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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)
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Part 1: An Introduction to Scoring to Picture
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Part 2: Project Setup and Navigation
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Part 3: Methods of Scoring to Picture
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Part 4: Synchronizing Music to Picture

Exploring visual synchronization methods used today

When we speak about visual synchronization methods, we’re talking about using picture cueing accompanied by the metronome click. Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, visual synchronization methods have been used to record live orchestra music to picture. In this section, we will look closer at picture cueing in the olden days and how it’s used today.

Picture cueing

Picture cueing is a visual synchronization method that uses superimposed punches and streamers to assist the conductor, during a live orchestra recording session, to synchronize the music to the picture. Punches and streamers are used especially when the music needs to flow, or have a “rubato” feel, and doesn’t need to follow strict rhythmic pulses.

In the past, a streamer was created by etching a marker line in the celluloid film. This appeared as a diagonal line, superimposed over the movie, flowing from the left to the right...