Music Notation for Cinematic Storytelling

How narrative is constructed in filmmaking closely resembles how music is written. But in music, the 11th-century invention of musical notation allowed composers to edit their musical ideas on parchment, producing sophisticated emotional effects when played. It greatly contributes to the ability to identify and visualize a system of patterned relationships: pitch and melody, major and minor scales, polyphony and counterpoint, meter and tempo, sonata form and symphony, motif and sequence, theme, variation and improvisation. However, there is no such a visual display method to express emotion and narrative in cinema that can be used as a composer does notation. As a result, my research is focused on other ways to conceptualize and apply the techniques of musical composition to filmmaking.