Kelela 'A Message' by Daniel Sannwald
Cat Velez - 9th Mar 2015
Kelela has us under her spell throughout A Message, her latest promo directed by Daniel Sannwald (the man behind i-D's frenetic visuals for M.I.A.'s Y.A.L.A.) and shot by Jake Scott. The video commands our attention through its staccato of poignant, slow-stuttering beats paired with the gripping, intimate portraiture of Kelela's performance.
In the video, Sannwald plays with light and bathes Kelela in hues of red, purple and black representing the stage that comes before lust, the darker realisation of love. Capturing the moment Kelela cuts off her trademark dreadlocks, the video ends with the LA-based singer-songwriter being transformed into an animation manga-style character, created and directed by Fantasista Utamaro.
A Message is taken from her forthcoming EP Hallucinogen, produced by music wunderkind Arca.
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Cat Velez - 9th Mar 2015
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Daniel Sannwald
- Co-Director
- Fantasista Utamaro
- Producer
- Juliette Lambert
- Line Producer
- Mélodie Buchris
- Head Of Production
- Fiona Scott
- Production Company
- Slowdance
- Production Manager
- Tiwirayi Magwenzi
- Production Coordinator
- Tom Ivin
- 1st AD
- Fabrice Jeandemange
- Head of Music Video
- Danielle Bennison-Brown
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jake Scott
- Focus Puller
- David Reinhard
- 2nd AC
- Roxanne Perrot
Lighting/Grip
- Key Grip
- José Gomes
- Grip
- Cyril Muscat
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Georgia Pendlebury
- Hair
- Tomohiro Ohasi
- Make-up
- Damian Garrozo
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Clément Gyselinck
Animation
- Animator
- Tetsuya Tatamitani
- Animator
- Misa Koyasu
- Animator
- Yasumi Ogura
- Animator
- Rapparu
- Animator
- Masanobu Hiraoka
VFX
- Post production company
- Studio Private
Misc
- Projections
- Imed Benameur
- Spark
- Victor Mermain
- Spark
- Bazile Barniske
- Lighting Board Operator
- Philippe Amblard
- Props
- Dimitri Theuriau
- Character Design
- Yusuke Kozaki
- Compositor
- Yuichiro Saeki
- Post FX
- Studio Private
- Senior Video Commissioning Editor
- Jack Robinson
- Associate Producer
- Declan Higgins
Other credits
Head of Creative
Bunny Kinney
Cat Velez - 9th Mar 2015