As we were using an established song it was necessary for us to write a letter to the copyright holders. One of my team members Laura wrote this and we sent it off. We believe that we will not receive a reply but due to legal rights it was best to send one.
Dear Copyright Holder,
For our current A-Level Media Studies Advanced Portfolio we are producing our own music videos; this will consist of us performing the song, and editing it on a software programme that our school provides us with. As a group, we decided on a girl-group theme and the song we decided to chose was ‘Missing You’ (The Saturdays). We are writing to seek your permission to use this song in our video.
To briefly explain a little bit more about our production, we would be creating a video which is then supported with a digipak and a magazine advertisement. We hope to demonstrate our skills of storyboarding, camera-work and editing. Also, we would just like to make very clear that the use of this song is only for educational purposes, and would not be exploited in any other way (such as to a large audience or websites).
Throughout the whole process of this task, the artist that originally sung the track will be recognised and we would not try to pass off the product as our own in any way. Our examining body is OCR, and they will be more than happy to clarify that this is a legitimate educational task. If you would like to send us a copyright notice to feature in our coursework, we would happily oblige with your requirements; if this is the case, please send the information to the address listed above.
We’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this, and look forward to hearing from you.
Your Sincerely,
Laura Pinkney, Charlotte Andreas, Sophie Legge and Jodie Butcher.
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