The 300 page course text comes in a MFTM ring binder and forms the backbone of the course. Updated in 2006 it covers everything a working composer needs to know to get started in the business. We don't expect you to have to download your course text and print it out yourself. You can download a mini trial unit from our download section.
audio next >>
Five hours of interviews with top composers and producers, presented on a five CD set. David Arnold, George Fenton, Keith and Matthew Strachan (Who Wants to be a Millionaire) games composers including Tommy Tallarico, Michael Nyman and dozens more. Just as important are the interviews with producers and directors who tell you exactly what they are looking for and what they expect. There is a very specific language your potential customers speak and this is the best way to become fluent.
Your video material comes on a DVDR of Quicktime movies for you to load into your sequencer.
Quicktime is now the industry standard and every composer needs to know how to work with it. Commercials, documentaries, award winning wildlife films, animation and a complete short feature film. A very wide selection of material to get your teeth into.
All clips come with burnt-in timecode, exactly as the working composer would have received them. There's a wider range of projects here than most working composers would see in years.
online next >>
While you will receive your course materials through the mail, the majority of students submit their assignments, receive their tutor's comments and access the support network online. This is also how we provide course updates to keep you in touch with the very latest developments in this fast moving industry.
There is an active student campus with an online forum and email list. Students find the support and sense of community, both helpful and encouraging.
When you become an MFTM student you will have access to knowledgeable and experienced professional composers to advise and support you, not only throughout your course but also for years after.
We have helped students with contracts and setting rates, booking orchestras and much more besides. For many students already with a foot on the ladder this source of top class advise is worth the course fee by itself!
Tutors next >>