Choosing music (pt 2)

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More music! This is the second of our episodes all about picking music and figuring out how to best use it in your videos. We cover three specific techniques and also talk about what you should look for in a song. Leigh hates fade outs, and in this episodes she explains why. Soo Zee also explains what the biggest filmmaker sin is and gives some advice on how to avoid it. Wow, this one turned out a lot more tactical than usual. Show notes: • Leigh implores you to rubber band your music in Episode 7 - Being a Video Editor pt 1 https://soundcloud.com/do-stuff/episode-07-being-a-video-editor-pt-1 • We also talk about cutting on action, but it's kind of hard to explain, so I recommend you look at the coffee scene from Baby Driver. We could do a whole episode just on this scene, especially the section where he actually orders the coffee and the dialogue and blocking is timed to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBR3JKrgW74 • Basement Jaxx in particular does a great job of providing a ton of different phrases within their songs. One of the most obvious examples is probably "Everybody" https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody/183030567?i=183030971 • Sign up for our newsletter! The next one will be more details about audio masking so sign up quick to make sure you get it https://forms.aweber.com/form/41/608569141.htm • That song we're obsessed with is called "Ultimatum" by Disclosure, featuring Fatoumata Diawara. It originally samples her voice from the song "Mariage / C'est Moi Ou C'est Lui" by Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ultimatum-feat-fatoumata-diawara/1383668447?i=1383668457 Tell us if you liked this episode! You can leave us a review or rating on iTunes (we love that!) or we're over on twitter @soozee324 and @ltcooper, and over on Instagram @doevenmorestuff.