Queensland’s leading high school film scoring competition
Score It is an exciting, collaborative opportunity for young budding composers across Queensland, to compose and submit a score to an existing short animation created by Griffith Film School students. This Open Conservatorium initiative allows young composers to experience writing, orchestrating and arranging for films.
Music teachers and students throughout Queensland can engage with this activity in different ways. We’ve mapped requirements to the Year 11 and 12 QCAA high school curriculum for music, so teachers can embed Score It into their curriculum and use this opportunity as an assessment piece. Otherwise, it can be part of an extension activity or it can just be something fun for students to do outside of class.
Beyond the learning opportunities associated with engaging in this activity, students with well-developed scores may wish to submit their work in the annual Score It competition (with their teacher's endorsement). Students wishing to submit a score for competition will need to have written endorsement from their music teacher, confirming that the score is complete and meets the submission requirements.
All entries receive feedback from Conservatorium academics and students, and selected scores receive a live performance with film by a Conservatorium ensemble. On 28 August 2024, we will have a bespoke evening event at the Conservatorium featuring scores written for an 18-piece chamber orchestra to be performed with film.
ScoreIt 2024 submissions are now open. Please review details on the submission page.
2024 Animations
Cadence
2D Animation (2023)
Azar and her young daughter Nedah share a sheltered life in a home surrounded by trees. Their routine is disrupted when Nedah encounters a bird’s curious chirping; she innocently repeats its cadence causing the trees that confine their garden to part and reveal an outside world of wonder. With Nedah wanting to explore this new world, and Azar terrified of what lies ahead for her youngest child, will Azar once again repeat her mistakes?
- Writer and Director: Ava Rasouli-Matin
- Producer: Amy Ni
A Special Gift
2D Animation (2023)
Our story follows Robert, a young orphan moth living with his best friend Emma near a derelict church. With Christmas approaching, Robert aims to surprise Emma with a wagon, but lacks one single coin. After a challenging search to obtain the coin, Robert arrives too late to buy the wagon. Defeated, a chance encounter with a garbage worker and discarded trash inspires a creative solution. The next morning, Emma wakes up to her ‘special gift’, and a heartwarming celebration of their friendship.
- Writer and Director: Kody Lindquist
- Producer: Mia Kilgour