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The Last Shadow Puppets 'Miracle Aligner' by Saam Farahmand

Luke Bather - 18th May 2016

"What is this?" is the first line of dialogue uttered in this silly, ultimately quite confusing video. Which seems apt, as many of the bands' fans are asking the same question in the comments section on YouTube.

Saam Farahmand's video sees super-duo Alex Turner and Miles Kane galavant around a lavish location of the Café Royal, like a pair of foppish European playboys. Pink shirts, white blazers, coiffured hair and fake tan, et al. Their will-they-or-won't-they homoerotic horseplay plays out like a tongue-in-cheek taunting of the fans who seem to spend hours and hours online debating whether or not the duo are in fact a couple. No, really. 

On the face of it, it has little in common with Farahmand's previous and closely-linked TLSP videos, for Everything You've Come To Expect and Aviation - although it could be the prequel of sorts to both. And as the film crew and equipment start to become visible, the video itself seems to be bored with Alex and Miles's shenanigans. Very self-aware, but the song is actually good enough to handle it.   

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Saam Farahmand
Producer
Dan Keefe
Production Company
Production Manager
Sophie Dewey
1st AD
James Sharpe

Camera

Director of Photography
Alex Barber
Focus Puller
Merrit Gold

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Rob Gavigan
Grip
Phil Murray
Grip
Ron Nichols
Grip
Harry Elvin

Art

Art Director
Arthur De Borman

Wardrobe

Stylist
Emma Rees
Hair & Make-up
Dorita Nissen

Choreography

Choreographer
Aaron Sillis

Editorial

Editor
Saam Farahmand

Grading

Colourist
Houmam Abdallah

VFX

VFX Company

Misc

Clapper Loader
Alexandra Voikou
Spark
Pat Miller
Assistant Art Director
Nicholas Hancock
Wardrobe Assistant
Jessica Snyder
Hair & Make-up Assistant
Topaz Knight
Hair & Make-up Assistant
Holly Dale
Runner
Ediz Moustafa
Runner
Miles Lacey
VFX Producer
Olivia Jessop

Other credits

Post Production Producer

Thom Godsill @ Black Sheep Studios

VFX Artist

Andrew @ Electric Theatre Company

Sound Mix

Chris Morris @ Guilt Free

Luke Bather - 18th May 2016

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