Gaia's Heartbeat

Finished Video

Creative Vision

Use time-lapse video to show the rhythms of the earth on a human "heartbeat"/human breathing time-scale ... goal is to create empathy for the earth as a being in the same way we have empathy for another human being ... feel the earth as living in a visceral sense.

Logistics

Brandon wrote a draft of lyrics and gave them to John. John is collaborating with Brandon, modifying the song to work with the video as it unfolds.

Things we need:

Stock footage (we pay for it, not included in John's fee)
YouTube or other sources ... how do we feel about permissions?
Probably $3000 for a Terra Lumina type song and video editing of the pulsing earth stuff
Full rights to use however granted by John and Will

Sequence

Draft of lyrics
Write the song
Work the video (change song as necessary)

Contract

Brandon will pay John $3000 to create a music video (for now entitled Gaia's Heartbeat). The first $1000 will be paid up front, the second $1000 upon delivery of the song, the third $1000 upon delivery of the video. Any stock video or other content expenses will also be the responsibility of Brandon ... but John will check in with Brandon before racking up these additional expenses.

If we can, let's license any video we use. If the most powerful video is unlicensable, then use snippets under fair use.

Final lyrics

Can you hear the rhythm inside you? The rhythm of your heartbeat. Can you hear the drumming from within you? Your heart drumming to the beat.

Can you feel the wind rushing in you? The whisper of your breathing. Can you feel the invisible fill you? Your body is breathing.

And your cells don't know you, see or love you But even so they really are you And they are your body, just as you are A cell in Gaia's body too!

Can you hear the rhythm inside her? The rhythm of her heartbeat. Can you hear the drumming from within her? Her heart drumming to the beat.

Can you feel the wind rushing 'round her? The whisper of her breathing. Can you feel the invisible surround her? Her body breathing.

And we creatures don't know her, and we don't love her But even so we really are her And we are her body, one and all we Are shaping Gaia's destiny!

The body of Gaia we will be forever Beating to the rhythm of it all. We are all one, we are all together Beating to the rhythm of the call. The body of Gaia we will be forever Beating to the rhythm of it all. We are all one, we are all together Beating to the rhythm of the call.

Can you hear the rhythm inside her? The rhythm of her heartbeat.

Brandon's draft lyrics

Can you hear that? It is your heart beat! Can you hear that? Your beating body!

Can you feel that? It is your breathing Can you feel that! Your body breathing.

Your cells don't know you And they don't love you It doesn't matter Cause they still be you

Your human body They be your body Your living body They be your body

Can you hear that? It is her heart beat! Can you hear that? Her beating body!

Can you feel that? It is her breathing' Can you feel that! Her body breathing.

People dont know her And they don't love her It doesn't matter Cause they still be her

Her Gaia body We be her body Her living body We be her body

Ideas for videos to use

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/08/12/211364006/this-pulsing-earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bUDylndVoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8WWcXB4j0 another tree (beautiful, but way too slow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JViFugTtNQ ... breathing video with just tides
http://www.wimp.com/allgroovy/ ... breathing video with music and various timelapses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCk3u4kWHQ ... four seasons on a river
http://petapixel.com/2011/01/13/time-lapse-shows-the-passing-of-1-year-and-4-seasons-in-2-minutes/
http://world.time.com/timelapse/
http://vimeo.com/61487989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zetT2MqeZck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8v0LCOJ1Vk ... days passing from geosynchronous orbit
day-night for various vistas
tree leaves coming and going
tide rising and falling
include a human heart beating on xray at the same rhythm or something
maybe human lungs breathing
maybe blood flowing inside of veins

Ideas for the music video structure

cutting back and forth between human rhythms and the time lapse earth rhythms
four on the floor beat oriented song
start on black with the sound of a heartbeat ... fade into the beating heart ... music starts
then head into the earth shots

Ideas for music

Chanting / acapella simple
open with wind blowing >> breathing
heavy low hand drums
emphasis on breathing, not heartbeat