Aug 15, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Cinema Sound Systems Surprises Unless you get a chance to listen to your score in a mixing cinema when doing the film mix (which is usually something only higher budgeted movies do) you should be prepared for your music sounding quite different in the cinema than it...
Mar 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Relevance of Playback Medium for Film Scoring Always be conscious about what medium you’re writing music for. The audience has a different focus on the story, the visuals and the music when sitting in a dark cinema staring at a huge screen as opposed to watching a...
Jan 29, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Be Aware of Reel Changes? Many books on film scoring mention to avoid having any music over reel changes. Not too long ago when most film projection was done analog (meaning to actually have big reels of film being put into projectors), films were broken down into...
Oct 16, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Audience’s Attention in the Movies Be aware that at least 75% of the audience’s attention during a movie lies on the images. As a consequence, writing too subtle (e.g. bringing a hint of the main theme in an accompanying figure etc) when it needs to have a...
