Today I have spent a while researching what kind of music we should use in our documentary film piece- if any. Since we do not have any footage captured yet, we are not sure exactly what genre of music we want to use in our documentary, and we are hoping that the kind of music we want to use will become apparent once we actually have some footage and have begun editing it together.
in the meantime I have begun searching for free music alternatives online using such sites as Royaltyfreemusic.com, a site where royalty free music is uploaded by independent artists looking for exposure.
The benefits of using a site such as this is that all the music and sounds we take from it are completely free, meaning we will avoid any copyright claims and will not have to have any budget for music or a soundtrack at all.
The only downside I can think of right now is that some of the music we use could potentially have been used by other people in other projects and films, meaning we could have similar or exactly the same music as somebody else. A way in which we could avoid this situation would be to simply enquire about having a soundtrack especially made for us by a composer, using a site such as Starnow.com and tell them that we will credit them heavily for it's use.
Of this, this is all just prep for when we have actually recorded our footage and are beginning to edit it together for the final cut. There is a possibility that our film may not even need a soundtrack, but it is always an idea to prepare when we have some spare time- just in case.
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