After spending a light weekend on my video project a few questions cropped up. In particular my video was purely experimental as I never created a video that required after shooting editing. For you movie moguls out there, planning really does help stream line your movie. I planned out my movie three weeks in advance and I still found I was still shooting a few minutes worth of footage to augment and awesomafy my final movie.
Anyways, once the movie was completed I found that the lack of sound and music created a boring product. I really did not consider this issue earlier but I think, upon reflection, it is worth taking a look. Mainly, I'm looking at the copyright issues surrounding sounds and music.
To find sounds that really fit into the mood and atmosphere of your movie it makes absolute sense to create your own. Unfortunately not all of us are audiophiles so this is a bit tricky. Hence I was at the mercy of finding sound fx online. Luckily I found a few sites that really helped out here. This includes soungle, flashkit, SoundSnap, and FindSounds.
Not only are these sites royalty free, but they are free to download as well. This means a plethora of sounds to use in your movie. Of course, since sounds aren't visual, you have to sit and listen to each and every one of them, most of which might not be what you are looking for. I haven't mastered this art yet but when search for sounds be creative as possible. For example if you want a "ding" sound look up chime, bell, ding, or metal instrumental. Patience is extremely key here.
As for music, it is a bit more murky waters for me. For my video I tried to stay away from official copies of music. Rather I tried to use user generated music that remixes a well known tune. Arguably the copyright issue still can creep up, but bypassing the big players. Most of the songs I couldn't even credit the creator since they were (for the most part) anonymously done.
I also base my stipulations on the argument presented by Alan Cross. Mash-ups of songs have surfaced on the radio and clubs for 20+ years now. As you states, most groups don't really care, or feel flattered that their song was used in a mash-up. Not only that, it exposes people to their music that they wouldn't otherwise have known. Of course there are certain people who frown on any use of their music. In particular ACDC, the Beatles, and Metallica. There is no golden rule in this area outside of creating your own music. But, I'm sure that if the video is for educational purposes or no money is involved, no one will get too excited. Check out Alan Cross' The ongoing history of new music. for transcriptions of some of his shows. Sorry no podcasts or they'll get mad at him.
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