Friday, 1 May 2009

Obtaining rights to our music -PRS

To get clearance for our piece of music we had to visit the PRS website and fill out an application, we have to do this because we are using a piece of music that has royalties and therefore you need to pay to use the music.

This is and example of the form your have to fill in:
Film Title- The Long Run

Brief Synopsis - Johnny struggles with being a teenager falling in love and dangerous encounters with the boss

Context of music use - As background music at the start of the film

Actors involved - Conna Cook, Nicola Wright and Chris Rathbone

Overall budget - £10

Territory of exploitation - worldwide

Rights required - Cinema, DVD and TV

License term - In perpetuity

Music Title - Somnus

Artist- Yoko Shimomura

Writer - Yoko Shimomura

Duration of music - 3Min's

this form is then sent of and PRS talk to the artist and decide of a cost for us to use their music.

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