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Archival Storytelling, 2nd Edition
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Archival Storytelling, 2nd Edition

by Sheila Curran Bernard, Kenn Rabin
April 2020
Beginner
338 pages
9h 58m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER 16

Licensing Music

Licensing music (“clearing music rights”) can be one of the most frustrating, difficult, and expensive tasks a filmmaker faces when dealing with third-party materials. Because of this, growing numbers of independent filmmakers are forgoing the use of prerecorded music entirely, relying wholly on hired composers or music libraries. This is unfortunate, particularly with films that explore the past. A filmmaker’s creative and content choices should not be unreasonably limited by logistical or financial issues. Music is part of our lives, culture, and history. When the music of a time period is used by filmmakers as an archival artifact (just like archival visuals), or to help place the audience in a specific time and ...

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