{"id":674,"date":"2019-05-28T18:26:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/movie-background-music-souvenirs-studiofest\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T23:04:56","slug":"movie-background-music-souvenirs-studiofest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/movie-background-music-souvenirs-studiofest\/","title":{"rendered":"Music in Film: StudioFest Filmmakers Make Their First Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width: 1305.0px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.245208740234375%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-license-music-for-video-studiofest-filmmakers-music.jpg\" alt=\"Souvenirs is StudioFest\u2019s debut feature film that follows a murderabilia shop clerk who discovers her own family\u2019s dark history when asked to sell souvenirs from a crime not yet solved.\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-license-music-for-video-studiofest-filmmakers-music.jpg\" alt=\"Souvenirs is StudioFest\u2019s debut feature film that follows a murderabilia shop clerk who discovers her own family\u2019s dark history when asked to sell souvenirs from a crime not yet solved.\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/how-to-license-music-for-video-studiofest-filmmakers-music.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1305x734\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ced5bfe652dea1af3709998\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/562;\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">Souvenirs is StudioFest\u2019s debut feature film that follows a murderabilia shop clerk who discovers her own family\u2019s dark history when asked to sell souvenirs from a crime not yet solved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">When Jess Jacklin and Charles Beale kicked off StudioFest last year, their mission was to redefine traditional film festival processes\u2014to award the winning filmmakers not just with a temporary status or accolade, but with means of creating their first feature work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cIndependent short filmmakers and screenwriters desire one thing: to make their first feature,\u201d says Beale. \u201cWe have aimed to align the skew, bringing talented filmmakers straight to their first feature. The project has grown to include so much talent and enthusiasm and we can\u2019t wait to share the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Winning director, Anna Mikami and winning screenwriter Matthew Sorvillo walked away from the festival experience with a newfound professional partnership. With Mikami in the director chair and Sorvillo spearheading the script, <em>Souvenirs<\/em> was the product of creative collaboration, perseverance and a tried-and-true indie kind of resourcefulness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width: 1305.0px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.245208740234375%;\" data-animation-role=\"image\"><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/movie-background-music-studiofest-marmoset.jpg\" alt=\"A still from StudioFest production, Souvenirs\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/movie-background-music-studiofest-marmoset.jpg\" alt=\"A still from StudioFest production, Souvenirs\" data-image=\"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/movie-background-music-studiofest-marmoset.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1305x734\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5ced78bd971a186c2fb795bd\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/562;\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p class=\"\">A still from StudioFest production, Souvenirs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Produced under a 1M micro-budget, the StudioFest collaborative proved it\u2019s possible to churn out a high quality production even when a big studio isn\u2019t at the helm. Partnering up with Marmoset to equip the production with the music rights for their feature film, a dream soundtrack was no longer out of arm\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Proving it\u2019s possible to find songs for commercial use on a budget is what Marmoset\u2019s music licensing team does daily. But when partnering up with other community organizations like StudioFest\u2014to help outside projects license music for video\u2014it\u2019s a commitment to our community; to give what we can from our side, while always ensuring our artists receive their share and exposure for their work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Thanks to the pioneering film festival that\u2019s examining the leaps and hurdles every filmmaker faces, <em>Souvenirs<\/em> is no longer an aspirational idea\u2014it\u2019s a film slated to premiere in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe winners we chose compliment each other in a way we are very excited about. As we get into our second week of filming, there\u2019s an air of enthusiasm shared with everyone involved,\u201d says Jacklin. \u201cAlthough we\u2019re working with a micro-budget, the caliber of talent from cast, crew and sponsors adds a tremendous amount of value and we couldn\u2019t do it without their dedication and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Stay tuned as we cover the release of <em>Souvenirs <\/em>and the making of its soundtrack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Souvenirs is StudioFest\u2019s debut feature film that follows a murderabilia shop clerk who discovers her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3773],"tags":[147,159,26,95,158],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-interviews-highlights","tag-how-to-license-music-for-video","tag-music-for-feature-film","tag-music-for-my-video","tag-music-for-picture","tag-music-for-short-film","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/movie-background-music-studiofest-marmoset-music-licensing.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}