Meeting with Tony (Music guy)

I decided to create a table of the order of music and for roughly how long I wanted them for. I haven't finalised my storyboard so these are not exact; however I thought it was important to have an idea of where I wanted each bit of music and to what scene. I have explained reasonings for the music choices when looking at inspiration. I talked Tony through my table and my concept so he was clear on my expectations. 

My main concern was copyright; however Tony didn't seem that bothered as he said it's normally only videos with millions of views that get caught for copyright because then it is worth the money. He advised me to contact the publisher of each music to ask for their permission, but felt that even if I didn't get a response I would be able to use a section of their music anyway. This was not something I was comfortable doing as I wanted original music and, if I do work with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, I don't want them to feel embarrassed if it got caught as this may reflect badly on them. I felt disappointed that Tony wasn't taking this more seriously because it is something I am so passionate about. After expressing my copyright concerns more strongly and showing him my music choices, Tony said he could contact a friend that may be able to create some similar music from scratch, meaning copyright wouldn't be an issue. This was extremely exciting to hear as I would have more control over the music's sound and would not have to worry about contacting publishers, which would have been time consuming. Tony said he would contact the music technician, Dan, to ask about collaborating. 

Tony noticed I wanted swooshing noises to introduce the powder paint scene, mirroring the movement of the powder paint hitting the model's face. After hearing the music that comes directly after he suggested using the swooshing sounds from that music so the music from the two scenes blend together seamlessly. 

We discussed that I would record the electrical buzzing sound, heavy breathing and whispering voices and then send them to him to edit together with the music by, hopefully, Dan. Tony said to save the recordings as Wav files and to record them in 44.1 kilohertz and 16 bit as that would make it easier for him to manipulate and to upload to his editing software. He advised that I filmed a lot more than I would need to make sure there is enough footage and to accommodate for errors. He suggested keeping the music as a Wav file until I uploaded it as this would make it easier to make changes throughout. He said I should ask what format the end result had to be and the maximum, to ensure I used the correct format from the start. 

Tony suggested I used free sound effects from Google for inspiration or to layer with my own recorded sound effects, to make it unique but possibly more professional sounding; for example, to add more whispers to my whispering sound effect to give it more depth. 

I look forward to hearing back from Tony about the possibility of Dan creating some music for me; however I will still contact the music publishers as a back up.