Info from copyright office- This particular sequence was registered JULY 2, 2009
The work on this particular sequence began on MAY 17, 2009 and is an immense amount of work. DETAILS FOLLOW=====================================
Type of Work: Preregistration
Type of Work Preregistered: Motion Picture
Preregistration Number / Date: PRE000002491 / 2009-07-02
Application Title: Video sequences and visual programs to be shown on audiovisual screens at Michael Jackson "This Is It" Concert Tour
Title: Video sequences and visual programs to be shown on audiovisual screens at Michael Jackson "This Is It" Concert Tour
Copyright Claimant: AEG Live, LLC. Address: 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 501, Los Angeles, CA, 90036.
Creation of Work Began: 2009-05-17 **********************
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-08 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2009- (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: AEG Live, LLC.
Description of Work: Video sequences and visual programs to be shown on audiovisual screens prior to, during, and immediately after concert performances by Michael Jackson on ?This Is It? concert tour. Video sequences/visual programs made by employees of Stimulated, Inc. (as work for hire). Video sequences include the ?Dome Project,? consisting of seven works: ?Smooth Criminal? (Michael Jackson inserted into classic 2-D black-and-white film noir chase sequence); ?Thriller? (3-D movie starting in a haunted house with a ghostly image of Vincent Price, then moving into a graveyard where the dead awaken); ?Earth Song? (3-D short film featuring little girl who wanders through rain forest, takes a nap and dreams of the splendor of nature, and awakens to find the natural world has been devastated); ?They Don?t Care About Us? (a/k/a ?Drill?) (2-D film in which a sea of soldiers march in unison; 10 male dancers replicated hundreds of times); ?MJ Air? (3-D movie in which a 707 jet pulls into the frame; hole was to open in screen for Michael Jackson to enter; jet flies away); ?The Final Message? (3-D movie of little girl from rain forest embracing the earth); and ?The Way You Make Me Feel? (2-D theatrical background featuring male dancers fashioned as historical construction workers). Other video sequences include: ?Flashes and Glimpses? (historical timeline of last century in 90 seconds); ?Startin? Somethin?? (animation with letters ?MJ? and words ?This Is It?); ?Jackson 5 Medley? (graphic animation featuring Jackson 5 logo); ?I Just Can?t Stop Loving You? (animation of a baroque hall of mirrors); ?Dangerous? (graphic animation replicating brainwaves); ?Dirty Diana? (graphic animation replicating fire); ?We are the World? (graphic animation containing religious icons); and ?Heal the World? (stock footage of children). This is an immense amount of work
=====================================================
This sequence was registered JULY 2, 2009The work for this sequence began on APRIL 13,2009 A lot of work- DETAILS FOLLOW-----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Motion Picture
Preregistration Number / Date: PRE000002493 / 2009-07-02
Application Title: Documentary footage re rehearsals and behind the scenes for Michael Jackson ?This Is It? Concert Tour
Title: Documentary footage re rehearsals and behind the scenes for Michael Jackson ?This Is It? Concert Tour
Copyright Claimant: AEG Live, LLC. Address: 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 501, Los Angeles, CA, 90036.
Creation of Work Began: 2009-04-13 ********************************
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-09 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2009- (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: AEG Live, LLC.
Description of Work: Audiovisual recordings shot in the Los Angeles, California area by and on behalf of documentarians Tim Patterson and Sandrine Orabona (as work for hire) in connection with preparations and rehearsals for Michael Jackson?s ?This Is It? Concert Tour. Includes footage shot at (1) Center Staging in Burbank, California from May 18, 2009 through June 1, 2009, (2) Stimulated, Inc. in Burbank, California on May 29, 2009, (3) Culver Studios in Culver City, California on June 1, 2009 through June 10, 2009, (4) the Forum in Inglewood, California on June 1, 2009 through June 21, 2009, and (5) Staples Center in Los Angeles, California from June 22, 2009 through June 25, 2009. Footage includes, inter alia: (1) On-stage rehearsals******, creative meetings, and behind-the-scenes footage of Michael Jackson and/or band, dancers, and singers. With Michael Bearden (musical director), Alfred Dunbar (bass), Roger Bashiri Johnson (percussion), Jonathan Moffett (drums), Thomas Organ (guitar), Orianthi Panagaris (lead guitar), and Morris Pleasure (keyboard); singers Judith Hill, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnesse and Kenneth Stacey; director Kenny Ortega; choreographers Travis Payne, Anthony Testa, and Stacey Walker; Karen Faye Heinze (hair and make up); Michael Bush (costumes); other members of the crew and other persons (including personnel of Stimulated, Inc.); and fans; and (2) Michael Jackson singing and dancing in 3D and 2D formats, for the background Chaos LED screen to be set onstage behind him during his performance. Also footage shot by Steve Stone Productions at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California and Center Staging in Burbank, California from April 13, 2009 through May 2009 of dancers? auditions for Nicholas Bass, Daniel Celebre, Mekia Cox, Christopher Grant, Misha Hamilton, Shannon Holtzapffel, Devin Jamieson, Charles Klapow, Ricardo Reid, Danielle Rueda Watts, Tyne Stecklein, and Timor Steffens.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This sequence was registered JULY 2, 2009The work on this sequence began
May 6, 2009 A lot of work. DETAILS FOLLOW===================
=======================
Preregistration
Type of Work Preregistered: Advertising or Marketing Photograph
Preregistration Number / Date: PRE000002492 / 2009-07-02
Application Title: Photographs Taken at Rehearsals for Michael Jackson "This Is It" Concert Tour
Title: Photographs Taken at Rehearsals for Michael Jackson "This Is It" Concert Tour
Copyright Claimant: AEG Live, LLC. Address: 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 501, Los Angeles, CA, 90036.
Creation of Work Began: 2009-05-06 ****************************************
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-07 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2009- (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: AEG Live, LLC.
Description of Work: More than 1,000 color, digital, still photographs taken on May 6, 2009, June 22, 2009, and June 23, 2009 in connection with rehearsals for Michael Jackson?s ?This Is It? concert tour. May 6, 2009 photographs taken by John Shearer (staff photographer for Getty Images (US), Inc.) (as work for hire) at Center Staging in Burbank, California. June 22, 2009 and June 23, 2009 photographs taken by Kevin Mazur (contributing photographer (free-lance) for Getty Images (US), Inc.) (as work for hire) at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. May 6, 2009 photographs depict rehearsal of concert performance by Michael Jackson, band, dancers, and back-up singers. June 22, 2009 photographs are portraits of band, dancers, and back-up singers. June 23, 2009 photographs depict rehearsal of concert performance by Michael Jackson, band, dancers, and back-up singers, with sets and audiovisual displays; director, staff, and crew in background of photographs.
============================================================
This sequence was registered July 2, 2009Work began June 23, 2009MICHAEL WAS REHEARSING BEFORE THAT. THE SEQUENCE THEY WERE GOING TO USE FOR THE RELEASE OF T11 WAS FOR THE 23 ONWARD
The last copyright was for the movie which was registered 10/28/2009
Michael rehearsed more than two days. There was supposed to be a tour. You cannot prepare without the main attraction. The auditions were not fake. Those kids didn't fly from all over the world for nothing. There were bound to be some of the same dancers chosen that had been in other projects. Travis himself was once Michael's dancers before he became his choreographer. Kenny has know Michael for years. This was an immense amount of work and no doubt Michael did choose certain cuts that he was happy with. That makes sense.