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Incorporating the Music Cues
After the main edit, the director and music composer get together for what's known as a spotting session to dis-
cuss the role that music will play in the movie. Aesthetic decisions are made on which scenes require underscor-
ing and which emotional beats need emphasizing to best tell the story. Music can be used to set the tone and
mood of the movie, provide a musical theme that relates to an important character, or parallel the action that's
occurring on-screen.
Let's continue working on the Building the Climax Project. This time we'll add a music cue and show you how
to control the volume using keyframes in the Timeline.
1. Position the playhead at 21 frames into Scene 17 Slate 30 Take 1, just before Joyce says “There he is.”
(This should be at 1 minute and 6 seconds in the Timeline.)
2. In the Event Library, click the Music Collection and select the clip “13. He Was My Son” in the Event
Browser. Press Q to connect the clip to the Primary Storyline. Play back the section to hear how it sounds.
3. The music comes in too loud, so let's reduce it. Select “13. He Was My Son” in the Timeline and open
the Inspector's Audio panel. Use the Volume slider to reduce the audio by -7 dB. Alternatively, drag down
the horizontal audio level line that runs across the clip in the Timeline.
Next, we'll vary the music's volume when the characters speak, reducing the audio further so that the music
doesn't overpower the dialogue. We'll do this by adding keyframes in the Timeline. To add a keyframe,
hold down the Option key and hover the cursor over the clip's horizontal audio level line at the position
where you want the keyframe to go. When a diamond icon with a plus sign appears, click the cursor to place
the keyframe (see Figure 13.10). To delete the keyframe, click it again to select it (the diamond turns or-
ange) and press Delete.
Figure 13.10 Adding a keyframe to the clip's audio level line.
When you click down on a keyframe and drag it up or down, two horizontal arrows appear over the top and
bottom of the keyframe that indicate you're changing the volume at the position. Final Cut Pro has a safe-
guard in place that prevents you from moving the keyframe left or right so that you don't accidentally
change the keyframe's placement in time while changing the volume. When you click down on a keyframe
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