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Scoring to Picture in Logic Pro

By : Prof. Chris Piorkowski
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Book Image

Scoring to Picture in Logic Pro

5 (1)
By: Prof. Chris Piorkowski

Overview of this book

This book will help you leverage the Logic Pro digital audio workstation (DAW) for scoring to picture. With the help of expert insights from a Hollywood film composer, you'll understand how the film music industry works and be ready to meet the demands of film directors or producers, exploring common scenarios and the process of post-production and final film score delivery. Packed with all the technical and practical skills needed when scoring to picture in Logic Pro, along with insights into real film scoring tasks, this book will prepare you for success in the industry. You’ll start by getting acquainted with film scoring terminology and then advance to working with QuickTime video and its components, getting an overview of how to set up and sync a movie file in Logic Pro. You’ll see the different methods of creating tempo maps, find a suitable tempo for a film scene using hit points and scene markers, and work with time signature and beat mapping functions. You’ll also work with a pre-composed score of a Mercedes commercial that you can analyze and emulate in your own Logic Pro session. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained new skills and the knowledge of commonly used industry scenarios to help you enter the professional market of scoring to picture.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: An Introduction to Scoring to Picture
5
Part 2: Project Setup and Navigation
9
Part 3: Methods of Scoring to Picture
13
Part 4: Synchronizing Music to Picture

Working with a Time Signature

Previously, in Chapters 7 and 8, we discussed how to deal with tempo in film music and how to create different types of tempo maps using a spotting list and SMPTE-locked scene markers.

In this chapter, we will explore how to deal with multiple time signatures in Logic Pro and how they can affect the position of a marker. We will explore different ways of adding time signatures and how to deal with them when working with an existing tempo map.

Additionally, we will look at how effective technical choices, such as beat mapping, tempo operations, as well as using time signature, are versus the final musical decision that’s made, and what best serves the bigger picture.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding a time signature in film music
  • Reviewing a time signature in Logic Pro
  • Adding time signatures to existing marker positions
  • Adding time signatures to a constant tempo
  • Comparing music choices...