In July / August, our animation team finished most of our final designs and initial thumbnails (the storyboard drafts) so I could finally get stuck into the full scoring process! This consists of stringing together the drafted panels on final cut pro with the dialogue and "spotting" where certain cues are needed. Once my one on one lessons with Alice Humphries was underway, she suggested using a timbre map to help keep track of timbral transitions needed between scenes so it wasn't too jarring switching between different sections (at least not on purpose like it is between scene 1 A - 1 B). Later, I would also create a table indicating the mood & atmosphere of each cue and how complex the arrangement would be in each scene / part.
I had already arranged and scored the final fight scene and the travel montage scene as I knew that these scenes would heavily rely on the beats and timing of the music so panels could be edited to it. For the other scenes, I worked out the motives for each character / set so that I'd have some musical scaffolding I could use. This has proven very useful, especially when transforming these themes to fit with the tone of certain scenes and character interactions. Fun Fact! Chase & Asim's themes are actually written in the relative minor / major of each other and use the inverted intervals of each other's melody! I thought this was the best way to convey the related but opposite natures of "Yin & Yang" through our two main characters leitmotifs. The character, creature and set designs and the storyboard drafts are all uploaded onto a shareable google drive folder that each of our crew has access to. This includes the musicians, so that when I ask them about the register and complexity of certain score parts, they can find what I'm talking about and say whether they feel confident to play it or not. Although I am the soul composer and script writer, this recital has undeniably been a group effort and it's been so fun to work with such professional and passionate people. Below is the size chart for each of our main characters.
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Artist SummaryI'm a WA Fremantle based singer-songwriter / composer. Here, you can have a gawk at my studies, compositions and performances. Archives
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