Sound
Who leads
At every passage, decide whether voice, music or sound is leading, and let the others make room.
Takeaways
- One leader per passage.
- Give the music's phrase room after a key line.
- Assign accents to musical elements, not only the kick.
- Counterpoint when agreement would be predictable.
- A sung or tightly interwoven passage may combine them.
What it means
Words and score take turns. After a key spoken line, the music's important phrase gets room before the next line arrives. An accent can follow a swell or a hi-hat rather than the kick. Sometimes sound deliberately leads, or runs in counterpoint to the picture. What fails is everything speaking at once, or music used as wallpaper that forces a rhythm the pictures cannot hold.
In a RasanAI film
The score marks each passage as voiceover-led, music-led or sound-led. Gaps after key lines are compared with the music's phrases, and a truncated flourish is flagged. Each visual accent is tied to a named musical element and its sync error is measured in frames. Counterpoint is allowed when tagged and never against essential instructional cause.
Origins and sources
Editors on duet-style assignment of picture to music, and sound designers on sound that leads or creates friction.
Evidence: Single practitioner, and studio practice.