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Music for Video Games: Jesse Harlin

This comprehensive course explores a variety of topics, including; the history of game music, composing and editing loops, working with game audio and engines, adaptive music, and lessons in building a demo reel you can pitch to publishers, agents and audio leads.

Composition for Film (2) Techniques for Scoring Horror-Thriller-Suspense Genres with Christopher Young

This 5-week course focuses on how scenes from an H-T-S film can be broken down into 1 of 10 categories. Each category will be broken down and analyzed, discussing useful techniques to successfully score these types of scenes. Clips will be drawn from Chris’ body of work and analyzed for applicable musical and structural features. Special Project: Scoring […]

Music Libraries in Film, Television and Advertising: Daniel Wehr

Library music, also known as stock music or production music, is the name given to recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media. In this course the know how, ins and out of library music for reality TV, trailers, award shows and commercials are revealed. We […]

MEDIA CENTER GAME NIGHT PRESENTED BY PLAYMATICS

Join Playmatics Founder + CCO Nick Fortugno on Tuesday January 10th 5:30PM-8:00PM in the Suite for a casual and fun evening of game play. Nick will introduce all the classic games and of course the latest board games on the scene. Stop by and get ready to PLAY! Click here for more information about this, and other […]

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Tell Your Story: Building Persuasive Presentations & Pitches

In this hands-on class, you will learn how to prepare your story, verbally and visually, and how to connect with your audience in order to inspire and move investors. To attend this event at the Media Center in Brooklyn, Click here for more information, and to purchase this course directly from the Media Center.

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Creative Team Building: Leadership and Culture

You can have the best talent in the market, but if they do not connect as a team, then they will not work well together, costing managers headaches and the company thousands of dollars. STARTS JANUARY 11   |   3 CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAYS Classroom 2 6:30–8:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – January 11, 2017 Part […]

Principles in Digital Strategy

In this class, you will develop a strategy for a brand and learn the necessary tools and steps involved in creating your own Digital Strategy.   STARTS JANUARY 12   |   3 CONSECUTIVE THURSDAYS Classroom 2 6:30–8:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – January 12, 2017 Part 2 – January 19, 2017 Part 3 – […]

HOW TO BUILD WEBVR

WebVR has the potential to reach billions of people and help accelerate the adoption of VR for people everywhere. If you are a developer looking to advance your career and gain a competitive advantage in 2017, then this class is for you. To attend this event at the Media Center in Brooklyn, Click here for more information, […]

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LUNCH & LEARN WITH HARBINGER STRATEGY – LIVE STREAM ONLY*

Harbinger Strategy, a leader in helping early-stage startups scale sales, will be joining us to discuss the fundamentals of growing B2B sales. ABOUT: Matt Listro Matt Listro brings extensive experience in business development and sales. Prior to founding Harbinger, he helped build the business development and strategy team at Crowdtap, a venture-backed brand content platform […]

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The Art of Self-Leadership, Time Management and Being Healthy

This course sets the practical strategies for understanding what is important versus what is urgent, when to say no, and notions of acting or reacting to help you better invest in what matters. STARTS JANUARY 24  |   3 CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS Classroom 2 6:30–8:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – January 24, 2017 Part 2 – […]

Rapid Prototyping for Your Product

This course on Rapid Prototyping will help you better define your product, establish a clear plan for prototyping, and iterate on your design by learning earlier from users. STARTS FEBRUARY 6  |   2 CONSECUTIVE MONDAYS Classroom 2 6:30–9:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – February 6, 2017 Part 2 – February 13, 2017 Do you […]

Front-End Web Development 101 for Entrepreneurs & Creatives

In this hands-on course, you will learn about the web development community, what it means to work in the industry, and how these skills can benefit you as an entrepreneur and creative professional. STARTS FEBRUARY 8  |   3 CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS Classroom 1 6:30–8:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – February 8, 2017 Part 2 – […]

Art of Content Monetization

You will learn how to monetize content, the concepts behind best practices and which one is right for you and your content. STARTS FEBRUARY 9  |   3 CONSECUTIVE THURSDAYS Classroom 2 6:30–8:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – February 9, 2017 Part 2 – February 16, 2017 Part 3 – February 23, 2017 This course […]

EICAR Workshop – Directing the Composer

Day 1 - Workshop Overview - Concepts and Creative Approaches in determining the right music for your film project. Filmmakers have the option to introduce their film project for use in this workshop. Day 2 - Building a bridge between the language of Film vs. Music; Spotting Session, Temp Music, Underscore, Songs, Sound Design Day […]

The Business of Microbudget Filmmaking

In this class, you will learn proven, cost-effective filmmaking and business techniques for producing a $50,000 (or less!) film project. STARTS FEBRUARY 13    |   2 CONSECUTIVE MONDAYS Classroom 1 6:30–9:30pm Upcoming Sessions Part 1 – February 13, 2017 Part 2 – February 20, 2017 In this class, you will learn proven, cost-effective filmmaking […]

“OPEN TALKS” – MEET THE FACULTY & LEARN MORE ABOUT ETHOS

Starting on Wednesday, March 21st,  join us each week "live" and online for a FREE consultation session. Complete the RSVP below to receive your personal login for the next "Open Talks" session. Unable to attend the "live" Open -Talks?  Click here to schedule a private online consultation with one of our advisors.

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MELODY WRITING – MAIN TITLES

My goal, over the coming weeks, is to improve your skills as a melody writer. For now, we will talk about the importance of using melody and how to craft singable, memorable melodies, and later we will discuss ways to develop multiple melodies during the course of a feature film score. Assignments will including listening, analysis and melodies in song form, and how this all applies to you creating your own music for a Main Title sequence. Some of the films for study and review include; Spiderman 3, Murder in the First, The Hurricane, Drag Me To Hell, The Vagrant, and Bless The Child.