just scored a corporate video AND why I can't post the video

[fusilierb]

This post is two fold. Fold one is to toot my own horn. A couple of weeks ago I was hired to score the opening and closing for a corporate video. The video editor had a library piece that she chopped up to score the opening segment, but wasn't completely in love with it. More importantly, the way she had to chop the piece up to catch certain hits just wasn't flowing musically for her tastes. So she brought me in to see what I could do. I studied her temp track and figured out what she liked about it and where it was falling short and wrote her a cue. Writing to picture is a blast and introduces all sorts of interesting new twists in composing, ie catching hits in a musical manner.

The editor and company loved the music, checks in the mail, and I'm now the "go to" writer for all future corporate videos that they are putting out, which are at least four more in the next year. Yes!!

Fold two relates to a big issue that just happened around here. I have NO rights to posting the video, either as a sample reel or even just to show it off. It's a large insurance company and they are very protective of their intellectual property. So as much as I'd love to show it off, I can't. Although, once its been released, I should be able to do so at that time. Soooo, be careful about what you think you can and can not post up on the intraconnects when it relates to video that you personally do not own. Even if you were hired to write the music for it.

FYI,
B

[fret17]

Nice going Bryan!....Can't wait to see and hear it!

[Casey H]

Congrats!

You might be able to ask them for permission to post a short clip (e.g. under 1 minute) for your own showreel as long as you put up the proper copyright notice. But you are right, without their permission you shouldn't.

Casey

[fusilierb]

Congrats!

You might be able to ask them for permission to post a short clip (e.g. under 1 minute) for your own showreel as long as you put up the proper copyright notice. But you are right, without their permission you shouldn't.

Casey

Thanks Casey,
Once it's officially out in the wild, I'm supposed to be able to use it for a reel. Until then, its all hush, hush. Makes sense to me, it's not even supposed to become used for another month or so.

But when I can, boy will I!
B

[mojobone]

WOOT!