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Stealing Sheep 'Apparition' by Dougal Wilson

Stealing Sheep 'Apparition' by Dougal Wilson

Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2015

Can it be? A music video by Dougal Wilson? It is, and a delightful one at that.

The video is for Liverpudlian electronic-pop trio Stealing Sheep's track Apparition, and sees the artists themselves performing a choreography amongst a troupe of Morris dancers, handkerchief in hand.

Dougal tells The Guardian, “The idea for Apparition came from the fact that the song had a mysterious, hypnotic feeling, and the fact that I’ve always found Morris dancing slightly strange and psychedelic.” Wilson had been wanting to revisit the English folk dance since his video for Four Tet's As Serious As Your Life - a mashup of Morris dance clips set to the rythm of the music - done in 2003. 

He goes on to explain, "Since then, I’d always wanted to take the idea further by actually having a band learn Morris dancing themselves, and this seemed like an appropriate opportunity given the unexpected contrast of the girls’ personalities with the characters in a genuine Morris side."

Watch 'Stealing Sheep 'Apparition' by Dougal Wilson' here

Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2015

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  • BUG
  • Choreography
  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Psychedelic
  • Pop
  • Morris Dance

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Dougal Wilson
Producer
Corin Taylor
Production Company
Colonel Blimp
Production Company
Blink
Executive Producer
Paul Weston
Executive Producer
James Studholme
Production Manager
Beatrice Warren
1st AD
Matt Clyde

Camera

Director of Photography
Marc Gomez de Moral
Steadicam

Wardrobe

Costume designer
Natalie Willis

Editorial

Editor
Ed Cheeseman
Editing company
Final Cut

Grading

Colourist
Jean-Clement Soret

VFX

VFX Supervisor
Tom Harding
VFX Supervisor
Jonathan Box
Post production company
MPC

Misc

Head of Music Video
Nathan James Tettey
Production Assistant
Jack Bingham
Location Manager
Ross Kirkman
Art Direction
Andy Kelly
VFX Producer
Hannah Ruddleston
Choreography
Kristen McNally
Choreography
Rachel Yates

Other credits

VFX Team

Mike Cosgrave, Alexander Kulikov, Christopher Tang, Rashabh

Bhutani, Elangovan Ganeshan, Alex J., Ambalika Nandy, Amresh Kumar,

Dileep Kumar Neerla & Prashanth Palaparthi

Morris Dancers

Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers, Oxford University Morris Men, Oxford City Morris Men

Concept Assistance: Ursula Chandler

Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2015

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