For my soundtrack i have decided on 3 songs that i think would work. I want a soundtrack that is quite slow paced and is in a minor key. However i also want it to be a positive song. The three songs i have chosen are: RJD2 - smoke and mirrors, Josh Martinez - Time Alone or Daft Punk - superheroes (we plants are happy remix). However these songs are all quite unknown and therefore will be quite hard to find the Copyright holder to. I hope to find the copyright holder for at least one of these songs.
I think its important to find out the album and track names for the song before sending an email so it atleast looks like i have background knowledge of the artist/group and therefore makes me look like a loyal fan which in return will make them more likely to allow me to use their music. I also purposely chose more underground artists hoping they will want to get heard more and take this as an opperunity. However, not to underground that they seem to be uncontactable.
I did some research and found out the album and track number of the song 'smoke and mirrors' by 'RJD2'. I also found their UK record label and emailed them as i presumed they were the copyright holder. Here is a printscreen of the enquiery i made:
I emailed the uk media/promotional enquiry as i thought this s the best suited to what i wanted to ask. I did notice that the record company is quite against coporate major companies etc. So there is the chance that they will be against me using the song however i think it will probably okay considering i have seen their tracks used in other films. I will now wait for a reply and if i dont recieve one i will double check the correct copyright holder and presume i will be able to use the track. I also feel quite confident considering they have a promotional enquiry email address.
I recieved this automatic response and will wait for an answer from them.
I also did some research on another song i wanted to use by josh martinez. I did some research and found out that he created his own label where his music is copyrighted. I emailed this record company (camobear records) and i am now waiting for a response.
This shows that my email has been sent.
For the daft punk song i wanted to use, i found out daft punk were on virgin records but couldnt find anything about them on the virgin records so i dont know if their record deal has expired and cant find, if they have, what they are on now. It was also a remix so i dont know who would hold the copyright to that version as the remix is from an unsigned artist.
I will also use garage band for sound effects throughout the trailer.
since we now cant use a soundtrack that has copyright, i will now need to create a soundtrack using garage band. I will need to be creative with garage band to try and make something with same effect at the soundtracks i was going to use. I need the dark, synister feel and i need to to be either in a minor key, or hopefully, without a key. I also want to try and find a sound that is disjointed. Therefore i dont want a constant running song throughout the trailer, but rather a
I will be able to use this because i have created it myself to a certain extent (created on garageband using loops) and because the loops featured on garageband are copyright free.
The song used at the end, i was seriously thinking about. However, i feel that even though it is stereotypically perfect for the role, i find it too 'cheesy' and a little too over the top for the feel of the film that im creating. I will also create effects using cubase because i also take music tech. I will create heart beat sounds etc. using this program as garage band wont produce a sound that i will find satisfactory.
Today i created a soundtrack on the computor, music based program, cubase 4. This is a good program with endless effects and creativity and it hought would be perfect for creating this effect to close percision (with enough time spent on it).
Cubase 4 is the program i use for the lesson music technology, and therefore it shows it is very technically good and will definatly be good enough to create this effect.
This is a screen shot of me using the program. As tyou can see it was just one track but with two different bass drums within that track and we can see from this picture that it remains constant throughout the piece with no changes. Therefore i could copy and paste certain parts, amking sure i got it on the right beat and that it was accurate.
This is another view of cubase, showing the editing screen where i input the notes.
My effect was a heartbeart. Therefore i used to different bass drums at the same time to give a chorus/reverb feel with slight delay. I then added lots of reverb to both of the bass drums and added slight chorus. These effects are what give it the echoey feel.
After completeing the sound effect so that it lasts for sufficient time and sounds right and the effects are in, i saved it as an mp3. I then opened it on audacity where i normalised the piece (making it reach its full potential with sound and making sure no certain parts of the effect are too loud etc.) This is where i also would put on a fade in or fade out but in this case i dont need to.
When this is done i import it onto i tunes. I then put it into its own playlist and burned it onto a disc so i could transfer it from the computor with cubase on to the macs used to create my trailer. This picture shows my mp3 effect on a cd on itunes.
I found this as the most effective way of getting the sound i wanted instead of settling for other effects. This effect works well within the trailer and although it is quite low in the mix, it keeps a constant sense of tension, whcih was the aim for the effect in the first place.
Here is the shot of the vacant, deserted railwway tracks. I really like this picture and feel as though i succeeded at making it look creepy and vacant. I also love the mist and was hoping i could get an effect like that in the picture. The only thing i didnt plan on was the house, however there are no cars etc. so i think it works within the picture.
This is the picture of the victims wound. I like this picture as i think the wound looks realistic and i like the facial expression. However there is an unfortunate, pleasant blue sky in the background which takes away some of the scareiness. I am happy however that i got an angle where the camera wasnt creating a shadow on the actors face. I think this is a good photo and is possibly going to be used if i can edit it to look darker without ruining the contrast and just the photo in general.
I also used the oppertunity from the victims wound photoshoot to get some good shots of blood splattered background.I really like these pictures and i think i will use them in my print products.
