMECODE LENGTH INSTRUMENTATION WRITTEN BUSSED RECORDED MASTERED 1m1 Main Title 00:1;00-00:;18 00:;18 Acoustic Gtr, Uright Bass, Shakers, Congas, Bongos, Clas, Castanets 1m Anticiation 01:50;05-0:19;00 00:9;05 Synths 1m Abuelita 0:;07-0:56;1 00:;05 Acoustic Gtr, Uright Bass, Shakers, Congas, Bongos, Clas, Castanets 1m Go Back to Mexico 06:15;16-06:8;05 00:;19 Acoustic Gtr, Strings, Synths 1m5 Never Ski a Turn 07:05;8-08:0;08 01:5;10 iano, Strings, Synths 1m6 She Kne Too 09:01;1-09:1;19 00:0;06 Acoustic Gtr, Strings 1m7 Te Quiero Un Chingo 09:;09-09:9;9 00:16;0 Acoustic Gtr, iano, Uright Bass, Shakers, Congas, Bongos, Clas, Castanets TOTAL MUSIC TO BE RECORDED: ~:58 Scoring Session 1: Saturday, May th : 5:0M-7:0M Instrument: Cello ilm Title: Heart-Ache Time Slot Instruments to Record Number o Minutes to Record 5:0M-7:0M Cello ~:00 lus textural overdubs Scoring Session : Tuesday, May 7 th : :15M-7:5M UCLA School o Theater ilm and Television Scoring Stage Instruments: Acoustic Guitar, iano, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn ilm Titles: Te Quiero Un Chingo, uturebook Time Slot Instruments to Record Number o Minutes to Record :15M-6:15M Acoustic Guitar :58 6:15M-7:5M Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn 1:59 TOTAL MUSIC TO BE RECORDED ~5:01
Concert Score uturebook Directed by Annie ace Stehanie Economou Oboe English Horn Clarinet in Bb Bass Clarinet Horn in I Horn in II Trombone Bass Trombone Bass Drum Cyms Shakers Triangle Vibes Glock Celesta Har 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Violin Section I Violin Section II Viola Cello Section I Cello Section II Double Bass Section I B 8 8 8 8 8 8 Double Bass Section II 8
Ob. 0 Bizarre, yet engrossing q = 81 1m1 uturebook Discovery E Hn. Bb Cl. B. Cl. Hn. I, b Hn. II Tbn. B. Tbn. B. D. Cym. Tr. Vib. Glk. Cel. H.. o. o I Vla. B I II I II.. izz. izz......... " sim. b. b. " sim. b b
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Ob. E Hn. Bb Cl. B. Cl. Hn. I Hn. II Tbn. B. Tbn. B. D. Cym. Tr. Vib. Glk. Cel. H. 50 5 I 5 Vla. I II I B II 7
1m School o Mime/End Credits Ob. 58 Quirky, unhinged q = 81 E Hn. Bb Cl. B. Cl. Hn. I Hn. II Tbn. B. Tbn. B. D. Cym. sus. cym sot mallets. R æ æ l.v. Tr. Vib. Glk. Cel. H. o o o o. o sim. b b b I. Slo cluster slides. Vla. B I II I II izz. izz. b n b n n b b n b b 8
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Ac. Gtr. 1 Ac.Gtr. Ac. Gtr. Ac. Gtr Cng. Bng. Cls. 61. 1m Anticiation 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 17
1m Abuelita Ac. Gtr. 1 Ac.Gtr. 75 Excitedly, ith sunk q = 96. R.. n. R 5 Ac. Gtr. Ac. Gtr. >... >. >. >.. >.. n >. >. >.. >.. ~~~~~ Cng. Bng. Cls.. @. @ izz. j..... sim. j... 18
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5 5 Ac. Gtr. 1 Ac.Gtr. Ac. Gtr. Ac. Gtr Cng. Bng. Cls. 160 ensive, ith sorro q = 61. 1m Go Back to Mexico...
Ac. Gtr. 1 Ac.Gtr. Ac. Gtr. Ac. Gtr Cng. Bng. Cls. 167 ree, oignant (unmetered, ithout ulse) 1m5 Never Ski a Turn
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