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The music is selected first.
Before any scene, character, or premise.
01 / OPENING
A narrative-creation format
One soundtrack. Many writers. Which film did you hear?
The music is selected first. Then the magic flows and the stories begin.
Start with the songs02 / EVIDENCE
The premise
Music expands imagination.
Every participant receives the same emotional evidence in song. Listen to the score and write the sceens.
Soundtrack First begins with a fixed piece or sequence of music and asks the writing to answer it: not by explaining lyrics, but by following feeling, rhythm, rupture, memory, and silence.
03 / DNA
The governing rules
With the audio in place. Everything else expresses the vision.
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Its order is fixed.
The sequence becomes the work’s spine.
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There is no official interpretation.
The score offers evidence, never answers.
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Each segment entices a personal narrative.
A song becomes a scene, a turn, or a page of pressure.
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Share the feelings and collaborate to draw the deepest sentiments
The human condition of vision and emotion brings the score to life.
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The final segment completes the work.
The last note must let the story land.
04 / SCALE
How far it travels
A playlist with freedom to interpret the feeling.
| Soundtrack | Authorship | Possible result |
|---|---|---|
| One song | One writer | Scene, poem, monologue |
| One song | Many writers | Vulnerable interpretations |
| Short playlist | One writer | Short story or short film |
| Short playlist | Group relay | Social game |
| Feature-length playlist | One writer | Novella or screenplay |
| Feature-length playlist | Writing team | Full production concept |
| Same playlist | Open submissions | Competition or festival |
| Instructor-selected music | Students | Educational assignment |
05 / CUTS
Choose the cut
Eight ways to hear it.
Solo
One writer. One soundtrack. No witness until the final note.
Relay
Writers alternate scenes, handing the story forward without revision.
Blind Premiere
Only the curator knows the full playlist before the work begins.
Common Score
Many writers receive the same soundtrack and make different films.
First Scene
One person supplies the opening; another carries it to the ending.
Festival Cut
Submitted films or screenplays compete from an identical score.
Classroom Cut
A living assignment in structure, interpretation, and collaboration.
Feature Cut
A theatrical-length playlist produces a production-ready screenplay.
06 / YOUR TURN
Your opening title
What songs arrive before your story does?
Make a list with no screenplay attached. Start with the music that keeps returning. The film can catch up later.
Start with the songs