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Music Lecturer:

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​She comes from Greece; armed with classical music studies, Maria Boua has composed music for a series of short animation films, fiction (Lotus, 2022), documentaries, modern dance music, theater music, advertising music, music for poems, and video art. She has directed her own documentaries (L' art de mains, 2022).Her latest music contribution to an animation short, 'The Christmas Present' (dir. Kostas Kakarountas, pr. Dahouse Films) currently travels in the festival circuit.

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“I write the music that is appropriate for each project (animation, etc) that I undertake but I need to find the balance that the music combined with the image has without falling short or exaggerating.“ 

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Maria Boua was born in Corfu in 1985. She studied at the Ionian University of Music Studies in Corfu and Classical Piano at the conservatory of Corfu, where she graduated with honors.

Also Maria did a Masters in Audio Arts and Technologies at Department of Music Studies, Ionian University. 

She is engaged in composing music for cinema for short films, documentaries, animated films, theatre, modern dance theatre, commercials and for video games.

 

 

Concept:

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In the workshop Maria will show examples from previous collaborations with specific examples, the way she compose music for films and animations, step by step, to help new composers improve in this area.

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Having an experience from the side of the director, she  will help the participating composers to be able to "read" the messages of each film and in the same way to write the music that is needed.

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How can we compose music score/sound for an animation or a Live-Action fiction film?

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What is the relationship between the image and the sound?

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How do we achieve the balance of music and image?

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Project:

Application with portfolio and project idea if appropriate. 
The workshop is addressed to filmmakers, students, musicians and interested media professionals and beginners.

Previous knowledge not required …