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written by Anne Wisdom
Introduction
The aim of this tutorial is to create a soundtrack for a short video clip. You will compose motives or themes and mix them with other musical material, creating an audio track which will enhance and give meaning to the video footage. This involves:
- analysing a video clip
- constructing a reverse timeline
- sourcing audio files, including composing themes, extracting audio from CD and recording audio
- editing individual audio files
- importing audio files into multitrack view
- editing, mixing and rendering the audio to video
- exporting the completed video
Getting started
To complete this tutorial you will need music notation software and audio editing software. Although Finale 2005 is used in this tutorial, any notation software which allows music to be exported as audio files can be used. Similarly any audio editing sotware with multitrack editing facilities can be used instead of Adobe Audition 1.5. Trial versions of the software can also be downloaded and used for 30 days.
- Finale 2005 (or 2006) music notation software, or Finale
Printmusic 2006.
The website to download 30 day trial versions of Finale products is
http://www.finalemusic.com
- Adobe
Audition 1.5 (Audition 3) audio editing software
The website to download a 30 day trial version of Adobe Audition is
http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html
- DivX
Player which will install the correct codec to play the movie
clip provided
The website to download a free DivX Player is
http://www.divx.com/divx
Download the video clip.
- Right-click on the movie icon below and select Save Target As from the drop down menu.
- Select
the folder you want to save in, then select the Save tab.
Video
clip: The End of the World - Produced and directed by Rachel Zoglmeyer
Once you have completed the soundtrack. Follow the same steps to compose soundtracks for Crossover or Waves Dream.
Crossover (968kb WMV) by Annabel McClure
Crossover (10MB QuickTime mp4) by Annabel McClure
Waves Dream (931kb WMV) by Annabel McClure
Waves Dream (11MB QuickTime mp4) by Annabel McClure
Read the article found on the following website:
The
Functions of Film Music by Yair Oppenheim
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/functions.asp
Locate descriptions of the following functions, referring to
specific examples in the article.
- parallel or underscore the action
- composer’s comment on the film
- provide emotional focus
- provide
a new dimension
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