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I need to have a background soundtrack of a blazing argument for my latest short 'Move'. Before exploring recording a row myself, I've checked a few online sound effect libraries,…

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone had experience of licensing music for shorts from existing artists - not using PRS? I have a minuscule budget for a short and I'm wondering wh…

Far be it for me to contradict Charles, but my experience of this from the composer side is nowhere near as complex (and I also refer to the experience of the directors I work wit…

Hi guys I could do with some advice, i have been sending material out to publishing companies in the hope of getting a deal, sadly 99% don't take unsolicited material so i doubt t…

Hello Shooters,

We have recently acquired permission from a musician to use music from his album in our short documentary. The documentary will be available online and will also…

http://www.prsformusic.com/users/productionmusic/Documents/ProductionMusicRateCard2013.pdf

In practice I've cleared rights for FREE (ok, a credit) from friends for non commerci…

I need to conduct three interviews for a documentary follow-up and wondered if anyone knew anyone who might live in the Durban area of South Africa who owns a Zoom Hn4 or Olympus …

I'm used to fcp7 but I am seriously considering fcp x for my first feature-length doc. I understand that it's good for organising and searching through footage, of which i will ha…

More RAM would certainly be helpful. Also, think about breaking the show into "reels." In the film days, a reel was about 1000 feet, or around 11 minutes. Do the same digitally, k…

HI,

Does anyone know how to make the sound quality in a film the same, i have a case of up and down volume setting in the film the editor cant adjust it fully , is there a softw…

Just to clarify what people have said above a compressor will bring down the loud parts of the sound (above a set threshold ) and then make up the level by boosting the signal aft…