Finding the Right Music

Finding the Right Music

Finding the right music is hard. We have to find non-copyright music to use for my music video I am going to make. We are going to use websites like, www.unsigned.com / www.youtube.com
We are also going to contact the artist to be able to get permission to use their music, either by email, their website or their twitter.
When I am contacting them, I'd give them information about myself i.e. I am a student at Robert Clack Sixthform and I am making a project for media involving making a music video.
Here is a draft of what I would say in the email.

When finding the right music you have to have back up music just in case one of the artists do not reply and then you always have other music you can use.

Non - copyright music

Copyright

*Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights. It is a form of intellectual property (like the patent, the trademark, and the trade secret) applicable to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete.

Copyright is important to creators like writers and artists as well as those such as publishers that own rights, as it provides them with a legal right of ownership of the work that they produce.

This means that creators of an original piece of work can have some control over how it is used, which is not only fair but necessary for them to make a living from their talent and efforts. When they have the means to make a living from their work then they can continue to invest their time, and, in the case of publishers, their money into the production of new work.

My Project
Copyright can cause problems because I may not be able to have a song I would like to do because I have not got the permission from the artist/producers, I could get sued or my school can get sued for using copyright music if I don't have permission. I would have to find an unsigned artist or ask permission from the artist to be able to create my music video.


*The above information was found at www.wikipedia.com 

Ke$ha - Take It Off

Ke$ha - Take it Off
Genre - Dancepop, electropop

I like this video because the song parallels with what is going on in the video. People look like they are having fun and messing about. It shows how some people express themselves.
 It uses lip synching which is really good because it does not look all mumbled up and it looks in order. The mood of the song is very crazy but also express people's inner selves, the song fits well because some of the lyrics describes the people in the video. The editing is really good as it has quite fast cuts, the location fits with the lyrics, where it says "there's a place downtown, where the freaks all come around". It is in an abandoned motel and in a swimming pool that is dried out, it fits well because no one would really go there, so people can go there to express.

The Brief

The Brief

 Our task is to produce a music 'promo' video that is
 - up to 5 minutes long
 - you can either work on your  own or in a group of up to four members.

 We also need to produce a 'digipal' (six panels) for its release on CD and a magazine
 advertisement for the digipak.
 In addition to our 'promo' video we will need to produce a critical evaluation of the video.