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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

Naming and renaming markers

To better identify markers when scoring to the picture, instead of using generic names such as Marker 1, Marker 2, and so on, we will use the imported spotting notes list in Logic Pro to name them. This will help to see clearly the events of the spotting list in the ruler within the scene cuts.

To do this, click on the List Editors button (shortcut D) and then click on the Marker tab:

Figure 6.11: Marker window

Figure 6.11: Marker window

With the Marker tab now blue, click, hold, and drag it to the middle of the Logic Pro Arrange window. When you let the window go, Logic Pro will create a floating Marker window.

Figure 6.12: Floating Marker window

Figure 6.12: Floating Marker window

Next, click on the Notes tab and you should see Logic Pro notes and the floating Marker window:

Figure 6.13: Floating Marker window with notes window open

Figure 6.13: Floating Marker window with notes window open

From the spotting notes list, select and copy the marker name from the Scene Description column...