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Scoring to Picture in Logic Pro

You're reading from   Scoring to Picture in Logic Pro Explore synchronization techniques for film, TV, and multimedia composers using Apple's flagship DAW

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837636891
Length 412 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: An Introduction to Scoring to Picture
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Film Music Industry Standards FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Understanding Film Scoring Terminology 4. Chapter 3: Reviewing QuickTime Video and Video Components 5. Part 2: Project Setup and Navigation
6. Chapter 4: Setting Up a Movie in Logic Pro 7. Chapter 5: Syncing Logic Pro to Picture 8. Chapter 6: Working with Hit Points and Scene Markers 9. Part 3: Methods of Scoring to Picture
10. Chapter 7: Creating Tempo Maps 11. Chapter 8: Working with Beat Mapping 12. Chapter 9: Working with a Time Signature 13. Part 4: Synchronizing Music to Picture
14. Chapter 10: Scoring a Commercial 15. Chapter 11: Shaping the Score and Exporting to Video 16. Chapter 12: Advanced Concepts for Dealing with Timing in Film Music 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Beat mapping the hit points

Since the hit points in scoring to picture represent the important cuts in a movie, in this section we will create a tempo map that works only with the hit points from the spotting list, using a steady bpm. This is an additional way of creating a tempo map.

The first step is to view all the hit points, taken from the spotting notes list:

Figure 8.55: Spotting notes list excerpt

Figure 8.55: Spotting notes list excerpt

Next, hold down Option + click on the second hit point marker, Cut to Over the bridge shot, at TC 01:00:39:20 in the floating marker window. The playhead then moves to that location.

Figure 8.56: Arrange window with the hit point marker

Figure 8.56: Arrange window with the hit point marker

Zoom in horizontally and move your playhead away so that you can see the marker position. It looks like the marker is very close to the bar 21, beat 1 position:

Figure 8.57: New line in the Beat Mapping track

Figure 8.57: New line in the Beat Mapping track

Click on bar 21, beat 1 in the Beat Mapping track...

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