Why 1-800-273-8255 is our song choice, and how we will present our video.

1. LOGIC – 1-800-273-8255
Jack Hudson

2. Final Choice
• After a hard brainstorm, and a lot of thought,
myself and Ben have decided to change our
choice of song.
• We have decided to change from Arctic
Monkeys’ “Snap Out of It”, a song about the
lead singer, Alex Turner, trying to tell a girl
that she should forget about him, and
should “snap out of it”, to Logic’s “1-800-
273-8255”, a song about how suicide is not
the right way to end issues in life.
• The reason for the change was that we feel
it would’ve been hard to have created our
original idea of a mental asylum setting for
“Snap Out of It”, as where we planned to
film we would’ve needed permission, and
also it is a very dangerous filming location.
• Furthermore, “Snap Out of It” doesn’t have
as powerful and meaningful of a message
as “1-800” does, hence why we found it
easier to brainstorm an idea for what we will
do for the video

3. Logic
• Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall II) is a
rapper from Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• His songs are famous for inspiration,
and his overpowering lyrics have saved
people’s lives.
• He has released 3 albums over his 3
years as being signed to Def Jam
Recordings, a world-renowned label,
boasting artists such as Iggy Azelea
and Kanye West.
• His most recent album, “Everybody”
reached number one of the Billboard
200 charts, his first number one album.
• “Everybody” features the anthem “1-
800-273-8255” (or “1-800”), which
reached number 5 of the Billboard Hot
100, and number 2 of the US R&B and
Hip Hop charts.
• This is a potential song that myself and
Ben could possibly use for our video.

4. 1-800-273-8255
• The song's title comes from the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline, a hotline in America for anyone
suffering with suicidal crisis or emotional distress. The
song itself is meant to represent a phone call between a
suicidal individual, and the person on the other end of the
phone, working for the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline.
• The song starts with the suicidal individual explaining how
they feel, stating that they "Just wanna die today, just
wanna die" and in the first verse, they go on to explain
how they have been "praying for somebody to save
me", which symbolizes a feeling of loneliness, and feeling
of hurting deep down.

5. 1-800-273-8255 • The chorus then changes its lyrics, after the suicidal
individual has explained how they are feeling, the
person on the other end of the phone is now
reassuring the person that their life will improve,
and taking their own life is not the correct solution to
end their issues. The chorus is now;
"I want you to be alive
I want you to be alive
You don't gotta die today
You don't gotta die
I want you to be alive
I want you to be alive
You don't gotta die
Now lemme tell you why"
• Alessia Cara sings the second verse, in a calm and
reassuring female voice. Lyrics such as "It's the
very first breath when your head's been
drowning underwater", which is a contrast
between the loss of hope of drowning, to the very
first breath after taking your head out from
underwater, which symbolises a gain of hope, and
furthermore "And when you stare at your
reflection, finally knowing who it is, I know that
you'll thank God you did" symbolizes that staring
at your reflection and knowing who it is allows you
to accept who you are no matter, and people will
finally be able to love themselves.

6. 1-800-273-8255
The chorus then changes again, to
represent the feeling of elation and
reassurance that suicide is not correct
for this, or any other individual who
feels suicidal;
“I finally wanna be alive
I finally wanna be alive
I don't wanna die today
I don't wanna die
I finally wanna be alive
I finally wanna be alive
I don't wanna die
I don't wanna die”
The outro, sung by US rapper Khalid,
represents the caller has learned that
their life still matters. No matter what
hardships they have to face, they will
persevere. Due to this conversation
with the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline, they no longer has suicidal
thoughts and plan on living life normally
again.

7. Overall Meaning and Representations in
“1-800”, and myself and Ben’s own video
• The song is an extremely powerful song, with an accompanying video that carries the same
amount of power and feeling.
• For myself and Ben’s video, we need to create an equally powerful video, using the same
suicidal feelings and how they feel they can overcome this feeling, and continue on with their
life.
• We will be showing the life of a mid 30’s, newly single male, after the passing of his wife. He
feels so distraught and upset after the events, and the video will begin with him arriving home
after a long and hard day at his workplace, with the fatigue and stress shown through the
mise-en-scene of his clothing and props and facial expressions.
• This will then lead on to show deep depression in the male character
• After the deep depression is portrayed, it will then move on to show that the male has turned
to drink and overdose on painkillers.
• The male now feels that he has no point in living anymore, and threatens to kill himself via
jumping off a bridge into the path of an incoming train, so this is where the video will begin;
The actor in the video will be on the phone, lip syncing the first part of the song (“I just wanna
die”)
• The video will then revert back to the reason he is sat on the bridge about to commit suicide,
at the point when the lip sync says “Let me tell you why..” ; there will be a reverse motion,
and the video will then begin to show him losing his partner, his depression, his alcoholism
and then removed from his position at his workplace