Production Blog: Music

 The next step for this project was to choose the music that would work with my film. This would require a lot of researching. Places like YouTube and Google is the best choice in finding good quality music. At first, I wanted to use a popular artists music as it draws more people in. A lot of research came in to use when I looked up how to use someone's song without getting a copyright strike and this included emailing a letter. However, I then realized that would not be the best choice. This is because I would have to deal with figuring out a way to use someone else's song without getting in trouble. It is very difficult to deal with copyright in this small-time frame. I would have to email the production company which would be very time consuming. As they would probably be very busy dealing with other things it would take a long time to get back to me. This includes all the emails they already have from other people asking to use their music. By the time they get to my email, 5 months may have passed. It would be very risky if I would take that chance. That is why I came to the conclusion that I would use royalty free music. So, my partner and I started to research some royalty free music on YouTube. At first, I thought that creepy music should have been used at first since it was a thriller. This would have been used in the abandoned building scene but then I realized there would be too much talking involved. So, this did not work out. Then my partner and I came to the conclusion that music would be used in the car scene. This is because it would require a lot less talking. The song that was decided on was called Happy Life by FREDJI, as it is an upbeat song. This also provides irony for the later scenes. 



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