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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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  • After Effects
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • New Directors
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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

Commission

Label
Tigersushi

Misc

Set design
Juliette Roche

Other credits

Cast

Laurent Le Doyen, Jade Henot

David Knight - 15th May 2015

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