Batman 23 Oct 2009

Today I listened to music and made some changes.

Batman 21/10/2009

Today I continued with my work and compared to the batman video clip then I tried to made it better and Mr. Smith listened to my Batman theme music and he said it is good but I have to create one more tune.

NCFE-Sequencing 5/10/2009

Today I am continued with my work a creating a tune to the Sequence on the batman music. I have done the tune of batman theme music. I need to create a moledy tune then I add 5 to 8 notes to make it finishing music.

19 Oct 2009

Today I continued with my batman theme music and I tried to finish batman music. I watched batman video clip and tried to matched with batman theme music and make

Batman Movie

Batman is a superhero film which was made in 1989 and based on the DC Comic characters of the same name, It was directed by Tim Burton who also directed 'Edward Scissorhands' and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. Batman was made in United States and stars Michael Keaton, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance. The Batman film was produced by Peter Guber, John Peters, Michael Uslan and Benjamin Mel. The screenplay for batman film was written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren. It was based on the story by Sam Hamm and the comic book written by Bill Finger. The Batman score was by Danny Elfman who is best known for composing music for films and Tv for example, 'Simpsons' and 'Desperate Housewives' and has scored most of Tim Burton's films. The songs were sung by Prince. The Batman film Cinematography was by Roger Pnatt and the Eiditing by Ray Lovejoy. The Batman film was distributed by Warner Bros and was released on 23 June 1989. The runing time was 126 min. The Batman film was English language and the budget was $48 million. Gross revenue was $411.35 million.

The underscore is music that goes on i the background which creates atmosphere.

An editor  

This a person who put every piece of work together to make a film like music, photography, theatre, dance, writing etc in the right order to make a storytelling. Editor is a film maker who have responsibilities to edit dialogue scenes and cut off film slates.

A best boy

Evaluation of Unit 4- Creating a record

The atmosphere of the Batman film is dark and mysterious. The character of Batman is also serious, dark and threatening. The record I have created is a music underscore for the opening credits of Batman the Movie.

Firstly, I listen to different musical instruments to see how they sound and then I chose the ones I liked. I started with one sound of a string violin because it was slow and with a piano at first but I rejected this because I didn't like the sound. Then I introduced another 6 sounds: Electric Grind bass, Bluesy acoustic guitar, Warped bass Low rent, 2 String ensembles, Warped drum Trance kit and String Violin. As the Batman credit came on I repeated the Grind bass and Bluesy acoustic. I dropped all those sounds and continued with two sounds of Low rent and String ensemble.

In my opening credit I have used String Violin to make it a slow and calm sound and I used bars 1 to 21, 25 to 44 and 48 to 67. For my second instrument I used bars 6 to 18, for the third I used bars 7 to 19, for the fourth I used bars 8 to 20, for fifth and six I used bars 10 to 73 and 74 and for the last instrument I used bars 13 to 21.

For my Batman theme the music is soft, dark and scary. At the end as the 'Gotham City' scene begins the opening gets louder and louder with lots of middle beats from bars 25 to nearly 73. The ending has harder beats to make it dark and scary so it can resemble the Batman theme. The melody is repeated so that it has background theme to make it good . Finally the finishing bar is 74 is made softer and softer.

I found using Logic 8 very hard at first and didn't understand what I had to do because I had never learned music before. Then I was taught how to create music by using Logic 8 and later on I found it easier and interesting to put my own ideas to music. After the opening theme music I made it too loud because I had used too many instruments. If I had to improve on my Batman theme I would change the louder beats to make it sound better and slower. The starting melody was scary and dark but it has different tracks which make it complicated to compare it with original Batman theme music.

NCFE-Sequencing

I am finished introduction for my NCFE music and I also finished A and B section. I am started doing A1 section.

In my introduction I have used 1 to 9 bars and I am also continued introduction in A section. The notes I have used for my introduction is C3, B2, G2, A2 and instrument I have used is String Violin section 01. 

For my A section instrument I have used is Electric Bass Deep & Hard bass, Woodwinds Oboe Legato and Mixed Choir. Deep & Hard bass I have used 9 to 15 bars and the notes I have used is C2, B1,G2, A2. Oboe Legato I have used 12 to 19 bars and the notes I have used is C1, F1, A2, G2, D2, C2. Mixed Choir I have used 14 to 25 bars and the notes I have used is E2, F2, G2, A2, B1, A 1. 

In section B I continued one instrument of section A is Deep & Hard. For my Section B instrument I have used Woodwinds Oboe Legato and South Asian Indian & Middle Eastern Kit. Oboe Legato I have used 25 to 40 bars and the notes I have used is C 2, B1, A1, D2, A2, G 2, B2. Indian & Middle Eastern Kit I have used 30 to 46 bars and the notes I have used A1, B1, C 2, D2, E2, F 2, G 2, A2, F 1, G 1.