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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

Syncing Logic Pro to picture

In this section, we will go step by step through the process of how to sync Logic Pro to picture, including importing the movie file, as well as accessing and reviewing the movie project settings and synchronization settings. Additionally, we will cover aligning the movie file with Logic Pro so that the BITC of the movie file and the Logic Pro timecode are in sync with one another.

Importing the movie file

To begin, import the Mercedes-Benz 300C_BITC.mov movie file in Logic Pro, along with the audio file, and confirm the frame and sample rate of the imported movie.

Then, make sure that the movie file is placed at bar 1. As mentioned back in Chapter 4, when you drag and drop a movie file into Logic Pro, the movie file might not drop at the beginning of your session. If the movie file is not placed at bar 1, place the playhead at bar 1, right-click (or Ctrl + click) on the movie track, and select Move Movie region to Playhead.

The movie file should...