Almeda Beynon
Posted on 2014-12-04 10:01:34 -0500.
Great video, Naomi! This is going to be fun because you can make the "action" of the piece through the music. Sometimes static images offer a bit more freedom for design. I would suggest bringing in an analysis of the video tomorrow (which moments will warrant what kind of sounds), and some sonic ideas. Also, bring your sounds from previous classes, and we can work with those to see if any could fit, or be manipulated to fit, into this new score.
Great job!
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Almeda Beynon
Posted on 2014-12-05 21:07:13 -0500.
Nice job analyzing the video. Your instincts will make for an interesting composition, and the conversation we had in class should help in your next steps. Keep the good work coming!
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Jorge Sastre
Posted on 2014-12-06 00:42:40 -0500.
Good start for your own graphic novel. It will make you more free to create your own style of music.
Here the synchronization is different from motion videos. You can remark the change of the static image some time but I recommend that you do not do that for all the changes, or that you make the changes gradually, since if you remark all the changes in a strong way the video will not flow and will seem as 6 different pieces. Anyway you should mark each of the parts in Logic as it is explained here below.
For giving the crazy and playful character you can use some short dissonant note that changes fast to the consonant note: example in C mayor you can use E flat (with an accent, higher velocity) and change to E natural (without accent, less velocity), and/or F sharp and go to G, D flat to go to D natural, etc. You can create a short melody with this kind of playful dissonant notes and present it at the beginning without the dissonant notes and when you want to remark the crazy mood use the complete motif with the dissonant notes (transformation of the leitmotif to express a new dramatic effect or condition, studied in class). In the second section you can present the adult with a motif in a lower instrument, think with one would you expect that represented the adult in a cartoon like this.
I consider the proposal for the different sections good, but only pay attention not to create a set of 6 short different pieces, (unless that is exactly what you want), instead of that you can try to make the music flow transforming the elements from one section to the other, it will give more fluidity to the video. Think what you prefer and go for it!
As a general thought I recommend to compose something simple at the beginning (just the main instrument melody, the leitmotifs, and drums and so on), and then think what you would expect to listen apart from that, as background: a bass line? Some string chords? Other melody (countermelody) to accompany nicely the main one in a different instrument? You decide. If you would like to get ideas listen to music similar to the style you want to use and listen to its instrumentation and rest of characteristics to create your own piece with your own decisions, with your own taste (not a copy!).
Here some general ideas to help you build the music: Think of the functions of the music for audiovisuals that we studied at class and also the composition concepts. Start with analyzing the video precisely and setting its parts and the mood and characteristics of the music for each part. Plan your instruments. Remember that to make a crescendo you can add instruments apart to make them play louder and vice-versa with decrescendo. Select a good tempo that goes well with the images (beat per minute), though you might change it in some section if you think it is going to fit better. To open the video in Logic: File-Movie-Open Movie. Then mark the sections of it in the next way: Logic Pro-Preferences-Advanced Tools and activate all except for Control Surfaces and Surround (and score if you are not going to use it). Then Track-Show Global Tracks and in the Arrangement Track you can establish the sections, for example:
- Introduction: objectives (mood to set, things to remark with music...), Function/s of the music in this section (set the mood, present the main character (you can create a leitmotif for it), place the viewer in the physical place where the action is (country, region, etc.), underline the time the action takes place...), Composition concepts to get the objectives and music functions: crescendo to begin, tempo that fits, kind of music to set the mood, instrumentation that fits with the place and time,...
- And something similar to the other sections: note that the mood might be the same for all the video or that some functions can be in several or all the sections
Also in the markers track you can put markers to synchronize important moments in the scene to synchronize with the music, example: adult appears suddenly (remark with a motif for instance)
The process should be that: set the objectives, set the music function/s, set the composition concepts to get them, compose the music starting from something simple, just the melodies, leitmotifs, etc. and then "decorate" it with the rest of elements and instrumentation you think that fits (it might be string chords, bass line, light drums in your case, other melodies with other instruments...)
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Almeda Beynon
Posted on 2014-12-07 15:16:07 -0500.
This is a great start! I love the Eloise motif, and how you bring it in throughout the piece. Look back through your Logic session and quantize (if you like the sound of it) to correct a few timing things, and the hard sound piano during the "most chaotic" picture could probably last until the end of the picture, layering in the piece that comes after it to make it sound more chaotic. That way the contrast between the chaotic picture and the sleeping picture will be stronger, and yield a better result.
All in all, this is coming together really nicely. Just put a little polish on it, and you will have a great piece!
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Eunice Oh
Posted on 2014-12-08 17:03:08 -0500.
This is very well done! The music matches up very well with the pictures that show on the screen. It was especially interesting to see how, although using only a few instruments, you were able to change the mood depending on the tempo. The playful parts of the video were played very lightly and almost childlike. When the chaotic image was displayed, the rapid playing of the keys keeps the audience on edge and also incites a sense of urgency and chaos. The changes in mood throughout the video is very well represented and with just a few technical fixes on certain parts, the overall video should be great! Good work!
Great video, Naomi! This is going to be fun because you can make the "action" of the piece through the music. Sometimes static images offer a bit more freedom for design. I would suggest bringing in an analysis of the video tomorrow (which moments will warrant what kind of sounds), and some sonic ideas. Also, bring your sounds from previous classes, and we can work with those to see if any could fit, or be manipulated to fit, into this new score.
Great job!
Nice job analyzing the video. Your instincts will make for an interesting composition, and the conversation we had in class should help in your next steps. Keep the good work coming!
Good start for your own graphic novel. It will make you more free to create your own style of music.
Here the synchronization is different from motion videos. You can remark the change of the static image some time but I recommend that you do not do that for all the changes, or that you make the changes gradually, since if you remark all the changes in a strong way the video will not flow and will seem as 6 different pieces. Anyway you should mark each of the parts in Logic as it is explained here below.
For giving the crazy and playful character you can use some short dissonant note that changes fast to the consonant note: example in C mayor you can use E flat (with an accent, higher velocity) and change to E natural (without accent, less velocity), and/or F sharp and go to G, D flat to go to D natural, etc. You can create a short melody with this kind of playful dissonant notes and present it at the beginning without the dissonant notes and when you want to remark the crazy mood use the complete motif with the dissonant notes (transformation of the leitmotif to express a new dramatic effect or condition, studied in class). In the second section you can present the adult with a motif in a lower instrument, think with one would you expect that represented the adult in a cartoon like this.
I consider the proposal for the different sections good, but only pay attention not to create a set of 6 short different pieces, (unless that is exactly what you want), instead of that you can try to make the music flow transforming the elements from one section to the other, it will give more fluidity to the video. Think what you prefer and go for it!
As a general thought I recommend to compose something simple at the beginning (just the main instrument melody, the leitmotifs, and drums and so on), and then think what you would expect to listen apart from that, as background: a bass line? Some string chords? Other melody (countermelody) to accompany nicely the main one in a different instrument? You decide. If you would like to get ideas listen to music similar to the style you want to use and listen to its instrumentation and rest of characteristics to create your own piece with your own decisions, with your own taste (not a copy!).
Here some general ideas to help you build the music: Think of the functions of the music for audiovisuals that we studied at class and also the composition concepts. Start with analyzing the video precisely and setting its parts and the mood and characteristics of the music for each part. Plan your instruments. Remember that to make a crescendo you can add instruments apart to make them play louder and vice-versa with decrescendo. Select a good tempo that goes well with the images (beat per minute), though you might change it in some section if you think it is going to fit better. To open the video in Logic: File-Movie-Open Movie. Then mark the sections of it in the next way: Logic Pro-Preferences-Advanced Tools and activate all except for Control Surfaces and Surround (and score if you are not going to use it). Then Track-Show Global Tracks and in the Arrangement Track you can establish the sections, for example:
- Introduction: objectives (mood to set, things to remark with music...), Function/s of the music in this section (set the mood, present the main character (you can create a leitmotif for it), place the viewer in the physical place where the action is (country, region, etc.), underline the time the action takes place...), Composition concepts to get the objectives and music functions: crescendo to begin, tempo that fits, kind of music to set the mood, instrumentation that fits with the place and time,...
- And something similar to the other sections: note that the mood might be the same for all the video or that some functions can be in several or all the sections
Also in the markers track you can put markers to synchronize important moments in the scene to synchronize with the music, example: adult appears suddenly (remark with a motif for instance)
The process should be that: set the objectives, set the music function/s, set the composition concepts to get them, compose the music starting from something simple, just the melodies, leitmotifs, etc. and then "decorate" it with the rest of elements and instrumentation you think that fits (it might be string chords, bass line, light drums in your case, other melodies with other instruments...)
This is a great start! I love the Eloise motif, and how you bring it in throughout the piece. Look back through your Logic session and quantize (if you like the sound of it) to correct a few timing things, and the hard sound piano during the "most chaotic" picture could probably last until the end of the picture, layering in the piece that comes after it to make it sound more chaotic. That way the contrast between the chaotic picture and the sleeping picture will be stronger, and yield a better result.
All in all, this is coming together really nicely. Just put a little polish on it, and you will have a great piece!
This is very well done! The music matches up very well with the pictures that show on the screen. It was especially interesting to see how, although using only a few instruments, you were able to change the mood depending on the tempo. The playful parts of the video were played very lightly and almost childlike. When the chaotic image was displayed, the rapid playing of the keys keeps the audience on edge and also incites a sense of urgency and chaos. The changes in mood throughout the video is very well represented and with just a few technical fixes on certain parts, the overall video should be great! Good work!
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