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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

Saving a session with a movie file

Make sure to save your session with a movie file. To do so, go to File, then Save (or use the shortcut CMD + S). In the Save dialog box, give your movie a name, save it in a place where you can easily find it, and make sure that Movie file is checked (you can see this option at the bottom of Figure 4.20):

Figure 4.20: Saving a session with a movie file

Figure 4.20: Saving a session with a movie file

After the Logic Pro session with the movie file is saved, every time you open an existing project, Logic Pro will automatically load the same movie into the session, without having to search for it on the hard drive. Doing this will improve and speed up your workflow.

After saving the session, close and quit the Logic Pro session by going to Logic Pro, then Quit Logic Pro:

Figure 4.21: Quitting a Logic Pro session

Figure 4.21: Quitting a Logic Pro session