On Monday, Bailey proposed an idea to me about using the song "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp to create a dichotomy between a happy song and a negative visual. I thought his idea was great and would be a good fit for an opening. It creates suspense and ambiguity by not divulging too in depth into the characters, just giving a look at the faces and the setting, not providing much detail into the plot of the story. The song used would help fit the video since there would be, as Bailey proposed, a character cooking food whilst in the process of harming their captured person. The song's happy sound and tone, mixed with the dark theme of the video would create an interesting contrast.
In order to acquire the song, Bailey and I had to request rights to the music. We had to find out who owned the song which led us to searching on the internet first and foremost. We discovered that ultimately, Universal Music Group (UMG) owns the song by a chain of owning smaller companies that inevitably own "Breakfast in America". We then found UMG's website and filed a request for the song. We had to fill out a long form containing many fields that we did not know what to out, such as "Proposed Structure" and "Territory". We resolved these issues by doing searches and finding out what exactly was meant by them. In the end, we sent the request and are now waiting for a response.
In the meantime, we are hoping to acquire the song as it is a main component of the film opening, but we are also thinking about possible different opening ideas just in case we cannot use the song.
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