LA2: Sourcing Appropriate Sound Accompaniment for a Video Production

For my background music, I always intended to use a Beatles song since that's what my film is based around - but all of their music is copyrighted. I knew of several songs on YouTube which were uploaded as audio clips from old recording sessions ( most from 1969/1970 ) which were never officially released. After looking around I finally found a song long enough to fit my film:



All other sounds in my video I created myself: I used the real sound of the record being placed down, the needle being dropped, then I used the sound of a chair squeaking to imitate the sound of the record player opening.

Why it is important that the resources I'm using are royalty free

Royalty free music refers to a type of music license that allows the buyer to pay the music license only once, and use the music for as long as they want. People make royalty free music because, for example - If a composer had a piece of music which they think would be perfect in the background of a video, they would be able to make that music royalty free making it easier for people to use which also means easier for the composer to sell.

If I were to use a sound or a song which was not royalty free, it could be copyrighted. I used a song which was never officially released, as it was taken from a recording session from the band. If I were to use a popular Beatles song in my film and upload it to YouTube, it would get taken straight down since in this case all of the bands music is copyrighted.

In conclusion, it is very important that I use either royalty free music, my own sounds, etc. as when uploading my short film it would be taken straight down resulting in it being unable to mark.