Capture a movie crowd's attention
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- KVRAF
- 4807 posts since 10 Feb, 2006 from Stockholm, Sweden
Hear me out on this one. How long attention span is it for a movie intro. Working on some music for a movie, and I've got no knowledge what so ever regarding this. So how fast does one need to capture the movie crowd with music?
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- KVRian
- 1158 posts since 6 Jan, 2015 from London, England
I don't think you need to capture the movie crowd with music. The music needs to enhance the movie without distracting the audience. I've seen some movies where the music gets so loud and frantic that you get pulled out of the story and back into the cinema. And I've heard some music which doesn't suit the context or the mood of the story.
I've never created music for movies, so you can take this advice however you want, but I have watched a lot of movies. If I were in the movie music business, I'd get into each part of the story as I'm working on it and try to really feel the mood. The music will then come more naturally. For an intro, it takes a while for the mood to develop so you can either wait until the mood is set or you can help to set it in advance by bringing the music in early.
You could watch the intro to a few movies in the same genre as the one you're working on and listen to how others have done it.
I've never created music for movies, so you can take this advice however you want, but I have watched a lot of movies. If I were in the movie music business, I'd get into each part of the story as I'm working on it and try to really feel the mood. The music will then come more naturally. For an intro, it takes a while for the mood to develop so you can either wait until the mood is set or you can help to set it in advance by bringing the music in early.
You could watch the intro to a few movies in the same genre as the one you're working on and listen to how others have done it.
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- KVRAF
- 16856 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Is that really up to you to decide? Because the producer and editor will cut it to whatever lenght they think is best...
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240
- KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
They sure will. The first time I did a soundtrack I made sure all the music fitted exactly the scenes it was written for. The director later re-edited the movie and used the music I wrote for scenes it was not originally written for.BertKoor wrote:Is that really up to you to decide? Because the producer and editor will cut it to whatever lenght they think is best...
If you're not sure what is required, ask the director ...
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- KVRAF
- 8413 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
IF you have the footage, i suggest composing whatever you think suits the scene. Composing music for movies is usually a fast-paced affair so don't get too hung up on it.
Write as many small cues as you can and then show the composer, who will give you a general idea of what they want. They might even reference a work they know of by another artist that you can use.
Good luck!
Write as many small cues as you can and then show the composer, who will give you a general idea of what they want. They might even reference a work they know of by another artist that you can use.
Good luck!
