Silent Film?
I got a quote today for acquiring the licence to use Handel’s Foundling Anthem in my film. Actually I’ve had two quotes the first was for £1875 because I was foolish enough to think I might like to send it off to a few film festivals after the show. The second (just for exhibiting in galleries) is £1000. This is still more than three times what I was expecting and budgeted for. Also it doesn’t include master rights from Decca (which I am still pursuing or mechanical rights from MCPS should i wish to produce an edition for sale. This is a daft amount of money so I am considering a silent film and a donation of my original budget (£200) instead. This would perhaps be more in keeping with my ideas of failure and my own personal difficulty with acts of charity.
hmmm….
