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Seeking Soundtrack for Youth-Produced Animation on Global Warming
Posted on March 08, 2005
MediaRights seeks a thumping soundtrack for Neglected Sky, an amazing frame-by-frame flash animation on global warming by youth-producer John Cooney. We want to bring the short to millions of teachers, activists and youth through our fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, but in order to do so we need the perfect song available under the right licensing.
Neglected Sky inspires viewers to take action to reverse global warming.
The Media That Matters Film Festival is a yearlong distribution and outreach campaign for sixteen innovative, independently-produced social-issue shorts. The films stream online, screen in hundreds of locations around the country and are distributed as a DVD compilation. For $29.95, the DVD features all sixteen films and includes public performance rights so that individuals and institutions can host their own screenings. Hundred of thousands of engaged citizens participate in the festival every year.
The animation presents viewers with concrete information on pollution and how it is affecting our world.
The label behind the song currently being used in the film has said "no" to commercial distribution and we urgently seek a new song that is as fast-paced and engaging as John's animation. Audio available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license would work great for our distribution scheme as would anything with a Public Domain Dedication.
Do you have a song for John's animation? Let us know ASAP by contacting Shira Golding, Director of Education and outreach: P 646-230-6288, shira@mediarights.org.
MediaRights is looking for the perfect song for Neglected Sky.
More on the short:
Neglected Sky calls for the United States to sign the Kyoto agreement and for citizens to take action by making environmentally-conscience decisions. The animation won first place in Citizens for Global Solutions' Flash Animation Contest and now it has been accepted for inclusion in MediaRights' fifth annual Media That Matters Film Festival, launching in May 2005.