![]() ![]() For the remainder of this blog, I will provide my assessment of the other three tools I assessed. I took a look at the following five tools:Īfter reading the online documentation, Wipster and Frame.io were taken off my list because they didn’t appear to offer live interactive sessions. I wanted to search for other options that would provide a better more professional experience understanding that there would be cost involved. However, it lacks the ability for each participant to interact with the film and doesn’t have good note-taking and markup tools. This is a very low cost option that works. To hold a remote spotting session you could do something as simple has setup a Google Hangout using screen sharing so that all participants can watch the film. So, what tools exist that meet this criteria? ToolsĪgain, my basic criteria is a tool that offers the ability to hold live interactive synchronized film viewing sessions with good note-taking and markup tools. In essence, it is essential to have a live interactive synchronized film viewing session with good note-taking and markup tools. All of the notes and markup captured during the session need to be able to be distributed to everyone once the session is over.All parties need to be able to write notes and markup at specific points in the film.All parties need to be able to interact with the film.All of the people in the spotting session need to watch the film in sync at the same time.In a remote spotting session the following things are important: In this case a remote spotting session will need to occur. Even with the various parties not being co-located a spotting session is still very important. For the director and composer to be on the same page.Įspecially in the world of independent film, it is common for the director and composer to be in different locations.To have a vision of what the composer can bring musically to the film.To be 100% clear on what the director’s goals are for the film.NOTE: good spotting is not just where the music is present, but where it is absent.Īt the conclusion of the session the goals are: An understanding of what music can bring to a scene.Awareness (on the composer’s part) of directorial and editorial decisions.A solid understanding of the story being told.Spotting a movie is an art that requires the following: This provides the total number of cues and duration of the score to be written. ![]() This leads to a more productive and meaningful exchange between the director and composer.Įxact SMPTE time codes for the entry and exit points of each cue need to be written down. It is important for the composer to come to a session already prepared to bring well thought out ideas and insights. Good composers will have watched the movie before the spotting session. How does one scene correlate to another scene? Are there characters for which some kind of motif is needed? How does something that happened earlier in the film affect something that happens later? Throughout the session there will be discussions regarding the form of the movie. ![]()
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