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Old 15th February 2008   #6
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There's a few things you need to do if composing to video; spotting, tempo, conceptualize.

You need to watch the video and drop markers at every cut/disolve. Also drop markers at key points of action. Go back and tighten the markers up since its not likely you can drop them correctly in time.

After that you turn on the click track and find a tempo that fits the markers using the grid. Try to hit strong beats (1,3) with markers. You also imagine the musical content and that's the trick; only certain music will fit the emotional content and tempo map.

Then make it happen.
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