For this year's Filmmakers' Lab, Moonstone International has brought their successful composers' module to Wexford; the module was supported by FÁS Screen Training Ireland, IMRO and the Arts Council. The module attaches upcoming composers to score the segments shot and edited by the filmmakers. Denise Woods attended the Lab to find out the score.

The 2006 Moonstone Filmmakers’ Lab took place from the 30th of January to the 9th of February in Wexford. Eight participating directors travelled to the idyllic settings of the Ferrycarrig Hotel to lock themselves away and work on sections of their scripts with help from experienced film crews, advisors and editors. The eight directors came mainly from Europe, and some from further afield. The participants were Ann Chakraverty (France), Maria Essen (Sweden), Tinge Krishnan (UK), Terry McMahon (Ireland), Christine Parker (UK), Ian Power (Ireland), Sean Spencer (UK), and James Watkins (UK). This Filmmakers’ Lab is the ninth one to date, but it is only the second lab to include the composers' module. This year is the first time that IMRO (the Irish Music Rights Organisation) has been involved in the module. Jean-Luc Ormières, the artistic director of Moonstone, feels that the implementation of the composers module was one of great significance: ‘It’s important that the director and composer can experience a nearly real-life condition of working together, it’s something that I feel is not taught in the schools. Directors and composers need to find that common language, as the journey for both is very important. It’s a complex process, scoring a film, and here at Moonstone we try to give a taste of how that feels.’

The full article is printed in Film Ireland 109.