1. Treatment Sheet – Labrinth (Earthquake)
Song Background
"Earthquake" is a song by British musician Labrinth which features long-time
collaborator Tinie Tempah. The song serves as the second single from Labrinth
to appear on his upcoming debut album, The Gallery (2012). It was released in
the United Kingdom on 23 October 2011 through Syco and
debuted at number two, having sold 115,530 copies - the
highest selling number-two of the year.
Labrinth first revealed the radio-edit of "Earthquake" on his
official YouTube channel, on 16 September 2011. Remixes
by Benny Benassi, Noisia, Eyes, Gareth Wyn and Street Policy
were uploaded to Labrinth's Soundcloud account on the
same day.
The full explicit version of "Earthquake" was uploaded to
Labrinth's SoundCloud account on 23 September 2011.
Labrinth and Tinie Tempah performed an acoustic version of
"Earthquake" with an orchestra and choir in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 20
October 2011. The song will also feature on Now 80.
Music Video
I choose this song for my media
music video when it had only just
been produced and added to
YouTube. After a few weeks the
Official video was made and this
was nothing like what I had
pictured.
It features the singer labrinth and
rapper Tinie Tempah roaming
through a futuristic world. The
theme of the song is about how the
fame hit him when syco signed him and how he’s already made a name for
himself in his record label. The music video follows this while been showy
because you can tell the video has had a lot of money spent on it. Obviously I
wont be able to replicate the video but it’s not what I set out to do, I have my own
ideas and my own interpretation of the story.
In my music video I want to show from my own experience of gaining some fame
because there are people out there that want to support and work with you and
there are people who hate you and do it behind a computer screen. That’s what

2. Labrinth has done with his lyrics and video and I want to create this too in my
own way.