project 5: video scoring
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PROJECT 5: Video Scoring 1. Create a soundtrack for a chosen short film or individual scene, importing the video into Logic. The video may be original or taken from an existing film with the original soundtrack removed. 2. Create your own original foley for diagetic sounds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PROJECT 5: Video Scoring
1. Create a soundtrack for a chosen short film or individual scene, importing the video into Logic. The video may be original or taken from an existing film with the original soundtrack removed.
2. Create your own original foley for diagetic sounds.
3. Record a vocal and/or instrumental improvisation responding to the video, and incorporate this into your soundtrack.
4. Duration 4 to 7 minutes.
Next week:
GRAPHIC SCORE-READING WORKSHOPwith
Purple City Players:violin, viola, cello, double bass & harp
**opportunity for both Project 5 Video Scoring ANDBand Recording Project**
If you would like to compose a graphic score
(visual symbols or abstract drawings, accompanied by a minimal amount of text)
to guide improvisation by the string quartet in response to your
chosen video:Choose either:
A) Write out individual parts for the 4 performers, with explanatory
text for any invented symbols. Include time-frames (measured in
seconds) for particular sequences of action, and include expression or
technique markings where
appropriate.
B) Write a single score that everyone will read from
(this could be printed out for everyone, or projected as an
animation). Include some verbal or written guidance
for the performers about how they should respond to each other and to the video. If a printed score, no more than
2 pages.
roman haubenstock-ramati
christian wolff
anthony braxton
karlheinz stockhausen
Bowed String Instruments:
ViolinViolaCello
String Techniques:Vibrato = quickly rocking finger back and forth on fingerboardSenza vibrato = straight (pale) tone, no movement of finger
Glissando = sliding one finger on one string from one pitch to anotherLegato = notes all played in one bow direction, slurred
Non legato = each note played by changing the direction of the bowStaccato = short, separate bow strokes
Spiccato = bouncing the bow on the stringBowed tremolo = single pitch repeated as often as possible through short up- and
down-bow strokesFingered tremolo = rapid alternation between two pitches under a single bowing
Pizzicato (Pizz.) = plucked with the fingerSnap pizzicato = snapping the string against the fingerboard
Arco = played with the bowSul tasto = played over the fingerboard
Sul ponticello (Sul pont.) = played near/on the bridge[Behind the bridge = high squeaky tones]
Col legno tratto = dragging the wood of the bow across the stringCol legno battuto = bouncing the wood of the bow on the string
open strings: G2, D3, A3, E4
open strings: C2, G2, D3, A3
open strings: C1, G1, D2, A2
string quartet writing focused on timbre and texture-
EXAMPLES:
Gyorgy LigetiString Quartet No. 2, second movement
Witold LutoslawskiString Quartet, II.
G2D3
A3 E4
G2 D3A3
C2
C1G1 D2 A2
Standard music notation on a 5-line staff (may be incorporated to a varying extent as touchpoints within a graphic
score)
Instrument Ranges:
Dynamic markings:pp = very soft (pianissimo)
p = soft (piano)mp = medium-soft (mezzo-piano)mf = medium-loud (mezzo-forte)
f = loud (forte)ff = very loud (fortissimo)
Crescendo = getting louder Diminuendo = getting softer
Other common music notation symbols:
accent = emphasized note
fermata = hold, or pause
brief pause, “breath mark”
trill = rapid alternation between 2 neighboring pitches(standard notation
usually shows lower pitch in trill as a sustained
note)
(slower notes)
(faster notes)
HARP
DCB / EFGA
pedal settings:
(A-flat)
(C-sharp)
pedal harp