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Defining music and sound terms

Defining music and sound terms

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Defining music and sound terms

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Norman: Before we get into the details of using music and sound with our cuts, let's talk about a few words that you'll hear a lot. Each piece of film music, whether it's a long piece that goes over several scenes or a short whistle that a character does, it's called a Music Cue or simply a Cue. Two cues can be separated by silence or one can slowly merge into another; this merging is called a segue. Film music has two main characteristics; there is its quality and its placement. I talk about music's style and tone. All of which is to talk about the type of music that we are using. Is it fast or slow? Its tempo. Is it soft or loud? Is it simple or complex? Is it sad, happy, or neutral? Yeah, music has adjectives just like our characters do. Now, when we talk about a music cue's placement we call that its spotting. The place where the music starts is often called the in point. And where it ends oddly enough, it's called the out point. Of course, the terms in and out points can also be…

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