This is the email which we wrote to the record company (Island Universal Records), to ask for permission to use their song for our music video. We wanted to seek copyright permission so we therefore knew that we were not copying anyone elses work etc.These are the song lyrics to the song 'Swimming' by 'Florence and the Machine'.
Your songs remind me of swimming,
Which I forgot when I started to sink
Drank further away from the shore,
And deeper into the drink
Sat on the bottom of the ocean,
A stern and stubborn rock
Cos your songs remind me of swimming,
But somehow I forgot
I was sinking, now I'm sunk
And I was drinking, now I'm drunk
I was sinking, now I'm sunk,
And I was drinking, now I'm drunk
I tried to remember the chorus,
I can't remember the verse
Cos that song that sent me swimming,
Is now the life jacket that burst
Rotting like a wreck on the ocean floor,
Sinking like a siren that can't swim no more
Your songs remind me of swimming,
But I can't swim any more
Then all of a sudden, I heard a note,
It started in my chest and ended in my throat
Then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming
Pull me out the water, cold and blue,
I open my eyes and I see that it's you,
So I dive straight back in the ocean
Take a deep breath, tuck the water in my chest
Cross my fingers and hope for the best
Oh, take a deep breath, tuck the water in my chest,
Cross my fingers and hope for the best
Then all of a sudden, I heard a note,
It started in my chest and ended in my throat
And then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming,
And then I realised I was swimming
My current ideas on the music video are to have an old fashion 1920's theme. The colour used are going to be primarily black and white, which compliments the old fashion theme. However we are going to have some colour scenes to help keep a modern feeling to the video.
The setting is planned to be on Eastbourne beach. I chose this because of the song title being 'Swimming' i thought a water front setting was fitting. As for costume we are planning to have 1920s 'Flapper Dresses' for the black and white parts of the video and bohemian style outfits for the modern day sections because this style of dress goes with the style of music.
This is a picture i took of the beach which we are goin to use to film some of our music video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR-Q52njXiI For the modern section of the video to have something like the Florence + the Machine video to 'Kiss with a Fist'. I am going to take some of my inspiration from this video because i think it represents the style of video i want well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tXxO5fYfo&NR=1 This video of 'Rabbit Heart' is simialar to hiw i imangine my music video to turn out because i like the airy feeling i get from the video and the costumes and simialr to the one i want for the black and white sections of the video.
We all plan to take equal parts in the video production. However if one of us has a better talent in one area of productiuon then they would take a leading role in that area.
I as yet have no ideas about my promo pack. I have to design a DVD cover and advertisment to go with it.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3KX54JYsqzRYTlhOTIxZDUtYzM2OS00NWJlLWEzMmEtZTg4OWM3NDczNzJk&hl=en This is a link in which my group made a presentation to show our ideas and some images to display our music video. We have filmed ourselves talking about this presentation so you can get an idea of our views on our ideas.
24/09/09 10.05am
This is the pitch in which we spoke about how we came up with our ideas for our music video and how our ideas devloped into a usuable product for us to make our video with.
