1. Right of Use
What's the difference between publishing right and recording rights?
You must be licensed in order to use music, you need two licences:
Publishing License - Received from the people who own the rights to the piece of music i.e. lyrics and composition. You should remember that for this kind of copyright, copyright exist only when the music or words have been recorded or written down.
Recording License - From the people who performed the version of music that you want to use. For example, sound recording copyright exist in a pianists recording of one of Beethoven's sonatas.
How would you go about clearing a piece of music for use in film?
When looking for a soundtrack to use for a film, you need to research into who made the music; for example there isn't really much point in trying to get rights to a song by Beyonce, as there would be no chance of getting granted with access. But if there was a recording of the same song by a local band or singer, you could ask if they had it for sale anywhere, but only before asking the for use of it in your film.
You should also look into copyright of the soundtrack to see who owns it. If it was by a local singer or artist, you could offer to buy them out. This would mean offering them a one off fee to buy their track. It would mean the track would officially be yours to use.
Can you use music in your sequence if the composer has died?
If the composer died over seventy years ago, then the original copyright for the music is extinguished. However you still need to consider who owns the rights to the recording of the music. This will usually be the record company. You will need to approach them for clearance to use the recording in your film.
What is incidental music?
Incidental music is music in a play, tv program, radio program, video game, or film. It is often background music, and adds atmosphere to the action.
Below is some incidental music from the Prometheus Soundtrack
2. Creative Commons
What is creative commons?
Creative Commons (CC) is a non prophet organisation devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build on legally and to share.
Why does it exist?
The organisation has released several copyright licenses known as creative commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allows creators to communicate which rights they deserve and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients to other creators.
Explain the 6 different types of CC Licenses
CReative commons licenses consist of four major condition modules: Attribution (BY), requiring attribution to the original author; Share Alike (SA), allowing derivative works under the same or similar license (later or jurisdiction version); Non-Commercial (NC), requiring the work is not used for commercial purposes. No Derivative works (ND) allowing only the original work, without derivatives. These are combined to make six Creative Commons Licenses
1. Attribution (CC BY)
2. Attribution Share Alike (CC BY-SA)
3. Attribution No Derivatives (CC BY-ND)
4. Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC
5. Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
6. Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)
3. Your Choice Of Music
Music Choice #1
This piece of music is played on the piano. The artist is known by ERH on freesound.org, and has described it as 'Piano with a free approach to scale and rhythm.'
This piece of music is in the introductory sequence of my film when duke is walking into college; It is important to make the music as accurate as possible in order to set the scene, and establish the main character. This piano piece is very light and mellow. It shows that the weather is good, and it also reflects the ambient sound of the birds chirping, and the light breeze of wind.
This is the page where I got this piece of music from; in the bottom right, you can see that the creative commons license states, 'This work is licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License'
Music Choice #2
The second piece of music that I used for my film was a loop which I also found on freesound.org. This piece of music is used at the start of the second scene in my film during the voiceover montage;
The artist is known as 'SkAiRPiGG' on freesound, and the loop is called 'Drums with Shuffle.'
The artist is known as 'SkAiRPiGG' on freesound, and the loop is called 'Drums with Shuffle.'
This piece is very up beat and has a fast tempo; this reflects scene two, as it is representing the start of Dukes time at college, which is exciting but is also a scary challenge for Duke.
This is the page where I got this piece of music from; again, you can see that in the bottom right of the page the Creative Commons License states, 'This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License'
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