I invite your participation in my music video for the song “Say It’s Possible,” which will feature the contributions of people around the world replying to the question:
“What would you do or want if anything was possible?”
If you’re interested in joining this project, I ask that you film yourself on video wearing a PLAIN WHITE T-SHIRT or holding a WHITE SIGN on which you have WRITTEN IN BLACK INK your answer to the question above, in 3 WORDS OR LESS. Your answer could be a single powerful word, for example “Truth” or “Forgiveness,” or as many as three words, for example, “Honest Selfless Politicians” or “Mom Beats Cancer.” Answers not in English must be accompanied by a translation (you could simply speak to the camera the English translation).
If you want, you could also sing or lip-sync a portion of the song while holding your sign/wearing your shirt. Please go to www.terranaomi.com (link at top of page) to download “Say It’s Possible” and its lyrics so that you can sing them in rhythm.
I ask that you film two shots: (1) film a WIDE SHOT of yourself against the BACKGROUND OF YOUR COMMUNITY (some identifiable place in your town or city - a landmark, a church, a bridge, a field, anything special and unique to your town so we can see all the wonderful and different places in the world) and (2) film a CLOSE-UP to make your t-shirt/sign visible.
If you know others that might be interested in participating, please SHARE THIS INVITATION with friends or family wherever they may be across the world.
Once you’ve filmed your video, digitize it and EMAIL THE FILE USING www.YouSendIt.com to theworldsaysitspossible@gmail.com by 12/20/06. Since we’ll premiere the video Christmas Day on YouTube and Myspace, the deadline will be strictly enforced and only the first 100 entries will be used.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
wear a PLAIN WHITE T-SHIRT or hold a WHITE SIGN answer “what you would do or want if anything was possible?” in 3 WORDS or less write the 3 words in BLACK INK across upper portion of t-shirt or on the sign if singing while holding your sign/wearing shirt FOLLOW THE SONG & LYRICS downloadable at www.terranaomi.com (link is at the top of this page!)
in part of the video be sure to film yourself in a WIDE SHOT standing/sitting in front of some identifiable part of your city/town also, for a few seconds, film yourself in CLOSE-UP (head, shoulders, chest) w/ your t-shirt or sign visible (we want to be able to read your words)
digitize and compress your video according to the following FILE SPECIFICATIONS: MAX FILE SIZE: 10MB
FORMATS: Windows Media, MPEG, AVI, DIVX, Quicktime
VIDEO SIZE: Maximum 720x576 (PAL) and Minimum 320x240
VIDEO TIME LIMIT: 15 seconds
EMAIL YOUR VIDEO using www.YouSendit.com to theworldsaysitspossible@gmail.com by Wednesday, December 20, 2006 return to YouTube.com and MySpace.com/terranaomi on Christmas Day for the premiere!
LYRICS:
I SEE THE LIGHTS ARE TURNING AND I LOOK OUTSIDE THE STARS ARE BURNING THROUGH THIS CHANGING TIME IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING WE WANT IT’S FINE SALVATION WAS JUST A PASSING THOUGHT.
DON’T WAIT ACT NOW THIS AMAZING OFFER WON’T LAST LONG IT’S ONLY A CHANCE TO PAVE THE PATH WE’RE ON I KNOW THERE ARE MORE EXCITING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND IN TIME WE’LL SORT IT OUT
AND THOUGH THEY SAY IT’S POSSIBLE TO ME I DON’T SEE HOW IT’S PROBABLE I SEE THE COURSE WE’RE ON SPINNING FARTHER FROM WHAT I KNOW I’LL HOLD ON TELL ME THAT YOU WON’T LET GO TELL ME THAT YOU WON’T LET GO
AND TRUTH IS SUCH A FUNNY THING WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE KEEP ON TELLING ME THEY KNOW WHAT’S BEST AND WHAT TO BE FRIGHTENED OF AND ALL THE REST ARE WRONG THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT US
AND THOUGH THEY SAY IT’S POSSIBLE TO ME I DON’T SEE HOW IT’S PROBABLE I SEE THE COURSE WE’RE ON SPINNING FARTHER FROM WHAT I KNOW I’LL HOLD ON TELL ME THAT YOU WON’T LET GO TELL ME THAT YOU WON’T LET GO
I’M NOT ALRIGHT…
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL I KNOW...
i am truly excited about this project and look forward to creating a beautiful and powerful message from and to the world...let's show the world what is possible...love, terra
RELEASE FORM and GRANT OF RIGHTS
By submitting a video to Terra Naomi’s “The World Says Its Possible” project, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Release Form and Grant of Rights. Your email submission of Material shall constitute your willful and knowledgeable consent to the terms of this Release Form and Grant of Rights.
I understand and agree that the purpose of this release form and grant of rights is to confirm that Terra Naomi will own all rights to the performance I have submitted (the “Material”) for possible inclusion in her “Say It’s Possible” Video (the “Video”), and furthermore, that I release Terra Naomi from any liability associated with the Material. In consideration for the chance to have my Material included in the Video, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby acknowledge and agree to the following:
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