Analysis of Music for FMP

Music Analysis for FMP

BBC Atlantis 'Journey To Aegina'

The music I have decided to use for my FMP is a track from the BBC show Atlantis. It's composed by my composer friend Stuart Hancock, which he kindly gave me permission to use it in my FMP.  I chose to use this track because it really goes with the theme of my nature video. The score comes across very beautiful, atmospheric and is exactly what I want to show the beauty of nature in spring and new beginnings.

The track is split into three parts (three act structure). At the beginning the tempo is very smooth and calming with just strings (0:12). It feels like the start of something big, like the journey your never going to forget. This then gradually fades out and cleverly merges into act 2 with the beginning of multiple string melodies with a bass pad ticking along in the background. This creates a rhythmic pace of momentum and enriches the music (1:08), which gradually builds and creates tension. As well as some distant voice pads running through starting at (1:59), which really creates the atmosphere and power.

The main melody beginnings at (2:04) with a soloist violinist taking the lead. Here you really feel the power of the orchestra and flows very nicely into a calming beautiful melody. The bass pad and string melody is still present in the background and gives us a real sense of adventure and continuation. I particularly like this part at (2:57) as the key changes into more of a softer emotional romantic melody. (3:07) is where act 3 starts as you feel the whole orchestra come together with added french horns, voice pads and a harp now and then. This soon comes to a swift end as parts of the orchestra fade out in till we just hear strings, as we started with. This closes the track perfectly and really feels like you've just had the journey of a life time.

I can imagine really well that this will fit my nature video.  At the start of the track its very soft and quiet, so for example I could have dramatic sun rises over hills and mountains, early morning animals coming to feed, sun rays shining through the trees, like its the start of a brand new day in spring. Then when we get to act 2 we can have more exciting clips of like a bird of prey in flight, powerful waterfalls, a dragon fly over a lake, panning woodland shots etc. As this is when the orchestra comes together, so really footage and music working in harmony. I would end it with a sun set, that will close the video nicely. I want to make the video very colourful and interesting to look at, with good focus, lighting, framing and pacing of the video. Making it colourful is very important because I want to show the magic of spring, even if I enhance the hue-saturation.

Who is Stuart Hancock?

Link to his website - http://www.stuarthancock.com/

Stuart is a British award winning Composer for film, TV and concert music. He is well known for the music behind Series 2 of BBC Atlantis. Also he's composed Crazyhead, Hawk, The Last Belle and recently 'Were going on a Bear Hunt', which was broadcasted on Christmas Eve 2016.   

Some of his Music...

Mission Statement

Mission Statement  

My name is Lyndon Coleman. I have many things which inspire me such as, Doctor Who, editing, music, piano and drawing. I like these things because they have a huge amount of creativity. I hopefully would like to get into one of these and make a living from it.

The qualities I would like to obtain is to become more confident. This will surely come over time. I would like to broaden my skills on editing and use different softwares, this leads to more experience on iMacs so I've got to be prepared for anything. Also one day it would be good to learn how to use some music software, as this will link to my music skills and would be good for the future. I plan to maybe buy an audio interface so I can practice at home.

Planning for a Pitch

Planning for a Pitch

A Series Of Tweets

A Series Of Tweets 

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Comparing and contrasting 2 media industry job roles that interest me

Comparing and contrasting 2 media industry job roles that interest me

The picture above is your typical editor sat in his editing studio, he's using multiple screens so he can have several programs running across different screens, this makes it quicker and easier to work. The editor works with raw footage and creates it into a sequence as a finished motion picture. It's their job to make it right by creatively working with the layers of images, dialogue, story and music. They also have to take care with the speed and pace of the story line. This comes at the end of the project and is part of the Post-Production process. As technology gets better and digital systems improve the job list of the editor gets longer and in low budget productions the editor could be expected to cut up music and mock up visual effects. This interests me because I enjoy putting footage together and creating something unique. The program I am familiar with is Sony Vagas, I like this program because of the way its laid out and is very visually pleasing. Also I've been using Premier Pro, this can be found in most studios and is what we've been using in college, by the end of this course I hope to be confidant in using it. In my free time I edit fan-made videos and put them on YouTube.

The picture above is a music composer's/producers studio. You can see two screens because like the editor you can have multiple softwares running and its easier to multitask. You can see sound proofing on the walls, instruments, speakers including a bass speaker, midi keyboard and various FX pads and also a good desk and a comfy seat because you would be spending long periods of time. The software which is industry standard is Logic (Mac) and Cubase (PC). The composer/producer keeps in regular contact with editors and directors. They play apart in all three areas of production. This interests me because I'm a musician and I love listening to film based scores/music. When I watch a film or TV show the first thing I notice is the sound/music this can be a deal breaker for me.



Both of the jobs above are vital to the media industry. They are similar in some ways, for instance, the technology they use, set up, they report to the same people and can be quite a lonely experience. You would have to be self motivated and able to work under pressure to produce professional work to a deadline.