Massive Attack ft. Young Fathers 'Voodoo In My Blood' by Ringan Ledwidge
David Knight - 23rd Feb 2016
Ringan Ledwidge makes a very rare return to directing music videos with an absolute riveter for Massive Attack's Voodoo In My Blood featuring Young Fathers (from the new EP Ritual Spirit), with top British actress Rosamund Pike in an encounter in a deserted London underpass with a very menacing floating orb.
Ledwidge draws on influences from classic '80s horror (in particular the late Andrzej Żuławski's Possession, and Phantasm 2) to create something with a less obviously creepy aesthetic. But the way that the sphere controls an increasingly Pike is a nailbiting study in menacing suspense, as well as a metaphor on human dependence on technology.
And although less obvious that the recent Chemical Brothers video directed by Dom & Nic, this is also the result of some brilliant VFX work, in this case executed by the team at Electric Theatre Collective.
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Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Ringan Ledwidge
- Producer
- Ellie Fry
- Production Company
- Rattling Stick
- Executive Producer
- Andy Orrick
- Production Manager
- Tiwirayi Magwenzi
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Franz Lustig
Art
- Production designer
- John Beard
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Spob O’Brien
- Costume designer
- Natalie Humphries
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Scarlett Mackmin
Casting
- Lead actor
- Rosamund Pike
Editorial
- Editor
- Richard Orrick
- Editing company
- Work Editorial
- Sound
- Wave Studios
- Sound design
- Aaron Reynolds
Grading
- Colourist
- Lewis Crossfield
VFX
- Post production company
- EC
Commission
- Commissioner
- James Hackett
- Label
- Virgin EMI
Misc
- VFX Producer
- Libby Behrens
Other credits
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
Rory Macrae
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jez Oakley
2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Henry Forsyth
RUNNER
Esrael Alem
RUNNER
Alex Von Brockdorff
RUNNER
Riccardo D’Amico
FOCUS PULLER
Jeff Vine
CLAPPER LOADER
Christian Swain
GRIP
Llewellyn Harrison
DIT
Alix Milan
CCTV OPERATOR
Nick Barber
SOUND RECORDIST
Howie Nicol
GAFFER
Reuben Garrett
ELECTRICIAN
Matthew Butler
ELECTRICIAN
Adrian Mackay
LOCATION MANAGER Tom Petch
PLAYBACK Dave Bagnall
ELECTRICIAN
Anton Stuber
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
Arthur Rambo
SFX TECHNICIAN
BOB THORNE AT ANARCHY MODELS
SFX TECHNICIAN
James Churches
SFX TECHNICIAN
Carrie Drake
WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Ellen Crawshaw
MAKE-UP ASSISTANT
Tiffane Williams
MANICURIST
Lee Moore
WINNEBAGO DRIVER
Paul Bulicz
CAMERA CAR DRIVER
Alister Bugge
PARAMEDIC
Paddy Nicholas
INITIAL CONCEPT ART (ORB)
James Clyne (ILM)
TITLES DESIGN
Hingston Studio
CG LEADS
Julien Soulage, Graeme Turnbull
CG ARTISTS
Giuseppe Bufalo, Sean Elliott, Oscar Hill, Khayat Rimelle, André Correia, Ilaria Introzzi, Guglielmo Gagliano Candela, Annie Rowland, Luping Shi
2D LEAD
James Belch
2D ARTISTS
Andrew Stewart, Mike Simons, Alex Grey, Rafa Vormittag, Ryan Knowles
David Knight - 23rd Feb 2016