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Father John Misty 'Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution' by Chris Hopewell

David Knight - 8th Aug 2017

Father John Misty's audacious merging of Tiny Dancer-era Elton John with the Apocalypse has been rewarded with this marvellous stop motion-animated video by Chris Hopewell.

For Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution, Hopewell visualises an account from the other side of the great apocalyptic event that has destroyed civilisation, using puppets. A survivor trawls through a devastated landscape collecting the once-prized, now useless objects of our current age, encountering other strange survivors - like beer-slugging cockroaches in denim jackets - on her travels.

It took Hopewell - who has made a comeback to music video since his Radiohead video for Burn The Witch last year - and his small team in his Bristol-based studio Jacknife just three weeks to construct and film the video. It has been partnered by the Environmental Defense Fund, and from August 3rd to the 11th, the puppets in the video are being auctioned on Father John Misty's eBay page, to raise money for EDF.   

"Father John Misty's new video is a powerful statement -- a postcard from a world we never want to visit," said ​Eric Pooley, senior vice president at Environmental Defense Fund, in a statement accompanying the release of the video. "That's why EDF is proud to partner with Father John Misty, and why we work every day to catalyze the 'visionaries among us' who can help forge a better, more optimistic future. For 50 years, EDF has driven innovative solutions that help people and nature prosper. We use cutting edge science and technology and unexpected alliances to scale positive change. We're earning our middle name every day, and we're so grateful to Father John Misty for his support."

 

David Knight - 8th Aug 2017

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Chris Hopewell
Producer
Rosie Lea Brind
Production Company
Jacknife

Camera

Director of Photography
Jon Davey

Art

Art Director
Chris Hopewell

Editorial

Editor
Tom Weller

Grading

Colourist
Tom Weller

VFX

Post production company
Bonch

Agent

Director's Representation
Molly Bohas /Collide Inc.

Commission

Label
Sub Pop

Misc

Compositor
Jon Davey
Compositor
Tom Weller
Compositor
Bill Pollock

Other credits

Key Animators

Roos Mattaar, Cadi Catlow, Virpi Kettu, Louis McNamara

Art Department

Chris Hopewell, Rosie Lea Brind, Bonnie Griffin, Jo Garland, Siobhan Raw, Rebecca Prior, Elaine Andrew, Lucy Roberts, Mary Murphy, Alison Garner, Zoe Veness, Andy Stewart and Louis McNamara

David Knight - 8th Aug 2017

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