Florence + The Machine 'Delilah' by Vincent Haycock
Cat Velez - 26th Oct 2015
Florence Welch faces her final demons - as well as an actual demon - in this intense video for Delilah, chapter six of the How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful odyssey by Vincent Haycock.
It follows What Kind Of Man, St. Jude, Ship To Wreck, Queen of Peace and Long & Lost, and sees a Florence at the epicentre of spiritual chaos, playing out with expected dramatic furor in a filmically drab motel.
The video starts out with a scene in the motel's reception as Florence listens to a preacher's counsel concerning her loss of faith. Soon after, she enters a vortex of religious symbolism, characterised by painterly compositions reminiscent of baroque paintings alongside sequences of what appear to be cult members in writhing prayer.
The video mirrors elements we've seen previously, such as the confrontational mob, the frenzied dance sequences and doubled Florences. However, Delilah is also full of thrilling and unexpected imagery such as a nightmarish vision of a demon looming over her sleep - inspired by gothic masterpiece The Nightmare – and the unveiling of Florence's double as someone else, someone who is not really her.
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Cat Velez - 26th Oct 2015
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Vincent Haycock
- Head Of Production
- Anne Bobroff
- Service Producer
- Alex Fisch
- Line Producer
- Courtney Davies
- Executive Producer
- Jackie Kelman Bisbee
- Executive Producer
- Mary Ann Marino
- Executive Producer
- Bob Brimson
- 1st AD
- Kenny Taylor
- Production Supervisor
- Jeremy Hartman
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Steve Annis
- Camera operator
- Brian Freesh
- 1st AC
- Robby Hart
- 2nd AC
- Cristy “Neo” Arboleda
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Drew Valenti
- Key Grip
- Chris Bauer
Art
- Production designer
- Jay Hougaard
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Nikki Providence
- Hair (Cast)
- Bailey Bute
- Make-up (Artist)
- Lisa Aharon
- Make-up (Cast)
- Veronica Lane
- Costume designer
- Natasha Newman Thomas
Choreography
- Choreography
- Holly Blakey
Casting
- Casting director
- Michael Beaudry
Editorial
- Editor
- Vincent Haycock
- Sound
- Kai Morrison
Grading
- Colourist
- Brian Kahovec
Agent
- Director's Rep (UK)
- AU
Commission
- Label
- Universal
Misc
- Loader
- Bram Weinkselbaum
- 2nd AD
- Matt Thomas
- Art Coordinator
- Nicolas Kelley
- SFX
- Tony Gardner
- Sound Mix
- Tom Paolantonio
- Stills
- Emma Holley
Other credits
Asst. Production Supervisor
Whitney Conroy
Asst. Costume Designer
Lisa Madonna
VTR
Matt Hillyer
Florence Welch Double
Deena Thompson
Dancers
Comfort, Patrick Ellis, Christopher Lewis, A'Drey Vinogradov, Ryan Spencer, Franchesca Bass, Jermaine Johnson
Demon
Mark Munoz
Hero Male
Allen Kepler
Hotel Manager
George Woods
Baraque Religious
Shey Lyn Zanotti
Male
Richie Stephens
Gangster
Deandre Jackson
Religious Girl
Sydney Carter
Religious Icon
Tara Parker
Religious
Kai Cofer, Michael Caponer
Dante
Hugo Bianqui
Cat Velez - 26th Oct 2015