U2 'Song For Someone' by Vincent Haycock
Vincent Haycock has directed this understated yet quietly powerful short film for the U2 track Song For Someone, starring Woody Harrelson as a prisoner who is being released from the relative security of jail after years of incarceration, back into the outside world.
With camerawork by Steve Annis, the core of the video is a single shot of the increasingly emotional Harrelson leaving the confines of prison, passing through the gate and meeting the person who's there to take him away - his daughter (played by the actor's real-life daughter, Zoe Harrelson), who greets him with an awkward handshake, and monosyllibic responses to his tentative comments.
It's subtly played, and fully believable. Premiered on Sundance TV, Vince Haycock's film thematically links to RECTIFY, SundanceTV’s Peabody award-winning series that follows the story of Daniel Holden and his family as they struggle to move forward after Daniel’s release from 19 years on death row.
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Director | Vincent Haycock |
Production Company | Park Pictures |
Production Company | Mainline |
Executive Producer | Jackie Kelman Bisbee |
Executive Producer | Mary Ann Marino |
Executive Producer | Paul McKee |
Executive Producer | Pete Vitale |
Production Supervisor | Alex Fisch |
Line Producer | Pete Vitale |
Director of Photography | Steve Annis |
1st AC | Steve Wong |
2nd AC | Terry Wolcott |
Steadicam | Brian Freesh |
Key Grip | Ryan McGuire |
1st AD | Rick Lange |
2nd AD | Cue Chatley |
Production designer | Jay Hougaard |
Art Direction | Nic Kelley |
Prop Master | Perry Pascual |
Costume designer | Natasha Newman-Thomas |
Make-up | Brenna Bash |
Casting director | Richard Mento |
Location Manager | Chris Gutierrez |
Sound Mix | Chris Lennon |
Editor | Vincent Haycock |
Colourist | Arnold Ramm |
Commissioner | Tom Bird |
Commissioner | Natalia Maus |
Label | Island Records |
Director's Rep (UK) | Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK |
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