Me and Gee didn’t know where to start to try and get copyright permission for Examples music and therefore Gee decided to contact Example himself

first.

Examples music

Waiting game

So Gee sent Example and Email and now all we could do is wait until Example read the email and

passed it on to the relevant people and as he was on tour in Australia we never thought we would get a reply. However after a while Gee got an Email from

a women named Verity Griffiths who worked for Example so somehow Example himself read the

email and passed it on to the relevant people. Now we were getting somewhere.

While I was waiting for Verity to ask Examples manager I decided to email Suzanne for publishing approval.

After email Suzanne, she put me in touch with her collegues Pru who sent me an email…..

What happened next?

So Pru contacted me during half term asking me to fill in a form….

FILM SYNCH REQUEST FORM

TITLE OF COMPOSITION: Kickstarts

COMPOSER(S): Example

% PUBLISHER CONTROLS: Film will be passed to teacher to be approved and then published on a private youtube account for purpose of accreditation. Film then passed to Leicester City Police for publication on their approved sites/channels.

NAME OF FILM / PRODUCTION TITLE:-

One Force One Leicester

PROVIDE CONTACT DETAILS OF WHO WE SHOULD LICENCE THIS USE TO:-

Jay Thobhani 1 Kinchley Close Leicester Leicestershire LE39SE 07962350117 jthobhani@ratcliffe.leics.sch.uk

SYNOPSIS OF FILM:-

Promoting the good work of Leicester City Police

FILM BUDGET (if any):-

£0.00

CASTING (if any):-

None

MUSIC RECORDING YOU WISH TO USE:-

Kickstarts

SCENE DESCRIPTION & USE (e.g.

Background):-

Showing the nightlife economy of Leicester

APPROX DURATION OF MUSIC USED:-

3 minutes

MEDIA (e.g. TV, Cinema):-

Emedia

HOW DO YOU WISH TO USE THE FINISHED FILM:-

This documentary will be used for our A2 Media coursework and will be handed to the police for their use. This documentary will also be uploaded to Youtube.

TERRITORY REQUIRED (e.g. U.K):

UK

TERM/PERIOD REQUIRED (e.g. 1 year):

2 Years

FEE:-

£TBC(subject to managements approval)

So I waited for Pru to contact me again. At this point we have completed the rough

draft and used Examples music for our rough draft.

Pru contacted me again

We thought we were going to be able to use his track for free of charge as that is what Veriety said however his publishing company wants us to pay.

Pru gave me 2 options: Option 1: We would be charged £50.00 for coursework

use only.Option 2: We would be charged £500.00 if this video

got transferred to the Police. This video has to go to the Police as they have

requested it and therefore we didn’t know what to do and therefore we went to Miss Gregory as we did not want to pay £500.00 but didn’t mind paying the £50.00.

That backfired…

So Miss Gregory read the email and gave us 2 options which we could follow.Option 1 The Media Department pays the £50.00 and we use the track for our

coursework and replace the music for the Police or ask them to replace Examples music which means we would not have used the music for public places.

Option 2

We speak to TJ and explain the situation and if he wants to keep the Example track then we get £500.00 from him and pay his publishing company which means we would not be in any legal trouble, TJ would be able to use the track and would not have to replace the music.

If TJ agrees to this then the Media Department would not have to pay the £50.00 and both parties can use the track for their use.

We will definitly be using the track and will pay the £50.00 for coursework use however it’s not up to TJ to see if he wants to pay the £500.00

What did Miss Gregory say

TJ said that we should pay the £50.00 and they will replace Examples track with Luke Bingham which they will sort out once we have finished the documentary.

So I contacted Pru again and told her the situation and how to go forward.

What TJ said

What next?