music video pitch

1. Music Video Pitch

2. Our Chosen Track
 There Is a Line – Tamara Laurel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-z_
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 Genre – Folk/Indie/Acoustic

3. Lyrics
I walk in slowly
Got eyes for you only
Gotta know, gotta see it through
My heart beats faster
My next disaster’s
In stony eyes that belong to you
And oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Your breathing’s a lovely sound
And we’re all alone now
My hand’s shakin at the thought
Laid out in all my dreams
You sittin' like a king in front of me
My mind’s a mess, my judgment’s
gone
And yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Comin’ on like a wayward train
Your bullet fired, your reckless aim
Between the thing you want and I
There is a line
I need your eyes, your teeth, your skin
I need your air for rescuin’
Between responsibility and fire
There is a line
Let’s cross it, yeah, yeah, yeah
Drifting back in
Only to go out again
I won’t sleep at all tonight
Keep on wishing
Reminiscing
‘Cause there is a line

4. About Tamara Laurel…
 Tamara was raised in the suburban-meets-country town of
Woodinville, Washington, Tamara performed in numerous
musicals all over the world during her youth.
 Laurel’s relatable lyrics draw from her nostalgic, ruminating
perspective and sit atop a blend of acoustic guitar picking and
country-tinged instrumentation and percussion.
 Her highly anticipated debut Extended Play Album “Lightning”
is her very first foray into not only recorded music, but also
producing, as she has a lead producer credit on the record.
These 5 self-written songs were recorded with Grammy-winning
Engineer Philip Allen (Adele), and Grammy nominated
Engineer Luke Tozour (Katy Perry). LIGHTNING was released
on January 7, 2014 and is available worldwide.

6. Why we chose this genre?
 We have many other artists that we are familiar with, e.g. Taylor Swift, Katy Perry
and Hannah Montana to look at for inspiration and ideas.
 Looking at the conventions of this genre it is clear to see that the clips usually take
part in daylight which is appropriate for us as students to go out and film as opposed
to grime/RNB which would most likely take place at night time which wouldn’t be as
appropriate.
 We have a variety of different settings in mind such as different parks, tube stations
etc.
 The settings include a school scene which is ideal for us as we have our school
building. We need a school building because the age of our cast is from the 16 – 18
range.
 The camera angles and editing techniques we have identified from other music
videos are all things which we are capable of doing and learning how to do.
 We also chose this genre because the actors that usually take part in these music
videos are college kids from the ages of 16-18 which is ideal for us as this is our age
range, therefore we know many people that will be able to star in it.

7. Similar Artists…
 One artist that we believe make similar style songs and has the music
videos that we are aiming for is TAYLOR SWIFT.
 Taylor Swift has a big range of songs out such as ‘we will never get
back together’ ‘love story’ and ‘tear drops on my guitar’ which we
believe fit in really well with our chosen song as these songs are not
too serious and all have the same school girl love story in them.
 Due to all the songs mentioned above, we believe that we can
analyse them and use them for inspiration for our chosen track if we
get stuck or need help.
 In addition, this type of music video will be able to be filmed without
too much difficulty as the props and settings we have identified such
as school corridor's, parks, guitars etc. will be easy to get hold of.
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8. Storylines…
 For this music video we have decided that there will be a story line
narrative in it to accompany the track.
 Although nothing is confirmed at the moment because it is early
days, we do have some initial ideas about the narrative which
include…
1) A typical love story, where a girl meets a boy. The love story
starts with the narrative showing the girl admiring the boy who
starts paying her some attention. As the track goes on the
narrative will show how this couples love blossoms and changes
over time.
2) A one sided love story where we show a girl that is in love with a
boy that doesn’t seem to notice her at all. As the music video
progresses it will show the girl pulling out all stops to make the
boy realise her existence. If we go with this idea we are planning
to include a dream sequence where all her fantasies come true.

9. Mise-en-scene…
COSTUMES
• Denim shirt
• Long tights
• Converses
• Casual jeans
LIGHTING
• Mostly in broad daylight
however we are
considering filming
some scenes at night
time e.g. the riverside
scene
ACTORS
• Cliché couple aged
16/17
• Male and Female
SETTINGS
• Parks
• Train Stations
• School
• Bedroom
PROPS
• Guitar
• Camera
• Sketch pad
• Glasses