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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
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Part 2: Project Setup and Navigation
9
Part 3: Methods of Scoring to Picture
13
Part 4: Synchronizing Music to Picture

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed hit points and the music spotting notes list. Then, we learned about markers, including the differences between the various types, how to manually add them, how to navigate using them, and how to remove them.

We also explored how Logic Pro can create movie scene cut markers from an entire movie or by a certain selection, as well as how to create new marker sets.

Dealing with markers is essential when it comes to scoring films. They function as a reflection of the spotting notes and in conjunction with the movie events, mark the spots where the music should reflect the occuring events, the mood, and in general what’s on the screen.

In the next chapter, we will discuss different methods of scoring to picture, referred to as “laying out the cue,” by using hit points and different types of markers.