u/Agile_Blueberry2291

A friend of mine is working on a short film and has asked me to score a scene in which the characters are peacefully lying about in a field. I had thought there would be minimal dialogue in the scene, but there’s quite a bit of talking in the actual footage. The scene is about a minute and a half long, and there are only a couple five second streaks of silence.

I have a strong understanding of theory and have written a few original compositions, but this is my first attempt at scoring film footage, so I’m having a bit of trouble finding a way to work around the dialogue. If you have any tips for me, please leave them below! I am also open to answering any questions.

I just recently took the GRE for the first time and got a 333 [168Q 165V]. I’m contemplating retaking it considering I averaged a 170 on quant in the three Power Prep Plus tests I took, and I feel like I have mastery over the content (the question I missed was a careless error). Would it be worth taking again in hopes of getting that 170 if I’m aiming for the top PhD programs, or does the score not make big enough of a difference? I know that in recent years the “cutoff” has been highly debated where some claim it’s strict while others have success despite not having a perfect quant score. Of course, I understand that there are other elements to the application package.

EDIT: Thank you all for the insight. I’ve signed up to retake it just to eliminate any worry of it being the deciding factor.