Music Setbacks

In the making of my pitch for my final task I was listening to a song and it automatically matched with the pitch. It is the song by Tate Mcrae called “happy face.” The song is about a person who is separating themselves from friends and is hiding their emotions. The song is also about a person who is also hurting themselves and acting out, while refusing help from their friends who know them best. So, I proceeded to talk about this with my group. They liked it and contacted Tate Mcrae through Instagram in December. Sadly, by February she did not answers so I contacted her again through Instagram. I told her that I am a student in AICE Media Studies making a project for the course and I would like her permission to use two minutes of her song “happy face.” I and my group members am currently still waiting for a response. While I was waiting response, I got impatient and began research anew a found a song that I used to listen to by Hailee Steinfeld. The song is called “Wrong Direction” about a betrayal and it has a strong creepy tone it. It matches with the film’s title “Conscious Betrayal” and its ominous mood. I also began researching another method I could reach out to her and found her website called “haileesteinfeldoffical.com.” When I went on the website and registered. However, there was nothing on there for contacting so I just digitally messaged her through Instagram. I told her the same thing as Tate Mcrae but explained how it matched with the title and genre of psychological thriller. I mentioned this to my group after because it was not a decision we took together more of a backup plan that I created. She has not answered yet either so to be prepared I was researcher royalty music as a back-up plan. I used a website called “Music Vine” It is a pay-per-use licensing site, but I decided not to use it because it cost money. On the site I wanted to use the son “Hostage” by Richard Bodgers which has a suspenseful tone perfect for the film. Since we do not want to pay, I am going to research music on YouTube. I am going to specifically search for royalty free or non-copyrighted music.