Author Topic: Musical backing for teaser trailer. (Read 1235 times)

Sirrus · January 31, 2009, 05:24:18 PM

Can I cut up a song and use it as a backer for a teaser trailer, is that kind of thing frowned upon?

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General Omega · January 31, 2009, 05:33:59 PM

Music in trailers is better then dead silence.

A movie trailer about movie trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I

Sirrus · January 31, 2009, 05:41:59 PM

Music in trailers is better then dead silence.

A movie trailer about movie trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I

I mean legally frowned upon.

General Omega · January 31, 2009, 05:44:26 PM

10-20 seconds or less or about 30% of the song. Depends on which is less. That is what my teacher told us.

Sirrus · January 31, 2009, 05:46:23 PM

10-20 seconds or less or about 30% of the song. Depends on which is less. That is what my teacher told us.

Hmmm. The song is too long for the trailer, is there a database of free songs for use in trailers?

General Omega · January 31, 2009, 05:47:43 PM

Depends on your meaning of free. You can always edit out parts of songs.

Sirrus · January 31, 2009, 05:51:05 PM

Depends on your meaning of free. You can always edit out parts of songs.

Yeah, that's what I'm doing.

TapeDeck · January 31, 2009, 06:29:27 PM

search for royalty free music

General Omega · January 31, 2009, 06:31:39 PM

search for royalty free music

Or at the end of the trailer you can have tiny hardly readable text containing credits.

TapeDeck · January 31, 2009, 06:32:56 PM

orange wolf · January 31, 2009, 06:39:44 PM

less then 30 seconds and a citation of the song.

General Omega · January 31, 2009, 07:02:59 PM

less then 30 seconds or a citation of the song.

Fixed. You do not need citation if it is below said limit.

Quantum · January 31, 2009, 07:09:10 PM

There's always Li(Sorry, kiddies, not for you.)