Oct 22, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Adding Odd Bars for Hit Points It is a common and well known way to hit hit-points that don’t lay on the downbeat of a bar by inserting one odd meter bar in order to make it fit, however it is also a quite common problem that learning film composers place that odd bar...
Oct 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Rhythmical Surprises Some actions in a movie are supposed to have a surprise or even shocking effect to the audience. This does not only apply for obvious jump scares in the horror/thriller genre but also in pretty much any other genre. If you hit such a moment...
Feb 12, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Anticipating Hit Points One of the most overlooked things by learning composers is the difference between a hit point that can be anticipated by the audience and one that can’t. Unfortunately, these issues are not discussed a lot in literature on film scoring but are...
