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Speed Of Snakes 'Backbone Of Night' by Stevie Russell

David Knight - 16th Sept 2014

Stevie Russell's video for Speed Of Snakes' Backbone Of Night - the new band comprised of Rupert Morris (BATS) and Vin McCreith (Adebisi Shank) – depicts a future Dublin where a beautiful female robot (Teodora Sutra) is programmed for prostitution. But then she acquires human consciousness - and seeks revenge upon her abusers... 

It's an ambitious and compelling mini sci-fi thriller by Stevie Russell - and look out for a cameo by an important character from Stevie's MVA-winning video for Kodaline's All I Want.

STEVIE RUSSELL:

"Myself and Rupert (from the band) grew up together making little films in our bedrooms (ahem) and watching sci-fi classics of the 80/90’s religiously. This was sort of our love letter to that era and those films.

"It’s a tricky line between cheesy and cool that we tried to skate along to give it that grungy sci-fi feel. We had a really tight budget (€5k) but had a mega crew and the producers, Mike and Jason, did an amazing job of pulling everything and everyone together. Teodora Sutra plays the lead. She had never done stunt work before, but totally nailed the Robotic rigid feel of the fight at the end.

"I love stories about Robots becoming sentient and I reckon sex bots will be the first to say 'F**k this'

"See if you can spot the little cameo from my dog Digby (He was the dog from the Kodline ‘All I want’ video). He is available for castings and a dream to work with."

David Knight - 16th Sept 2014

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Stevie Russell
Producer
Production Company
MDV
Production Manager
Andrew Wilkinson
1st AD
Craig Kenny

Camera

Director of Photography
Jj Rolfe
Focus Puller
Mike Gilbert
Focus Puller
Tommy Fitzgerald
2nd AC
Aislinn McDonald

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Hugh Mulhern
Gaffer
Simon Keenan

Art

Art Director
Mark Kelly

Editorial

Editor
Stevie Russell

Grading

Colourist
Dave Hughes

VFX

VFX
Richard Merrigan, Fred Burdy
VFX
Eric Dolan
Post production company
Windmill Lane
Post Producer
Ian Jacobs

David Knight - 16th Sept 2014

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