Music Production

I informed my editor and the whole group that it was time to start the music production once we finished filming and most of the editing. We discovered that finishing the music was a vital part of the editing process after we arrived. I had previously done my homework on which songs and sound tracks were suited for the genre of our film (horror), as well as whose musicians were responsible for their development. After doing some research as a group, I suggested the song "Born Too Late" by the Poni-tails. I sent an email to Warner Chappel, the song's producing company. I dug out the company's phone number and contacted it after a week of no answer. The song would cost $1,000-$2,000 to use, according to the individual I talked with. This was well out of my budget, as well as my entire group's budget. After examining alternative options, I discovered royalty-free music. This means that the person who licenses the song is not obligated to pay a fee, and you do not own the copyright on the music or other media work. As I was listening to music, an old song from the 50's started playing. It was nice and I liked it, but it had this creepy feeling to it. I then had the perfect idea! I'm going to research online to find a royalty free 50's song, and we could use it. But I wanted to make a few additional changes to the tune. As I reached the end of my project, I decided to slow down the music. This creates suspense and curiosity. In earlier projects this year, I had included music in my productions, but I had not modified the music in any way. I decided to learn how to cut music as a first step. I sought for music editing software on YouTube. As a result, I researched two free music softwares to use and tried them both. However, both applications were difficult to use, and I was bewildered. So I went back to "iMovie," the editing tool that I had used previously. To add my music to "iMovie," I followed a YouTube video tutorial. After that, I cut the music into pieces and altered each clip's playback speed from normal to much slower. It sounded great!



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