Maestro 'Darlin' Celsa' by Parachutes
David Knight - 15th May 2015
French directing team Parachutes' marvellous music video debut for Scottish/French duo Maestro's Darlin' Celsa taps into the gamut of negative feelings that a high school yearbook can inspire, and by channelling everyone from Terry Gilliam to Cyriak Harris (probably) take things to the ultimate conclusion.
Our anonymous middle aged protagonist flicks through the pages of the Mount Madness Academy yearbook for 1974, to view the alluring Celsa, the only girl in the class. And then, by a form of telepathy, he initiates an imaginative display of revenge on the photos of her male classmates...
It's an absolute riot of genius After Effects work, with an irreverent, super-violent narrative drive. And there's more than a few cameos from the French music scene among the doomed grads of Mount Madness too. Great stuff.
David Knight - 15th May 2015
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Parachutes
- Producer
- Juliette Lambert
- Line Producer
- Mélodie Buchris
- Production Company
- Slowdance
- Executive Producer
- Valentine Suc
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Elodie Tahtane
Editorial
- Editor
- Parachutes
Grading
- Grading company
- Nightshift
VFX
- VFX
- Parachutes
Commission
- Label
- Tigersushi
Misc
- Set design
- Juliette Roche
Other credits
Cast
Laurent Le Doyen, Jade Henot
David Knight - 15th May 2015