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Navos ft Harlee 'You And I' by Dan French

Rob Ulitski - 8th Sept 2021

Dan French explores the anticipation, nerves and sheer excitement of a new relationship, in his promo for Navos's You And I, featuring Harlee. 

Following a guy and girl - played by Lucas Jones and Leelah Voh - who are planning to meet up at an unconventional party location, the visual treads familiar territory in the narrative, but executes it in a fresh and exciting way. 

Using bodyrigs, we get right up in on the action, following every smile, worried glance and relieved grin on the character's faces, before the camera dives into an untethered 360 shot of their first kiss. 

In keeping with the aesthetic, Navos and Harlee also make a cameo appearance at the party, adding a brief yet perfectly fitting performance element.

DAN FRENCH:

I wanted the whole video to lead up to this incredible kiss. The first kiss. 

"This song was all about two people obsessed with each other. I wanted to create a narrative where we follow the story of that first magic moment when you kiss. It was important to experience this from both perspectives and put the focus on them completely. This is where the idea of a body rig really came to life.

"By putting rigs onto both our leads, it held the focus on their experience and meant we experienced the story through them. I wanted the whole video to lead up to this incredible kiss. The first kiss. One that's a little bit messed up on the dancefloor of a club but still feels like magic. This moment needed to stand apart and it's one of the reasons we chose to come off the rigs for it.

"As they kiss the room is suddenly empty and they're alone. After all that's how it feels in the moment on the dancefloor. It was a huge technical challenge and a struggle to fit it all inside of one day due to so many changes in the body rig, but I'm really happy with what we managed to pull off."

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  • Pop
  • Electronic
  • Kiss
  • romance
  • Party
  • Performance
  • Narrative

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Dan French
Producer
Ben Pengilly
Production Company
Executive Producer
Pilar Muro
Production Manager
Shamara Adams
1st AD
Ahmos

Camera

Director of Photography
Ben Cotgrove
Focus Puller
Toby Harro

2nd AC
Anastasiya Cherkasyuk


Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Owain Morgan


Art

Art Director
Anthony Hensman

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Louise Hall
Wardrobe
Sophia Katyea

Casting

Casting director
Kharmel Cochrane
Lead actor
Leelah Voe
Lead actor
Lucas Jones

Editorial

Editor
Dan French
Editor
Alec Gordon

Grading

Colourist
Jack McGinity
Colour grade company

VFX

VFX
Dan French
Post Producer
Oana Anghel

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
John Hassay
Label
Universal Music

Other credits

Sparks

Max Conran, Kahn Scott Mason, Ed Carey

Grip

Josh Tregunno

Art Assistants

Callum Pearson, Blue Borely

Stylist Assistant

Scarlett Middleton

Stylist Navos

Olliver Sharp

Stylist Harlee

Natalie Michaelides

MUA Assistant

Victoria Winfield

MUA Artists

Abbie

Hair Stylist Harlee

Rianna

Medic

Mick Mills

Production Runners

Max Philips,James Barnham, Eliza Lewis

BTS Photo

Toby Yeo

BTS Video

Charles Rae

Online Editor

Carl Matthews

Cast

Jada Ashby-Gill, Hannah Brownlie, Daisy Crew, Andre Burton-March, Sam Denton, Jordan Cover

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