Claims
- 1. In a computer, a method of composing a multimedia work comprising the steps of:in response to a user interaction selecting (430) a music sample from a plurality of music samples, wherein each of the music samples is an independent pre-composed piece of music of fixed duration having a common interface that allows the music samples to be seamlessly looped; and placing (740) the selected music sample in a location in the multimedia work, wherein the step of selecting (430) a music sample and placing (740) the selected music sample in a location in the multimedia work is repeated in response to a user interaction to create the multimedia work characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: in response to further user interaction selecting (460) a pre-drawn dance movement clip from a plurality of dance movement clips; and placing the selected pre-drawn dance movement clip (810) in a location (820) in the multimedia work; wherein the step of selecting a pre-drawn dance movement clip and placing the selected pre-drawn dance movement in a location (820) in the multimedia work is repeated in response to further user interaction to create the multimedia work as a user composed multimedia work with an animated character (610) that dances to a user created composition of the musical samples by playing (750) the selected music samples and sequentially displaying (FIG. 6) the dance movement clips at corresponding speed and tempo of the music.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further including a step of removing a selected music sample to insert a sample of silence.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein a video is interactively created from a plurality of video clips and said video is synchronized to a beat of the musical work.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting a music sample comprises the steps of:selecting one of a plurality of musical instruments; selecting one of a plurality of music samples for the selected instrument, wherein each of the music samples is an independent pre-composed piece of music, and sequentially arranging the selected music sample; and selecting another one of the plurality of musical instruments, repeating the steps of selecting a plurality of music samples and sequentially arranging the selected music samples for said another one of the plurality of musical instruments.
- 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:selecting one of the music samples previously arranged, harmonizing the arranged music samples of all instruments that correspond in Uime to said selected one of the music samples previously arranged; and repeating the step of selecting one of the music samples previously arranged, and harmonizing the arranged music samples of all instruments that correspond in time to said selected one of the music samples previously arranged to compose the musical work.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps are performed in response to user interactions using a graphical user interface.
- 7. The method of claim 1, further including the steps of:storing a version of the plurality of music samples for each of the specified instruments.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein video of a dancer is choreographed to the musical work so that movements of the dancer match a beat of the musical work.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the video of the dancer is choreographed to match 120 beats per minute.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive steps are implemented using a story.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the music samples are one measure long.
- 12. A computer system comprising means for executing the method according to any of the claims 1 through 11.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 371 of PCT/IB99/01655 filed Sep. 3, 1999 and also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/099,290, filed Sep. 4, 1998, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
PCT Information
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PCT/IB99/01655 |
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Publishing Document |
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WO00/14719 |
3/16/2000 |
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US Referenced Citations (11)
Foreign Referenced Citations (2)
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May 1989 |
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WO 97-21210 |
Jun 1997 |
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/099290 |
Sep 1998 |
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Continuations (1)
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PCT/IB99/01655 |
Sep 1999 |
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09/763906 |
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