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Women in Film & Television present the 2007 WIFT Awards on Monday 8 October at the Auckland Sky Tower. Be forewarned, ticket sales are limited. We are excited to witness four M—ori Women finalists up for awards! The nominees are: Outstanding contribution to the NZ screen industry award: Finalist -Merata Mita, South Pacific Pictures; "Achievement in Film" award: Finalist — Ainsley Gardiner; Eyeworks Touchdown "Woman to Watch" award: Finalist - Chelsea Winstanley; and TV3 & C4 success in NZ Television award: Finalist - Tinamaree Kaipara. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased via Wift website. www.wiftauckland.org.nz
And of course WAKA PAPAHO (aka SPADA) draws closer! This renowned industry conference will take place in Wellington Nov 15-17. For those that don't know already, Spada have extended their early bird registration to Friday 5 October. Register before Friday, it may save you up to $150! www.spada.co.nz
As a former television production manager/producer I am sympathetic to the complex and confusing issues surrounding music copyright within television programmes. For the purposes of this newsletter we have put together some answers to commonly asked questions.
DO I NEED TO SUBMIT MUSIC RETURNS IF THE MUSIC HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY A COMPOSER OF MY CHOICE FOR A SPECIFIC PRODUCTION?
Yes, all productions are obliged to submit music returns within 14 days of being broadcast, even if the music has been commissioned. APRA/AMCOS receive network logs and we must account for music returns for all programmes broadcast, so if the music returns are not sent in we will have to chase them. You need to fill in the title of the musical work, composer and duration, and note on the form that the music is commissioned so that we know not to charge for it. It is important to note all music used as many composers are APRA members who could be due royalty payments if these programmes are shown on other media platforms or distributed overseas.
WHAT ARE THE COSTS OF USING PRODUCTION MUSIC?
Production music is music specifically written and recorded for inclusion in all forms of audio and audiovisual productions including adverts, films, DVDs, TV & radio programmes, websites, online games, music-on-hold and ringtones etc. It is available for convenient synchronisation, (or "dubbing"), and can provide an administratively simple and cost effective answer to your music needs.
While using commercial (aka "published") music in productions usually involves seeking clearances in two separate copyrights (for the musical work and the sound recording), a licence for AMCOS-controlled Production Music covers both the music (musical work) and the recording (sound recording) with the one rate.
We are currently looking at changing our fee structure for licensing production music. Traditionally we have charged a standard fee of $28 + GST per 30 seconds for Free-To-Air National TV, but this is often too costly and difficult for producers to budget for. We are in the process of setting per programme rates with the option of up-front clearance of an unlimited amount of music for all media worldwide, which would eliminate the problem of having to clear music for future media extensions and allow producers to budget from the outset. We hope to have a mandate by 2008. In the meantime, contact Amy Bodsworth for production music rates. We are always willing to consider your needs and budgets when quoting production music fees.
CAN I USE COMMERCIAL (OR PUBLISHED) TRACKS IN TELEVISION PROGRAMMES?
If a song is registered with AMCOS (as millions of songs from around the world are) you are able to use it for domestic use only for the standard rate of NZ$200.00 + GST per 30 seconds, as long as the music is in the body of the programme and not used over the opening title/closing credits. Please fill in your music return as usual and we will invoice you from there. You can find out whether a song is AMCOS controlled by checking the APRA works search link (see below) or by emailing either Rebekah Nolan on rnolan@apra.com.au
or Amy Bodsworth on abodsworth@apra.com.au
and requesting a search.
Please note that permission to use AMCOS controlled music only relates to the published (composed) work; you will still need to go to the record company that controls the sound recording of this track if you are intending to use an existing sound recording or video clip.
Here are the main record company contacts for you.
EMI - Derek Wallace: derek.wallace@emimusic.com
Sony/BMG - Fiona Perry: fiona.perry@sonybmg.com
Warner - Laurissa Hollis: laurissa.hollis@warnermusic.com
Universal - Aimee Vaughan: aimee@umusic.com
You can get the details of other major record labels by visiting the link http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/ppnz_copyrightclearances.asp
or if the distributor of your chosen track is not listed there go to RIANZ (Recording Industry Assoc. of NZ)
09 360 5085 email: jacque@ppnz.co.nz
and request a search.
APRA WORKS SEARCH: http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt
That wraps up our monthly Panui, please contact Nga Aho Whakaari if you would like to submit information for the next edition.
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