Hi there, I’m a sophomore and study composition at music school.
I’m going to apply for several schools for film scoring. Now I just started to make a portfolio. In order to compose a score for film, I will need to have a film. where can I find the film sources? I could not find any film without music. where most applicants find a source to compose for the film for the portfolio? Also, Is it okay to use film educationally(for portfolio) without the producer’s permission?
Thank you.
I don’t know if you’re thinking about applying to Berklee, but I don’t believe you’d need sample scores there. They will not allow you to declare yourself a film-scoring major until you’ve successfully completed their intro film-scoring class, and there are prerequisites for that, if I recall correctly. My son just started his second year at Berklee, after a year at another school from which he was only allowed to transfer liberal arts credits, so we’re not EXACTLY sure what year he’s in at Berklee officially! But he’s majoring in composition and film-scoring; he declared the latter as a major at the beginning of this semester after taking the intro class last semester.
But I will ask him about your other questions.
Or do you mean you’re applying to grad schools in film-scoring? I wasn’t sure what you meant by “music school.”
Are you preparing a portfolio for grad school applications in a couple of years? Or are you transferring?
Most undergrads manage to take a course in film-scoring and/or work with student film-makers. You could put a note on a bulletin board, contact a department person, or ask peers. Maybe you could film something yourself!
I suppose you could score for a silent film 
There are people who do that as a concert!
USC has an excellent grad program in film scoring but likes students to do composition as undergrads so they have a foundation.
If you like we can PM you and you can reveal more, if you don’t want to say too much publicly:)
My older D is dual majoring in composition and digital media production. She is also interested in film scoring. Last year she composed the music for another film students capstone project. She is planning I think on scoring the capstone projects for 3 other film students as her capstone project.
I would find a few film students and try to work with the,.