Le Ibeyi e Jorja Smith sono tre divinità nel video di Lavender & Red Roses, diretto per loro da Lucrecia Taormina e di cui vi proponiamo il director’s cut (versione YouTube qui). La regista argentina mette le protagoniste in relazione con le Norne, dee della mitologia scandinava, ma le situa in un deserto, dirette verso un pozzo. Qui le tre donne cercheranno di estrarre senza successo un uomo mascherato che, sul fondo, è intento a raschiare. Un racconto metaforico in cui rieccheggiano le lyrics del brano: “We connect with open hearts Baby/But you still walk towards the dark lately/I’ve welcomed you with open arms Baby/But you still walk towards the dark lately”.
Credits
Director – Lucrecia Taormina
Producers – Luke Tierney & Joshua Noon
Executive Producer – Danny Herman
Production Company – FRIEND
DOP – John Lynch
Production Designer – Francesca di Mottola
Casting – Hannah Ashby Ward @ Lane Casting
VFX – Carl Jeppe @ Wicked Pixels
Colour – Luke Morrison @ ETC
Sound – Seb Bruen @ Aumeta
Label – XL
Comissioner – Scott Wright, Aliyah Otchere
Featuring – Christian Scicluna
Casting Assistant – Holly Shearn
Production Assistant – Smera Kumar
1st AD – Jack Green
2nd AD – Rowan Hutchings
Runners – Alice Uttley , Oscar Benady, James de Winton
Focus Puller – Jeffrey Vine
Loader – Christian Swain
Camera Trainee – Miriam Henri
DIT – Davo McConville
Crane Tech – Adam Samuelson
Grips – Cassius McCabe, Felix Mi
lburn Foster
Photo Assist – Henry James
Gaffer – Krunal Saadrani
Electricians – Laurent Arnaud, Anna Brooks
Desk Op – Daf Cook
Art Director – Max Lincoln
Art Assistant – Charles de la Mare
Art Runners – Isla Burnett, Aleksandra Cwikla, Rex Robertson, Ellecia Marie
Wardrobe Stylist – Holly Wood
Wardorbe Assistant – Suman Gurung
Make Up Artist to Ibeyi – Porsche Poon
Mark Up Artist to Jorja Smith – Carol Lopez Reid
Make Up Assistant – Briony Coppin
Make Up Assistant – Mari Kuno
Hair Stylist to Ibeyi – James Catalano
Hair Stylist to Jorja Smith – Joy Matashi
Hair Assistant – Kristel McTaggart
VFX Creative Director – Carl Jeppe
VFX Producer – Michelle Kruger
VFX Company – Wicked Pixels
VFX Supervisor – Neil Cunningham
Editor – Joseph Taylor
Edit Assistant – Tamara Ishida
Edit Producer – Joshua Gochez
Edit Company – Assembly Rooms
Colourist – Luke Morrison
Colour Producer – Oliver Whitworth
Grading Company – ETC