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Glass Animals 'Black Mambo' by David M. Helman

David Knight - 19th Feb 2015

Dark rituals, strange hallucinations and… skin shedding. They're all there in David M. Helman's new video for Glass Animals' Black Mambo.

It's an atmospheric, alluring and beautifully photographed piece of work, filmed mostly in Mexico, and in London.

DAVID M HELMAN:

"The concept for Black Mambo started with this theme of deception. As I was working out ideas and listening to the track, it always felt like the lightness of the melody was a mask for a darker narrative.

"The rest of the concept slowly grew from there where I began to develop this rabbit hole storyline and started blending that with the imagery from the album. 

"We primarily shot in Morelos, Mexico which is a few hours south of Mexico City."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
David M. Helman
Producer
Rik Green
Producer
Ore Okonedo
Service Producer
Christian Quintero
Production Company
Service Company
Somos Piano Production
Executive Producer
Zak Razvi

Camera

Director of Photography
Trevor Wineman
Director of Photography
Charlie Herranz
Focus Puller
Kim Thomas

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Mark Holownia

Art

Art Director
Shaun Fenn

Casting

Cast
Oscar Ganem

Editorial

Editor
Editing company

Grading

Colourist
Aubrey Woodiwiss
Colour grade company

VFX

VFX Company
Bread & Butter

Commission

Commissioner
Amy Morgan
Label
Wolf Tone

Misc

VFX Producer
Amanda Jones

Other credits

Runners

Tom Wynborne, Ben Duncan, Sam Waddington

Special Thanks

One Stop Films, Panalux, James Drew, Alice Clarke

David Knight - 19th Feb 2015

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