I GOT YOU!

ARLON BENNETT (BMI) * MOUNTAIN VALLEY MUSIC (BMI) * 609-577-9434

VERSE 1

LIFE HAS BEEN NO BED OF ROSES / HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS /

VERSE 2

HEY WHY NOT? WHO AM I / A LITTLE SHY I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH /

[CHORUS] ‘CAUSE

I GOT LOVE_______
I GOT FAITH______
I GOT HOPE_____
THIS MY FRIEND IS TRUE_____ I GOT YOU!

I GOT YOU! (I GOT YOU______)

VERSE 3

I CONFESS THERE ARE TIMES YOUR TULIPS AT MY DOOR

VERSE 4

STEP BY STEP THAT’S HOW I TAKE IT ALWAYS GIVING OUT

CHORUS

[BRIDGE]

/ OF LONELINESS WHEN I FIND / SMILIN’ AT ME SMILIN’ AT ME

/ NO REGRETS THAT’S HOW I MAKE IT / I’LL NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP!

I CAN ONLY WONDER WHERE I’D BE WHERE WOULD I BE?
WITHOUT SOMEONE LOOKING OUT FOR ME LOOKING OUT FOR ME!

CHORUS

YOU GOT ME
I GOT YOU
TOGETHER WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH! OOH YEAH!
I GOT YOU_________

EVER SINCE MY DIAGNOSIS HAPPEN TO ME HAPPEN TO ME?

BUT NO BIG SHOT
GONNA BE FINE GONNA BE FINE____

(IN MY LIFE) (IN MY HEART) (TO BELIEVE)

Parkinsons W e l l n e s s Project

MUSIC VIDEO TREATMENT

Artist Name: ARLON BENNETT (written by), FRANKI VINCI (produced and arranged by) Song Title: “I’VE GOT YOU”
Record Label: “RED SEA RECORDS”
Genre: AMERICANA FOLK

Target Audience: World Parkinson Congress, July 4-7, 2023, Barcelona, Spain Style of Music Video: conceptual/performance, narrative

OVERVIEW/CONCEPT

Parkinsons is a neurological movement disorder, the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, affecting over one million Americans and 10 million worldwide, with over 100,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Until there’s a cure, treatment of meds, movement, and diet slows down the progression. Dance has been shown to be a key element in fighting the disease along with the participation of care partners to battle the associated challenges.

The song is an anthem to care partners, not only in parkinsons, but in any challenging condition. We follow the singer/songwriter’s journey in overcoming his doubts and hesitations as he struggles to overcome his challenges.

We battle a movement challenge with the grace and energy of skilled dancers, revealing the hidden talent and potential in all of us, as we watch so-called “ordinary” people rise up above themselves, in the guise of everyday motion rising to the heights of choreographed dance.

Arlon’s journey begins by depicting his struggles and self-doubts as he joins an outdoor assembly of people in some type of movement class, set in a baseball stadium.

We see Arlon, through cross dissolve flashbacks, reflecting on his past struggles and challenges, eg, tying a shoe, putting on a jacket, writing, walking

In the outdoor dance/movement class, set on an outdoor baseball diamond, we see the instructor leading the group without sound MOS — the actual dancers are not showing their inherent talent —- yet

We cut to shots of separate people in a group trying to follow the instructor’s moves without any coordination or cooperation among themselves

Arlon’s frustration mounts as he struggles to keep up with the class, helplessly reaching out for support

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Parkinsons W e l l n e s s Project

Gradually, other members in the group catch on to Arlon’s helplessness and begin to react

We begin to see signs of mutual support and snychronization, leading up to the finale where the group coalesces into couples that are part of one large chorus that may feature miming baseball moves on the diamond

CHARACTERS
Arlon Bennett Alex Tressor Cecilia Fontanesi Dr. Toni deMarcaida Vlad Astafiev

Arlon Bennett/lead/wandering minstrel/hero underdog singer/songwriter, “Warrior against Parkinson's Disease” and founder of 'The Healing Project,’ writes songs that have been compared to the paintings of Norman Rockwell — musical vignettes that vividly depict American life, past and present.

Alex Tressor/Dance Movement Instructor former Broadway dancer, Ballet teacher, choreographer, hockey enthusiast, and chef, grew up in the U.S.S.R., and immigrated to New York as a teenager. To minimize his PD symptoms Alex began modifications to his diet, exercise routine, and overall lifestyle, and noticed considerable improvement in his tremors, cognitive functions, mood, and overall stability. In 2014, he developed Parkinson's on the Move classes for Stamford Hospital's Tully Health Center.

Cecilia Fontanesi/dance class participant w/aerials is a dancer, aerialist, contact improviser, movement analyst, dance/movement therapist and neuroscientist. She graduated from the Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS, New York) where she currently teaches as Core Faculty. In 2015, she co-founded the collective of dancers Parcon NYC, dedicated to exploring the relationship with the environment through movement and social reflection. Since 2016, she works as a dance/ movement therapist with people with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementias. In 2017, she started serving as Artistic Director Associate for the IDACO (Italian DAnce COnnection) festival in NYC. Cecilia completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience on Dance for Parkinson’s at the Graduate Center (CUNY, New York).

Antonelle de Marcaida, M.D./background dancer is the Medical Director of the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center of Hartford HealthCare and Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology. Under her leadership, the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center has grown from a single-center/ single-doctor practice in Vernon, CT in November 2015, to the comprehensive fully integrated program

Susan Lust, Director susanlust@parkinsonswellnessproject.org 845-300-4511

Parkinsons W e l l n e s s Project

that now exists in six locations all across the state and a team of ten of the most highly regarded Movement Disorders specialists in the region

Vlad Astafiev/background dancer Professional International Latin competitive dancer originally from Ukraine current World Masters Professional Latin finalist, US & Open to the World Professional Rising Star Latin finalist, Blackpool China Professional Rising Star Latin finalist as well as Champion of many competitions in the USA with long experience of competing in USA and abroad (China, Ukraine, Russia, UK, Singapore, Japan, Korea)

LOCATIONS

Clover Stadium, Pomona, NY,home field of the New York Boulders of the independent Frontier League. It has a seating capacity of 6,362 and it opened on June 16, 2011. In 2012, the project to design and build the stadium received the Ward House Award from the Lower Hudson Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Originally named Provident Bank Park, naming rights were sold to Palisades Federal Credit Union in April 2016 and to Fiserv in January 2022 who renamed it Clover Stadium for the company's Clover point-of-sale-platform.

Easy to get to, located right off the Palisades Parkway, Exit 12 in southern New York near the New Jersey border. Interstate 287 is only 7 miles away, with the Mario Cuomo Bridge only 13 miles away from the ballpark. The ballpark, built in 2011, was built to current ADA requirements and is easy to get around.

The main entrance leads into a roomy, open plaza. The concourse wraps around the entire park, with the field visible from all spots. The signature spot would have to be the Bridge Bar in left field, where fans can take in the action from field level while enjoying some cold beverages. Fans not wishing to head down to field level can stay up on the bridge, which features some attractive stonework. The outfield features several different seating areas, along with a mini-golf course, a train that circles the ballpark throughout the game, and a giant play area for younger fans. The only options for parking are the lots surrounding the ballpark (which isn’t surprising given the park’s location in the woods).

VISUAL ELEMENTS/MISE EN SCENE /STYLE CHOICES

Action centers on the outdoor baseball diamond, with bleacher seating in the background for crowd shots or aerial movements, along with spectacular woods and hills on the horizon and various outdoor areas with roof overhangs and several indoor conference rooms

EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES

Possible props may include truckload of synthetic tulips for dancers to romp through shot in slow motion to reference tulips in lyrics and parkinsons symbol

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POSSIBLE STRUGGLES

Parkinsons W e l l n e s s Project

Number, as well as style and skill level of dancers/extras to be determined — must be ready to cast into single, couple, or group settings virtually on the spot

SUMMARY

A tribute to PD warriors and their care partners, featuring original upbeat song, spectacular dancers, in a striking setting of a compact suburban baseball stadium

LIFE HAS BEEN
NO BED OF ROSES
EVER SINCE
MY DIAGNOSIS
HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO ME HAPPEN TO ME?

HEY WHY NOT
WHO AM I
BUT NO BIG SHOT
A LITTLE SHY I HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH GONNA BE FINE GONNA BE FINE

(CHORUS:)

CAUSE I’VE GOT LOVE_______ (IN MY LIFE) I’VE GOT
FAITH_______(IN MY HEART) I’VE GOT
HOPE_______ (TO BELIEVE) THIS MY FRIEND IS TRUE I’VE GOT YOU!
I’VE GOT YOU!
I’VE GOT YOU!

I CONFESS
THERE ARE TIMES OF
LONELINESS
WHEN I FIND YOUR TULIPS AT MY DOOR SMILIN AT ME
THEY’RE SMILIN AT ME

STEP BY STEP
THAT’S HOW I TAKE IT NO REGRETS
THAT’S HOW I MAKE IT ALWAYS GIVING OUT I’LL NEVER GIVE UP NEVER GIVE UP

(CHORUS)

I CAN ONLY WONDER WHERE I’D BE
WHERE WOULD I BE
WITHOUT SOMEONE LOOKING OUT FOR ME LOOKING OUT FOR ME

(MODIFIED CHORUS)

CAUSE I’VE GOT LOVE
FAITH
HOPE

THIS MY FRIEND IS TRUE I’VE GOT YOU!
I’VE GOT YOU!

YOU GOT ME, I GOT YOU TOGETHER WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH
OOH YEAH....

I GOT YOOOU!

Susan Lust, Director susanlust@parkinsonswellnessproject.org 845-300-4511

I GOT YOU

MUSIC VIDEO BRIEF

OVERVIEW

The Parkinson's Wellness Project, in conjunction with musician Arlon Bennett, is shining a light on one of the most prevalent central nervous system disorders known as Parkinson's disease via Arlon's original track "I Got You." Our music video will explore the journeys and struggles of those who suffer from Parkinson's as well as friends and family

members in their orbits.

DANCE

Ballet master and former Broadway dancer, Alex Tressor, will be choreographing and dancing alongside a multitude of people in the music video. These dancers will serve to amplify Arlon's message about hope and love through various dance mediums and will ultimately join together for a

group dance as well.

THE LOCATION

We will be filming within Clover Stadium as the quintessential backdrop for dancers expressing themselves freely. The open space symbolizes the endless possibilities these dancers have in life and Arlon will be the

vehicle of that message as he interacts with each of them.

THE CREATIVE

We open on an empty Clover Stadium, stealing shots of the vacant bases and stadium seats while the intro of our song creeps in. In the distance we the silhouette of a man strumming his guitar - presumably Arlon -

though we can't be quite sure yet.

We cut to a bright, white and secluded room where we find Arlon singing directly to camera. He has no instruments, no other band members, and is utterly alone in this empty space.

We cut back to Clover Stadium as we begin to see various dancers gliding around the field and dancing in pairs of two. Each couple is performing a different type of dance while Arlon voyeuristically weaves between them while continuing to strum his guitar. The dancers personify Arlon's beautiful lyrics via their body

movements and connect the viewer with the pain, love and hope they are simultaneously experiencing.

We cut back and forth between the stadium and the empty, white room - only each time we cut to Arlon in the white room there is a new addition to be found (instruments, other band members, etc.)

By the end of the video, Arlon has touched the lives of all dancers in the stadium and in turn they too have impacted him, and there is an ensemble moment where Arlon and the dancers unite as one. A shower of tulip petals rains down from above as everyone extends their hands upward...and by the time the last petal drops we cut out wide and reveal Arlon is alone yet again in the stadium. Only this time, he has a smile and a full

heart. The song concludes and we fade to black.

THANK YOU!

CREATIVE TREATMENT:
GATELY PRODUCTION SERVICES - PWP “I GOT YOU” MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR: DANNY FEDDER
CINEMATOGRAPHER: LARA AQEL

SYNOPSIS: This music video is meant to be an internal monologue of our lead character, Arlen, and the journey he has with himself and his diagnosis, personified through other people in the form of dance. The story is told in three acts, starting off with Arlen feeling alone and fearful in his diagnosis. But with the love and support of his caretaker partner, as well as the encouraging embrace of other Parkinson's patients and advocates in the larger community, Arlen finds himself whole again.

OPEN: We open with empty shots of a stadium, on the field and deck levels above.

ACT ONE sets the stage, getting inside the head of Arlen, our lead singer. When we first meet him, he is never flush with the camera and is shown abstractly through the uses of profile shots & close ups, but never a full reveal or full establishing shot of him.

In addition to Arlen, we begin to introduce shots of our dancers. There will be three main couples of dancers, and we will introduce them in the same abstract, indirect way as Arlen to represent the often-times confusing feelings that come with a Parkinson’s diagnosis, where the bigger picture is not clear at the start. To capture this abstract look, we're going to be viewing these dancers at a distance or a little blurred. We're unsure who they are and what they're doing, building a bit of suspense and anticipation.

About halfway through the first act, when the chorus hits, we finally reveal Arlen in full view as our protagonist: He's on his own stage, and when we first meet him, he is standing alone. Just him and his guitar. Throughout the video, as we keep cutting back to Arlen, we will one by one introduce each member of the band as well as their instruments & gear. Eventually, Arlen is standing alongside his entire band and is no longer alone. Arlen sings about his experience with Parkinson's and meeting other people with shared experiences. We have reached the end of Act One.

ACT TWO shifts more focus to the dancers. In this act, the dancers split up into three different scenes, each highlighting different emotions shown through different types of dance (ballroom, swing, etc.). The first scene’s dance will convey the fear and sadness that comes with a Parkinson’s diagnosis. The second scene will convey each couple figuring out a flow that works for them as they begin to become more in tune with one another, representing the adjustments that must be made to one’s life after such a diagnosis. The third scene will convey harmony, the dancers now in lockstep with each other; their deep trust in one another leads to happiness and balance in their life.

The dances will convey very raw emotions: anger, sadness, fear, as if they are competing against each other, representing someone who has Parkinson's and their partner, who is trying to help them, both dancers at odds with this scary diagnosis. Act Two tries to figure out this diagnosis of Parkinson’s and the dancer’s acceptance and perseverance through it. In terms of camera movement, Act Two is about fluidity as the camera moves around gracefully to see these dancers. It's all about the juxtaposition of motion and being stagnant, getting in the head of someone who has Parkinson's and in the head of someone who wants to break free, continue life, move forward and to be helpful.

As we move between the three dancing couples in Act Two, Arlen has now begun to move on his own in between the dancers. This is his inner dialogue and personal monologue, as if he's looking and exploring into the world of the dancers. As he explores, we are introduced to a lone, ethereal figure, his MUSE, who we will later learn is his wife. She is not in motion. She is there to represent the idea that every person will have their “someone” that helps them get through a diagnosis such as this. Arlen begins to approach his Muse while also following a SOLO DANCER, who is our kind of White Rabbit, leading him back to who he used to be before this ailment took over his life. This is the end of Act Two.

ACT THREE is all about Arlen and the Muse (his wife), who embrace in a harmonious lockstep together. When the two of them first come together, we will TRANSITION from DAY TO NIGHT. Until Act Three, Arlen’s character hasn't been able to progress; he hasn't been able to live with, deal with or really move forward with this diagnosis, and the progression to night time is the representation of him finally allowing himself to move forward.

Now we're in a new world: Arlen is dancing with his partner. The other dancers continue to dance. More people come in and join them; long gone is the feeling of loneliness.. The band has been built

and we're at the climax. In the midst of this beautiful, joyous, ceremonious, loving feeling that everyone shares together, TULIPS will begin to fall upon everyone like cascading snow. As the song fades and reaches its end, so too everyone fades away and DISAPPEARS. We are now back with Arlen where he started the day. His wife comes into frame, and they hold hands & embrace. They walk off together, having found their strength to persevere in each other.