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Originally posted by tonylombardi
Well I have yet to be paid so far. I've actually only been scoring this past year, although I've been composing for several years. There's a whole mess of people trying to score films, so it's hard to get into.
Pretty much everything I've done has been through either direct emails to directors, or from postings like this that they respond to.
In the real world, people like James Newton Howard have an agent, and the music supervisor for the film corresponds with the agent first. The agent sells the composer. Once the composer is in, he works with the director. They usually get a fixed fee.. for him probably something like $200,000 or so. Then they get royalties from soundtracks. There's also director/composer partnerships like Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, Spielberg and Williiams.
What do you do? Are you just a fan or are you involved in any projects? Know any directors?
Thanks for your comments once again.
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I'm pretty much just a fan who fools around with a camera a lot with dreams of making a movie. I've written some screenplays, but that's about it.
I was supposed to meet a guy who has worked as an assistant director on a few movies (I think they were made for tv, I'm not sure) for coffee and he was going to get me working on some sets (I'm not sure what I'd be doing exactly, I'm sure getting everyone coffee would be a main thing. lol.) I'd really love to do that for both the experience and the contacts.
My aunt told me he would love to tell me everything he knows aswell, I just don't jump on these things like I should. I don't really know anyody in the business. I've met this guy once but it was just like "hi, how ya doin?" kind of meeting.
Right now, I'd like to just do a short with a few friends or something. If I do, of course I'll post it on here for all to ridicule. My bad acting and all :p