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