6 April, 2017

News from InMICS (International Master in Composition for Screen)

The 8 partners working on the development of the InMICS programme (International Master in Composition for Screen) have almost completed all the activities and duties of the 3-year strategic partnership funded with support from the Erasmus+ programme.
InMICS will be launched in September 2018. Application call will start in January 2018.
Between September 2014 and August 2017, the partners:

published a study to envision the issues at stake in this specific field entitled, focusing on the links between academic programmes specialized in composition for screen and programmes dedicated to young audiovisual artists, and screening the connections between the academic world and the profession. The results of this study were presented and discussed at Film Fest Gent in October 2015.

Read the study online: “Music composition for Screen: Picture of a Profession and Challenges for Higher Education”

organized pilot workshops with students in composition and students in audiovisual arts, who collaborated on the creation of music for 4 short-films with the help of their teachers and the precious advise of Michel Poulette (Canadian film director) and Timothy Brock (American composer and conductor). The results of this work were presented at the Festival International du Film d’Aubagne in March 2017.
Carried out student mobilities and collective virtual courses delivered simultaneously to students in 4 countries
Participated in various festivals to disseminate the project (Visioni Italiane 2016, Il Cinema Ritrovato 2016, Film Fest Gent 2015, Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2017)

The partners of the project are: