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Music Video Synopsis

Sparklehorse-It’s A Wonderful Life Synopsis

The film will be made to look like it’s filmed with Super 8. It follows a boy alone and unhappy, going through life. Some cutaways to the night sky or sunset or some kind of scenery. Half way through the song the boy meets a girl and they become friends, this is followed by all the same shots but this time the boy is not alone, he is with the girl.

Verse One

A shot of a silhouette of the boy walking across a field. A shot of him at the beach sitting next to the sea staring into the distance.

Chorus

A shot of scenery e.g. the sky, the sea, rain.

Verse Two

A shot of seagulls in the sky. A shot of him sitting by a lake. A shot of him walking down a path at night.

Chorus

A shot of scenery e.g. the sky, the sea, rain.

Bridge

He meets a girl at college and they become friends. A shot of them two together sitting by the sea. A shot of them together at the lake. A shot of them together walking across a field. (The same shots but with the two of them rather than him being alone).

Chorus

A shot of scenery e.g. the sky, the sea, rain.

Final shot of them walking down the path at night together.

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Artist Research

Sparklehorse/Mark Linkous

Mark Linkous (September 9, 1962 – March 6, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, David Lynch, Fennesz, Danger Mouse, and Sage Francis.

A member of the 1980s indie band the Dancing Hoods, Linkous moved with the group from his native Virginia to New York City and later Los Angeles in hopes of achieving mainstream success. By 1988, the band had failed to land a major record label deal, and they disbanded with Linkous returning to Virginia, where he began writing songs under various monikers.

By 1995, he created a project named Sparklehorse, of which he would remain the only permanent member. The band released a quartet of critically acclaimed albums on Capitol Records: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, Good Morning Spider, It's a Wonderful Life, and on Astralwerks records: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain. Linkous lived the last years of his life in Hayesville, North Carolina, where he established Static King Studio. He committed suicide in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 6, 2010.

In 1996, while supporting Radiohead on the first Sparklehorse tour, Linkous overdosed on alcohol, Valium and antidepressants and possibly other substances in his London hotel room. Rendered unconscious by the combination of drugs, he collapsed with his legs pinned beneath him, and remained in that position for almost fourteen hours.

Linkous committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart outside a friend's house in Knoxville at 1:20 pm on March 6, 2010. He was 47 years old. According to a spokesperson for the Police Department, the musician was staying with two friends. The friends said Linkous went upstairs for a short period and then told the two that he was going for a walk and exited through a back door. A witness saw him sit down in the alley near Irwin Street, pull out his rifle, and fire into his own chest. Linkous was declared dead at the scene; police did not find a suicide note, but told the press that he had been having personal problems. The musician's publicist confirmed the details of his death to a number of publications on the same day.

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