Masters In France’s Mad Hatter by Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth
More members of the South Wales Music Video Mafia (as I'm now calling them) have come up with this wacky slice of grand guignol for Caernarfon and Bangor's Masters In France.
Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth's video for Los Campesinos! By Your Hand touches on sex, violence and death, courtesy of action figures, chunks of meat and lots of smoke - and hints at complicated relations between the numerous bandmembers themselves via a highly effective split-screen device. But lead singer Gareth looks like he may not have actually survived the shoot...
"I believe Gareth just about made it out alive, although it was only as we went to roll the camera that he informed us of his asthma condition!" says Nic. "The band wanted a video which represented the broken love nature of the lyrics, we wanted to combine this with a visual style that felt at ease with the pop of the track. Using toys seemed a good way to go given the time/budget constraints and also because you don't have to give them lunch or fag breaks."
Director | Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth |
Gaffer | Greg Perkins |
Masters In France’s Mad Hatter by Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth
More members of the South Wales Music Video Mafia (as I'm now calling them) have come up with this wacky slice of grand guignol for Caernarfon and Bangor's Masters In France.
We Are Animal 'Luminous Lights' by Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth
Very cool video for We Are Animal's Luminous Lights by Cyrus Mirza and Nicolas Booth. Everything and a bit more is in it - animals, obviously, burning toys... even the band.