Embrace the power of music. There’s a reason so many narrative dramas score pivotal moments to well-known songs: the right music track can save the day.
If you’ve filmed sweeping pans of landscapes, pair them with epic orchestral music to enhance the sense of magnitude and grandeur in the scene. Action sequences call for a pacy beat, while a sad film may need soft, sparse music. Try different music cues as you edit your story. Cutting to the rhythm of the song is a great place to start. As you gain confidence, you’ll find deeper ways to marry picture and music, and the results will be better for it.
The rights for commercial music can be very costly to use, even if your video is only intended to be shared on your own social networks. Investigate free stock music available on the internet – there are many options out there, including YouTube’s music library, which has a great selection of ‘free to use’ tracks: youtube.com/audiolibrary/music. The iMovie app offers its own rights-free tracks at various lengths.
Compose your own soundtrack
If you are musically minded, or know someone who is, you can create your own music backgrounds – even by downloading simple music production apps like GarageBand on to your smartphone or computer.
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