Metaxas 'Timezones' by Savvas Stavrou
Cat Velez - 22nd Aug 2016
Savvas Stavrou's video for Cyprus-native, London-based Metaxas' song Timezones sees a couple as they struggle to keep a relationship alive despite living in different timezones.
Dividing the lovers via split screen manages to evoke the passage of time, almost in real-time. As Metaxas goes about his day while his lover sleeps, the lack of communication becoming apparent. Focusing on the little moments of Metaxas' routine, the video reveals the couple's constant disconnect. They are constantly missing each other – emotionally as well as physically – as he wakes up just as she falls asleep.
SAVVAS STAVROU:
"It was important for me to present the song's narrative almost like a short film in order to properly follow this character's trajectory throughout the day. The split screen adjusts according to his thoughts, and the connection/disconnect between him and his girlfriend happens visually as they sometimes look towards each other's screen, yet mostly face the other way. Metaxas' emotional journey is punctuated by the passers-by entering and exiting his world, highlighting all that could have been."
Cat Velez - 22nd Aug 2016
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Savvas Stavrou
- Producer
- Emma Doxiadi
- 1st AD
- Robyn Barresi
Camera
- Director of Photography
- David Pimm
- Focus Puller
- Matt Farrant
- 2nd AC
- Melanie Jansen
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Matt Markham
Art
- Art Director
- Daniel Draper
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Eleanor Hart
- Make-up
- Eleanor Hart
- Wardrobe
- Maria Bruder
Editorial
- Editor
- Kieran Waller
VFX
- VFX
- Rob Peacock
- VFX
- Dom Maidlow
Commission
- Label
- Face Off Records
Other credits
Cast
Nikolas Metaxas, Ella Cumber
Sound Designer
Jordan Laughlin
Grip
Aaron Porter
Production Assistants
Ethan Iveson, Georgie Daley, Michael Demetriou
3rd Assistant Camera
Nicholas Stylianou
Cat Velez - 22nd Aug 2016