Researching Music

    My partners and I started searching for music for our final task's opening video sequence today. We began by generating ideas in a brainstorming session. We started by thinking about what we've seen in other movies and how we could apply it to our own opening sequence.

    Jorge's first idea was of a tune he had heard that sounded like opera. He'd seen this in a few war movies and felt it may work for our opening sequence. He had in mind an entrance scene with either explosives exploding or soldiers fleeing in slow motion while the music played. While the music was playing, the noises of the soldiers marching and shouting would be muffled. We haven't decided whether or not to use this notion, but it's something we're considering.

    I then considered searching YouTube for royalty-free music. We wanted something inspiring that sounded like it was in the brink of something. The majority of the music Jorge discovered didn't quite meet our needs. I did, however, come across a music video that seemed to fit our concept. We took a note of the URL and decided to check into additional possibilities.

    Alex concentrated his efforts on searching for open source music. He took a few music videos that piqued our interest and copied them down. After that, we reunited. So we could talk about our first-draft music for the opening sequence.

    We don't know for sure what music will be utilized in the final version. However, as a draft idea, we decided to use some open-source music Alex discovered. The music we chose was uplifting and heroic, which was exactly what we were searching for in our music.