The Pitch

Locations:
London - The Millenium bridge, South Kensington Costa cafe and Petersham Road
Susie's House - Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Room, Bedroom
Epsom downs - A Hill
Canbury Gardens - Park 


Props:
Board Game, two coffee mugs, guitar


Cast:
Oliver Patriarca
Charlotte Robertson


Narrative:


Basically the main story line of the song is about a guy asking the one he loves for a seconds chance. In the music video, there will be flashes of the happy times and the bad times, this will contrast their memoriesand the audience will understand what went wrong without knowing the full narrative. There will be scenes where he is alone singing to himself, in the rain, on a hill, on the kitchen table where he imagines she is there when really he is just missing her, he also sees a game they used to play on the living room table and throws it across the room because it bring back memories. We will also use the technique of the field of depth, this is when he is at a cafe and he spots a couple in front of them, and he would be blurry and the couple would take over the shot. 


There is also a scene when they are in a park with balloons and they end up on a hill and they let it go and suddenly there will be just one balloon and him by himself on the hill which gives an abstract meaning that he is alone rather than making it obvious. In the end he is at the house in the living room, looking at the ring he was going to propose to her with and she opens the front door and they make up and he hides the ring in his pocket, give the audience the idea that she is the one for him and that one day they will get married.

Mind Map of ideas for the music video

Asking the Artist Permission

As we have chosen to use J R Aquino's original song 'What We Started', we decided to ask his permission because of the issue of copyrights. However, he did not get back to us but we also tried communicating with him through twitter but he did not respond to that either.

Chosen Song: J R Aquino - What We Started Lyrics and Analysis

What We Started - 


Rain on me
I want to feel every drop on my skin
Cause I've made a mess
I just wanna feel clean again


you said I needed to leave
but what I needed was here after all
all along


I couldn't leave
If i wanted
look what we started


we are meant to be
we are meant to see this to the end


Baby I'mma pick you up
promise never let you down
cause your presence around me baby
makes me feel unstoppable
See I've loved & lost
but have never loved like this before
It's like I'm the biggest fan of our love
and I'm asking for an encore


Analysis:


 The song is basically about a man asking for his ex girlfriend for a second chance as he has messed up their relationship in the past most likely more than once, this is shown when he sings :"Rain on me, i want to feel every drop on my skin, cause i've made a mess, i just wanna feel clean again", this means that the rain will wash away all the mistakes he has made and everything would come back to normal.
He is then trying to tell her all the things he will do and the promises he will make "Baby imma pick you up, promise not to let you down". He tells her that they have been through a lot so why should they end their relationship now, even if they want to, they are in too deep, "I couldn't leave you if I wanted, look what we started". He believes that they are soul mates, "meant to see this to the end" meaning he wants to be with her for the rest of her life (marry her). He then goes to say that he has "never felt like this before" and she is his first love and telling her he is the "biggest fan" of their love, which goes to show how much she means to him. 

Record Label - Atlantic Records

Atlantic records have been around for 20 years and started in 1947, formed by the founders of the label Ahmet Ertegue and Herb Abramson where they started in New York City. As Ahmet grew up in Washington , he wanted t know all about the recording business so he spent most of his time at a quality music shop ‘Waxie Maxie’ he had an aspiration to create records. 

Herb grew up collecting jazz and blues records just like Ahmet did and became a part time producer for National Records and that’s how they two founders found each other. Ahmet wanted to collaborate with someone with a solid background in record production so he thought of Herb as of then they formed Atlantic records. 

The recording company was different than other as they did not cheat their performers as other companies did, they gained reputation of being honest to their clients and this was their foundation to their success. Performers even signed on to the labels contract long term because they believed that their loyalties would be paid and wouldn’t regret their decision. The company was also known for recording rhythms, blues, rock and roll and jazz. 

Ahmet died in December 2006 and as of now Craige Kallman is the chairman of the company. Until now Atlantic continues to operate till today as part of Warner Music Group using artists like Bruno Mars, Miss Elliot, Wiz Khalifa, T.I, Trey Songs, B.o.B, Florida and many more.

Third Song Choice

What we started - J R Aquino 

Second Song Choice

Set Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol