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Pixies 'Snakes' by Mark Locke

David Knight - 25th Mar 2014

Mark Locke pitched his video for Pixies' Snakes as 'an episode of Breaking Bad directed by Luis Buñuel' - and that's pretty much what he's achieved here. It's a fast-paced tale, marked out by a distinctively propulsive editing style, with a prevailing mood of paranoia and impending doom - and a disconcerting irreverent twist as the main protagonists are marked by their very special appearance...

Suffice this is all about something much sweeter than crystal meth...

MARK LOCKE: "Pixies are my all-time favourite band so I really wanted to get the gig, but I knew what a long shot it was. Though at the same time I had this odd feeling that I was going to get it, especially when I was writing up my notes and a dead ant dropped out of them. There are ants in the video, and I've never found an ant in my stuff before, so it felt weirdly 'written'.

"However getting Snakes made felt anything but 'written'. I've been unwell for almost a year, couldn't walk properly for a while, etc, and I'm still not great. So the thought of pulling a production together in LA (I'm UK), especially an ambitious one on a budget, was pretty overwhelming.

"The influences are probably obvious! Buñuel, Jodorowsky, some Blue Velvet, also 70s cop shows and Breaking Bad. There's also a bit of Sapphire And Steel in there hopefully. Fingers crossed it's a video you can watch more than once, and get a bit more from.

"I have to give huge props to the crew out there who made it happen, especially Mike Manzoori who did so much (see credits), and also to The Mill London who helped so much with post. No video can happen without an amazing team, obviously, but it's especially true in this case."

David Knight - 25th Mar 2014

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Mark Locke
Producer
John Santos
Producer
Mike Manzoori
Producer
Mark Locke

Camera

Director of Photography
Mike Manzoori

Art

Art Director
Sharon Tomlin

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Matthew Damhave

Editorial

Editor
Stuart Key

Grading

Colourist
Matt Osborne

VFX

VFX
Huw Bowen
VFX Company

Misc

VFX Producer
Graham Pryor
Lead Animator
John Thornton
Flame
Andy Dill
Flame
Dan Adams

Other credits

Smoke

Richard Payne, James Mortner

Smoke Asst

Douglas Haynes

Colorist

Matthew Osborne

Props – Lourdes Armour

Chief Model Maker

Bryan Fulk

Model Makers

Stuart Frossell, Sharon Tomlin

Sculpture

Mike Manzoori

Treatment Graphics

Julian Shakespeare

Piñ People Painting

Alistair Kennedy

Cast:

Piñ People

Ryan Sherman, Germaine Baca, John Santos, Matthew Damhave

Collectors

James Brown, Dustin Aron

Candylord

John Povah

Dealer – Jim Greco

Piñ Boy

Felix Schura

Piñ Dog

Mr Sneaky

Piñ Girlfriend

Sharon Tomlin

David Knight - 25th Mar 2014

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