Choosing The Music

Since the weather has been rainy there has not been too many opportunities to film. I have a vision of a sunny atmosphere with good lighting so it is important that we can achieve this goal. However wasting time is not an option so in the meantime while we wait for better weather,  each member of the group has a task. My task specifically is finding music. The theme of our movie is definitely more old fashioned and it is crucial that the music portrays this as well. One of the group members, Jade, had the brilliant idea to switch from black&white to color to enhance the "old time" feel. I decided to play on this idea and find some classical music that would match well. I was hoping to include some Frank Sinatra because he is one of my favorites and a very popular artists. However there were too many copyright and trademark loopholes to jump through that made it difficult. Instead I chose to find a similar type of music. I went online to YouTube to start searching for royalty free classical music. After finding a few songs I showed them to my fellow group members and asked their opinions. Unfortunately they were not big fans. This was when I decided that I could do better. I immeditaely went on my laptop and began researching the genre of music found in other mafia movies such as The Godfather. This is where I discovered Italian Folk music. This genre was exactly what I was looking for, and upbeat classical feel with a melodic symphony that matched the vision. I found non copyrighted Italian Folk music on YouTube and began combing through video after video to find the perfect song. I had it down to two options and again showed my group members. They were very pleased with the new genre of music and applauded my efforts. The group quickly decided on the favored song and I saved it to a file to find later when we begin the editing process. 

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