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Handling external content

Handling external content

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Handling external content

- So in the previous lesson, we talked about how to handle revisions, and protect yourself from the client. In this lesson, we're going to discuss external content, and licenses involved. So you have your project, you have it all shot, you're putting it together, and you realize you might need some nice music, or stock images, or graphics to go along with it. Now creatively, I suggest sitting down, talking to the client and sort of getting an idea of what they're looking for, so you're not just pulling random music or images into the project. So, try to get as specific as possible. They might have songs that they want to put in there, there might be songs that are brand names, or a big popular song that you are not going to be able to afford, but you can find something similar. Or they might even just give you buzzwords where energetic, acoustic, light-hearted, use any of those to your advantage and that will give you a better…

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