OUAN501 - Practical, Sourcing Music

I didn't want to have music running throughout the entire piece, but towards the end an idea I had was to play a montage of video game footage revealing the artistic value it has and the incredibly visuals that have been made possibly within the medium. I wanted music that would compliment and emphasise this aspect of the documentary, preferrably an instrumental. I remembered a song that I thought would work well because it's recognisable and doesn't take your attention away from the visuals at all, in fact the way the song sounds in my opinion communicates to the audience that what they're seeing is something to be appreciated and a positive thing - which is exactly what I wanted. The song I chose was a cover of 'Pixies - Where is My Mind?' by Maxence Cyrin, a piano instrumental. I'm really happy that I was able to use it with this and although I only used around a minute of the song I think it was a nice ending to the documentary. Similar to the video footage this was sourced using the same software; 'Youtube Downloader' which allowed me to obtain the audio track off Youtube quite easily.

Considering that this is the only time music is played during the documentary I wanted a song that would have the biggest impact. This was a conscious choice as if music had been playing throughout the entirity of the documentary it would have had a much less of a significant effect on the audience and wouldn't have had the impact I intended. With this, I think the subtlety, combined with the familiarity of the song and the isolation of the track and the visuals at the end achieve what I wanted. Finally, just like with the video footage I used, the use of this song comes under fair use because of it's use in an educational video, for non profit and not to be shown in public, otherwise permission would have to of been obtained before it was used in the documentary.