Copyrighted Content

Images: Wellcome Images, commons.Wikimedia.org, or Flickr.com (MUST be Creative Commons licensed - for Flickr, we HIGHLY recommend you use search.creativecommons.org and choose the tab for Flickr, as this simplifies getting copyright-friendly search results)

Citations

Your closing credits should be a list of all the sources of your images, audio, and sound effects. These sample citations should help you decide how to plan your credits, an essential part of any successful video.

Music: List the name of the piece, the artist, and the site from which it was downloaded. If the piece is one you created or recorded yourself, you must also provide a citation listing the software you used to create it. Follow these examples:

Ballad of the Metronome

by Elle Lefant from the album Pulse

from Jamendo.com

My Angst

by Your Name

created in Garage Band

Sound Effects: List the name of the effect, artist, and site from which it was downloaded. If the effect is one you created or recorded yourself, you must also provide a citation listing the software you used to create it. Follow these examples for citing what you use:

BooWav

public domain

from PartnersinRhyme.com

Students Laughing

by Your Name

created using Audacity

Images: List the name of the image, the name of the person who uploaded it, and the site. Note that the reason for going through the Creative Commons page is to insure that what you use will be copyright-friendly. If the image is one you took or created yourself, you must also provide a citation listing the date you created it. Follow these examples:

Lamanai, Belize

by joiseyshowaa

from Flickr.com

Bala Krishna sitting on a chair

Wellcome Library, London

from http://images.wellcome.ac.uk

My Younger Brother Throwing a Tantrum

by Your Name

taken December 2011

If your video uses only footage you took, with no extra images or audio, finish with the following statement (adding your own name, of course):

All footage taken by Your Name(s).

Credits