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NAO 'Bad Blood' by Ian Pons Jewell

Cat Velez - 19th Nov 2015

Ian Pons Jewell has directed this striking video for London-based singer NAO's Bad Blood (co-written by him and his producer Dobi Manolova) which inhabits a gritty, industrial building and follows the progress of a statuesque and completely nude woman (model Adja Kaba) with some mystifying supernatural powers.

Walking around the ruined factory, she encounters characters that look completely out of place - such as three mourners looking over an open casket - and then makes branches burst forth from their mouth and eyes.

Filmed in Manolova's native Bulgaria, and beautifully shot by Ben Fordesman, like much of Ian Pons Jewell's work, things are left entirely open to interpretation. We may not know who this beautiful yet fearsome woman is – life? death? Mother Nature herself? – but once seen, she's hard to forget... 

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Cat Velez - 19th Nov 2015

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Ian Pons Jewell
Producer
Dobi Manolova
Production Company
Production Company
B2Y Productions
Production Manager
Galabena Botova
1st AD
Yana Viktorova

Camera

Director of Photography
Ben Fordesman
1st AC
Kaloyan Nedelchev
2nd AC
Simona Ravalieva
Steadicam
Kiril Valchanov

Wardrobe

Stylist
Goranov Tsvetomir
Hair & Make-up
Sofi Hvarleva

Casting

Casting director
Nina Boyanova

Editorial

Editor
Gaia Borretti

Grading

Colourist
Luke Morrison
Colour Producer
Samantha Letzler
Colour grade company
The Mill

Commission

Commissioner
Elizabeth Doonan

Misc

Writer
Dobi Manolova
Writer
Ian Pons Jewell
Line Producer
Alexander Kenanov
Flame
Andy Brown
3D Artist
Dave Child
VFX Producer
Glen Percival
Additional VFX
Dimitar Itskov
Location Manager
Denitza Katzarska
Art Direction
Severina Stoyanova
Set Dresser
Yordan Dimitrov
Woman
Adja Kaba

Other credits

Library Man

Orlin Hristov

Lady in White

Yavora Georgieva

Man 1

Georgi Georgiev

Man 2

Tervel Nestov

Man 3

Veselin Beremliiski

Fork Man

Daniel Rashev

Fork Man's Wife

Aleksandra Spasova

Special Thanks

Yariv Lerner and Nu Boyana Studios, Galabena Botova and Alexander Kenanov @ B2Y, Stela Pavlova and Angel Apostolski @ Push Pull, Svetoslav Petrov @ Boyscout, Yo Vo, Mathieu Brelière, Allie Avital Tsypin, Ninian Doff

Cat Velez - 19th Nov 2015

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