Midnight Davis 'In The Mood For Love' by Richard Hunter
Ella Morter - 14th Oct 2013
The ethereal soundscape of Midnight Davis's In The Mood For Love gets a hypnotic, and richly-photographed treatment by Richard Hunter - Tarantino meets David Lynch as following a bravura 90-second opening tracking shot, a girl dances in front of a man in a rubber mask, tied to a chair. And then things start to get a bit psychedelic...
Richard Hunter: "With almost a zero budget I was able to make a video with some reasonably high production values. This success was due to the help of the amazing crew and the brilliant Bart Sienkiewicz who worked perfectly with [steadicam operator] Matteo Cosorich to get the opening shot in a handful of takes in the space of fifteen minutes.
"It was tense due to the fact we needed to get our dancer, Carli Trigg, on a train within 10 minutes. But we did get the shot and we got Carli on the train home to Manchester. What a happy ending.
"Midnight's Music is pretty atmospheric and I instantly wanted to collaborate with him, as I am dying to homage/rip off David Lynch, any chance I get. With Midnight's music it seemed like the perfect opportunity. Next time I'll put some owls and some logs in there."
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Richard Hunter
- Producer
- Alex Leach
- Producer
- Kate Wilson
- Production Company
- Art War Entertainment
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Bart Sienkiewicz
- Focus Puller
- David Pulgarin
- Steadicam
- Matteo Cosorich
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Dominik Palagan
Art
- Art Director
- Phillip Bassett
Wardrobe
- Hair & Make-up
- Ruth Pease
- Wardrobe
- Karen Anderson
Casting
- Lead actor
- Carly Trigg
Editorial
- Editor
- Richard Hunter
Grading
- Colourist
- Gilbert Crockett
VFX
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Asylum Films
Commission
- Label
- Five Easy Pieces
Misc
- Spark
- Jan Vanceau
- Runner
- Ryan Delahunty
Ella Morter - 14th Oct 2013