5 Emails Later...

Guys Im back!!! You won't believe how stressed we have been on trying to obtain rights to the songs we want to use for our film opening. Yes we have gotten some answers, but those answers require going back and forth completing documents and filling out information about our film. I'm just going to let you guys know now that what I am about to show you is a lot of information. The process has taken longer than I thought it would because our song choices are very popular. If you don't remember these songs involve artists like Coldplay and Rihanna. Vale told me something the other day that got me worried. She said “this has been the MOST stressful part of the film so far, and we haven't even started editing!” This has made me realize that we need that consent for our song ASAP.

First artist reply for the song Walking On Sunshine:



In the email, they told us to contact BMG. Therefore Vale and I searched for their contact information and said this:



This is basically us just asking for permission to use the song that they own. Shortly after, they answered saying this:



To be honest guys, Vale and I are wondering why we even need to fill all these documents and all these licenses for a school project. It is getting a bit frustrating and annoying because it's not like they answer us right away, they are answering us several days later which makes the process more stressful.






The second artist reply was from Coldplay about the song Viva La Vida:

So this is the song that we really want to use for our film, as it syncs perfectly with what we are trying to do. We are not trying to get ahead of ourselves with this song because if we cant end up using it, we are going to lose hope. In the meantime, our friend from media class had mentioned something about an app called Garage Band. What this app does is that it allows for any user to insert and edit the speed of the song that one wants to use. Therefore, we are thinking of doing this if we don't get the permission for the song on time. We are contemplating this because our media studies teacher stated that this practice is frowned upon. 

Don't worry guys I will keep you updated and stay tuned for further updates.