Join us for the first of a two-part series on strategies for adding music to your film.

Using real world examples, experienced film score composers Clare & Olivier Manchon will explain best practices for a fruitful collaboration between filmmakers and musicians.

They’ll walk through, step-by-step, when and how composers should be brought into the creative process, what kinds of documentation is important, and pitfalls to avoid if you want the process to run smoothly.

They will also teach simple strategies for finding musicians to score your film even if you don’t have much of a budget.

BONUS: Submit a scene from your film that needs music!

If your scene is chosen, Clare & Olivier will screen your scene on stage and workshop how to talk to a potential composer about it

Featuring Clare & Olivier Manchon:

Based in Kingston NY (from Brooklyn/Paris/Massachusetts), Olivier and Clare Manchon come from a background of writing, recording and touring- Sharing music with live audiences.

They started scoring with a documentary about Ricky Jay about 12 years ago and haven't looked back. Making scores and songs for films and TV such as "Turn Every Page" about Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb, ABC series "Black Box" starring Vanessa Redgrave, music in “The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent” (Nick Cage) "Emily in Paris" season 1 and 2 on Netflix, NBC's "Good Girls", "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band", Amazon's "Modern Love", Oscar-shortlisted short films "Deciding Vote" and “Hysterical Girl”, the Canal Plus French adventure "En Attendant Bojangles", starring Romain Duris and Virginie Efira, and so many more. Most recently, Clare and Olivier wrote the music for a Lizzie Gottlieb (Turn Every Page) directed play in May 2024.

Olivier and Clare approach each film project by creating a sonic universe that supports, paints, juxtaposes and gives an auditory experience that is imperative to the storytelling. They love the sound of a human breathing while playing their instrument, fingers on a fretboard, hair on a string, and deeply appreciate the absence of music.

MORE ABOUT HUDSY WORKSHOPS:

Are you a filmmaker looking to level up your game?

Whether you are creating your own films, or making yourself more marketable in the industry, HUDSY Workshops is a place to learn production skills and get advice from seasoned professionals with roots in the Hudson Valley.

We will host monthly Saturday workshops this winter and spring at HUDSY Studios, located at the 721 Media building in Kingston, NY.

Each workshop will feature experts from different facets of the industry presenting on topics aimed at helping up and coming filmmakers. Presenters will include everything from producers and directors, to composers and music supervisors, to cinematographers, audio engineers and post-production experts.

In addition to the core theme, each workshop will also make ample time for Q&A from the audience, as well as networking afterwards. HUDSY Workshops is another way to be a part of the vibrant HUDSY creative community.

Your ticket to HUDSY Workshops supports our EDUCATE Initiative which includes our Apprentice Program, gearing up for our fifth cohort in 2025.

HUDSY Workshop: How to Score Your Film Part 1

Working with Composers