Copyright Permission Letter

Dear Sir/Madam, We are A-Level Rockschool students and we are writing to request your permission to use one of the tracks from Ke$ha’s ‘Warrior’ album. The track we wish to use is ‘Out Alive’. With your permission, this track would be used in our Music Video Production unit, which involves us creating a music video to a song of our choice. If we received your permission, the track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by our music class, our teacher and the Rockschool exam board moderator. The video would not be released to a large audience. The artist and your company would be fully recognised throughout the pre-production process and the final video itself. A copyright notice with wording supplied by you can be included in the records of the project. If this is required, please send full details via email or letter. We hope to hear from you soon, Regards Alix Grayland Rebecca Nutley Harry Stuckey

Preliminary Research

Preliminary Research. Song being used for the music video – Ke$ha – Out Alive Lyrics of the song – I'm standing on my own two feet, Somewhere hangin' in between, My life and the death of me. Fate doesn't leave us time to waste, Weaving through the human race, Till we run out of air to breathe. But no one's getting out alive! All the gold on Earth, it won't buy time! So we might as well give up the fight! Live it up tonight! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! Life a beautiful and fragile thing, Floating in the galaxy, I'm gonna let it set me free. Now is all we really ever have, Open your eyes and don't look back, Now give me something to believe. 'Cause no one's getting out alive! All the gold on Earth, it won't buy time! So we might as well give up the fight! Live it up tonight! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! (Huh, if-, br-br-breathe, huh). So no one's getting out alive! All the gold on Earth, it won't buy time! So we might as well give up the fight! Live it up tonight! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! No one's getting out alive! Target audience for our music video – The target audience for our music video will be teenagers and young adults as our video will be based around partying and having fun. It will be Hallowe’en too, and it is usually younger people that dress up for this festivity. Is it usually girls that listen to this type of music and also the artist, Ke$ha, herself. Another reason we chose this target audience is because we would be categorized into this too so therefore we know what sort of things we like and how we can make our music video appeal to them more. Research the chosen artist – Ke$ha’s real name is “Kesha Rose Sebert and she was born on March 1, 1987. She is an American singer-songwriter and her music is inspired by other artists such as Madonna, Queen and Beck. She embraces individuality and not being normal. Her image is the “drunken party girl” type and she dresses in provocative clothing, often alongside heavy make up and a lot of glitter. In her music videos, she seems to take a deep interest into mythical animals/creatures and also spiritual types of tribes and beliefs. Her main concerns and messages that she tries to get across are to just enjoy life, and she stands up to bullying and equality; Kesha is also bisexual. It is mainly young girls that follow her on sites such as Twitter and “like” her Facebook page, even though her songs appeal to older teenagers/young adults. i.e. sex. However, some of her songs are also appropriate so this can appeal to a younger audience too.

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