so...
im gonna make this blog a bit retrospectively to finish off the stuff with the film and work done with final cut pro.
what i had decided to do was collect a few films of fireworks being let off and merge them together.
i managed to find a few good and appropriate pieces of footage that were creative commons licenced.
i also managed to find some background music using the site free music archive, which has heaps of creative commons music up for grabs. i found an electro artist called Lee Rosevere.
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/
i thought a lot of this artists songs would be good and appropriate for background music to the fireworks. i found a cool piece called 'dreaming of citiesit's. it is a soft, ambient piece with a few minimalist beats put through it.