Making Music - pain or pleasure?
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:06 pm
Why is it so hard to get our heads around the notion of making our own music
for movies ... or persuading someone to join the film team who can make suitable
music?
I realise it is an art-form on its own, but so is photography, writing, performance,
set design etc etc - every aspect of movie making that we do on our own,
with our club or with friends is the full-time profession of one or more
people in the world of professional film making. That does not stop us having
a good try at all those arts.
It is, of course, easy to borrow the emotions associated with a hit song.
But it is a pain to get clearance and it limits what you can do with the
resulting movie.
If we "owned" the music - i.e. we wrote it or someone on the team wrote it
for us - there would be far fewer problems about showing the work on tv or
to general audiences.
I mention that because with another hat I am involved in the film society
movement (film appreciation groups) and now that most of them use DVD and
tape rather than film to show feature movies, it is technically much easier
for them to show our work. But the rights have to be considered ...
Dave McMusic Man Watterson
for movies ... or persuading someone to join the film team who can make suitable
music?
I realise it is an art-form on its own, but so is photography, writing, performance,
set design etc etc - every aspect of movie making that we do on our own,
with our club or with friends is the full-time profession of one or more
people in the world of professional film making. That does not stop us having
a good try at all those arts.
It is, of course, easy to borrow the emotions associated with a hit song.
But it is a pain to get clearance and it limits what you can do with the
resulting movie.
If we "owned" the music - i.e. we wrote it or someone on the team wrote it
for us - there would be far fewer problems about showing the work on tv or
to general audiences.
I mention that because with another hat I am involved in the film society
movement (film appreciation groups) and now that most of them use DVD and
tape rather than film to show feature movies, it is technically much easier
for them to show our work. But the rights have to be considered ...
Dave McMusic Man Watterson