Composer needed for a children’s feature - a job post by Epic Acg

About the job

Composer needed for a Chinese children’s feature film!

Maeya Films, a division of Maeya Culture Exchange Group, the host of San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival, is seeking for a Hollywood-based, experienced and creative talent to be the film composer of a Chinese children’s adventure film.

About the film

• Writer: Zhong Xia
• Genre: Children, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
• Estimated time to start shooting: Mid-November or December in 2017
• Shooting Period: 45 days
• Film Length: 100-110 minutes
• Shooting Location: Beijing, China
• Total Budget: about $7.35 million
  • Production and Cast: $4.41 million
  • Special Effects: 0.88-1.03 million
  • Marketing and Promotion: about 1.91 million
• Distribution: Theater

Offer:

• Compensation:$12,750

Requirement for Applying:

• Portfolios of Moving Pictures / Demo Reel
• Latest Resume
• Experience in Children’s films is preferred
• Speaking Chinese is NOT REQUIRED!
• Opening song: brisk, appealing, new fashioned, features rap and hip hop, may include B. Box as well
• Ending song: emotional, warm, touching
• Interlude: music transition from real world to a world of fantasy, involving laughter, tears, misunderstandings, family affection, and memories.
• Music score: at least 3 parts, including the score in real world, fantasy world, and Gourd Nation. The Gourd Nation part includes at least 3 themes, which are the harmony at the beginning & transition to a dark world, the darkness in the middle, the return to harmony at the ending with even more sunshine.

Responsibilities:

Ÿ   Meets with the director and producers, when the film has been shot and is being edited, to discuss music needs for the film.

Ÿ   Takes part in a spotting session, in which the film composer, director and others watch the movie and decide where each segment of music should start and stop in the film, why it's being included and how it should sound.

Ÿ   Writes the score, a compilation of all the musical sections needed for the film.

Ÿ   Prepares scores for the musicians, or gives notes and a rough score to the arrangers and copyists so that they can provide a complete musicians'score.

Ÿ   Willingness to travel