November 2016

Lol Hammond – Music Supervisor at Vertigo Films

Callum Price

Lol opened with a trailer of films he had worked on through Vertigo Films.

Lol then moved onto talking us through his IMDB profile and about each of the movies and how he approached them.

It was interesting to see how he took different approach with each movie and tailored that to the genres of the films. He spoke about how he prefers to contact artists to work on the soundtracks for films opposed to using more conventional orchestration.

Lol also spoke about his route into that industry and how it was an accident. One of his tracks was featured in a movie and the producer asked if he would source all the music for the film. He then continued to work within this industry.

Overall this was an interesting lecture as this was a position I had never really looked into.

Audio Project – Meeting 5

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This week we represented our presentation

We went over out learning outcomes and set them for the project.

Presentation – Circle Studios2

  • To mix and master diverse material so that it can be presented on a compilation audio product to a client.
  • To research how to present products in a manner that is appealing to the education sector.
  • To research and price up options and tariffs for creating final products.
  • To research and practice the internal dynamics of running a production company.

We also spoke with Lee about our meeting with the band and what we were planning next. He gave us some direction for our research and suggested some methods.

Product Bundle Options

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Another idea we had was to create bundles for our product. This would allow the client to potentially save money for a more structured recording process.

Band EP – 4 tracks – 1 USB’s – £399

Choir / Acoustic Recording – 3 tracks – 1 USB’s – £299

Full Showreel – 8 tracks – 3 USB’s – £699

These fixed tariffs would be designed to fit a majority leaving the original pricing for more bespoke options.

We feel these would be more appealing to many customers as it’s a set figure.

We would use psychological pricing to make them appear cheaper to the customer.