JM_1234321 0 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Hi.In film scoring can someone please explain what the 'cue' symbols (eg) "2m3", "insert" and "D2-T O2" mean in detail?A link would be great.I am googeling "score cues", "cue lists" etc but can't get any good hits.The symbols are the same in every score. They appear to be common to the `business rather than score specific.Thanks for any help.JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 To use your examples:2m3 - this is a cue number. The "2" is the reel number (A film is split into reels). "M3" represents the cue number of the reel.Insert is, simply, an insert. It's inserted into a certain place in a cue, often replacing a section of the original cue.I'm not sure where you found "D2-T O2". The only thing I can think of is you mean D2 T02, which would mean "Disc 2, Track 02". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 To use your examples:2m3 - this is a cue number. The "2" is the reel number (A film is split into reels). "M3" represents the cue number of the reel.Insert is, simply, an insert. It's inserted into a certain place in a cue, often replacing a section of the original cue.I'm not sure where you found "D2-T O2". The only thing I can think of is you mean D2 T02, which would mean "Disc 2, Track 02".To specify, the 'M3' part is short for 'Music cue 3', I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,345 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 To specify, the 'M3' part is short for 'Music cue 3', I believe.IRC, Mean that, it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 To specify, the 'M3' part is short for 'Music cue 3', I believe.IRC, Mean that, it does not. M stands for 'Music', then. Better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,345 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I always thought that M was just a seperator, somewhat like a /.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 No, M stands for 'music'. But since the following number is the cue number, it's natural to call it 'music cue'. I agree, however, that it would be more intelligible if it was a C instead of an M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Similarly, what does R2-D2 mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Reel 2, Dialogue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Was that a genuine question? I only ask because when I saw that, I thought "How could you not know what R2-D2 is!", and then I saw Jason's reply and I thought "There's actually a musical term!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The legend goes that whilst a ludicrous film maker who went by the name of George Lucas was trying to find a name for a mysterious robotic invention of his, somebody walked inside his room and asked for R2-D2 (Reel 2, Dialogue 2) from Lucas' film American Grafitti. The inventor found that to be an excellent name for his invention, and now the little robot is called R2-D2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Ah, interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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