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| Required Information | General Information | Music Mixing | Music Ideas |
Music Length (10 Pictures = 1 Minute of Music) - Remember, 40 photos will be shown during each music selection. If you choose a short song that only runs 2:30, your pictures will fly by. Try to pick a song that runs 3:30 to 5:00. As a rule-of-thumb, you would like to have one minute of music (or more) for every ten photos in your video.
Multiple Songs - When combining songs for multiple Photo Sets - know whether you want to have certain songs playing during certain Photo Sets (sticking to the 10 pics = 1 minute rule) or combine all songs and have the photos distributed evenly. See our Music Mixing section for more information.
Providing Music - Because of copyright laws, we will not provide any song for your production. The music listed in our Music Ideas section is for ideas only. If you have any question about obtaining usic, please contact us for information.
The photos in your video tell the story, the background music will support that story. Good music is everywhere, and choosing the right song for your production is a personal decision. When choosing the music you would like to play in the background of your photos, consider the following:
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Music Arrangement - If you are using multiple songs in your video, if at all possible, put the most up-beat song last.
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Lyrics - When choosing any music selection, listen to the song very carefully and ensure the lyrics are appropriate and support the story you are trying to tell.
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Overall Enjoyment - Musical tastes differ, when selecting the music for your video, consider who the video is for and try to gear your music selection towards that person. Remember, just because you like 'Rap' does not mean your parents will on their 50th Wedding Anniversary video.
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Music Format - We accept the following audio formats: CD, 45's, LP's, standard cassette tape, MP3's obtained from your music collection and MiniDisc. (there is an additional charge if the music has to be transferred from cassette and record).
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Getting Your Music To Us - Sometimes it is easier to send the music you would like to use in your production to us via e-mail rather than deliver it to us. Maybe you forgot to bring the CD to your appointment, maybe you purchased the CD after the appointment, maybe you were undecided on which song to use until now...for whatever reason, if you would like to convert your CD music to MP3 format and e-mail it to us, Click Here For Full Instructions On How To Get Your Music Converted & Sent To Us. Relax, everything is you need is right here, explained with step-by-step instructions, and you do not need to be a computer geek to do it!
When mixing music, should the songs be continuous, or should they be 1-to-1? OK, we do not want to make this any more complicated than it has to be...too late! Here's the situation, you have 80 pictures and 2 songs (this would be 2 Photo Sets). Now, one song runs 3 minutes, the other runs 5 minutes. According to our standard of for every 10 pictures there should be 1 minute of music, you are right on target (80 pictures, 8 minutes of music).
Here's the problem, you want the first song to play during your first 40 photos, and the second to play with your second group of 40 pictures. One group of 40 pictures has a 5 minute song, the other only has a 3 minute song.
Now let me say that we can do this without problem, however, understand that one group is going to go nearly double the speed as the other as one group of 40 has to fit in 3 minutes while the other group of 40 gets 5 minutes.
Continuous
We recommend, if at all possible,
that we combine each song, take the total time and distribute the
photos evenly with the total time of the music. An example of
this would be a Mother's Day video where both songs were about love
and respect, but neither outweighed the other in regards to
significance to the photos being shown.
1-To-1
By contrast, you might be doing a family
video where one section is Christmas photos and another section is
family vacations. Each song was chosen specifically for the
group of photos (one Christmas song and one 'vacation' song).
This is not a problem, but you need to be aware of the time to photo
ratio and ensure you stay as close to the '10 pictures equals 1
minute of music' rule as possible.
Remember, you can combine continuous sections with 1-to-1 sections in the same video and, as always, it is better to have more music than not enough.
If you need some ideas for music, below is a list of our most popular and most requested song titles. While we have them sorted by category, please review all song titles as many songs can be used cross-platform. EndZone Productions, Inc. WILL NOT provide music to you, it is your responsibility to purchase and provide original copies of all music used in your production.
