Odonis Odonis 'Needs' by Scott Cudmore
Cat Velez - 16th Sept 2016
Toronto-based Odonis Odonis have released this dark and dystopian visual for their track Needs, directed by Scott Cudmore, which is equal parts gripping, thought-provoking and unsettling.
Driven forward by destructive and libidinous forces but with no formal narrative structure, the clip is made up of striking glimpses into lurid scenarios, with plenty of creeping zooms into the grimacing faces of powerful white men. Scott explains, "“For me, this is a video about oppression, objectification, commodification - old, entitled white men. It’s about them and the system of oppression and exploitation that they’ve created to serve their, well… needs."
"I’m looking at this through the lens of science fiction but I wanted to depict that power structure breaking down. Breaking down internally. There’s clearly no linear narrative and you are free to think of that aspect in any way that you want, but each image is a depiction of this breakdown and of repression, exploitation and finally, desperation."
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Cat Velez - 16th Sept 2016
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Scott Cudmore
- Producer
- Rob Allan
- Executive Producer
- Richard Cureton
- Executive Producer
- Luc Frappier
- Production Coordinator
- Piper McCutcheon
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Peter Hadfield
- 1st AC
- John Ker
- 2nd AC
- Rico Moran
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Julian Samuals
- Key Grip
- Adam Belyea
Art
- Production Assistant
- Jade Woo Giroux
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Natalia Zurawska
- Wardrobe
- Muska Zurmati
Casting
- Casting director
- Ashley Hallihan
Editorial
- Editor
- Scott Cudmore
Grading
- Colourist
- Clinton Homuth
- Grading company
- Alter Ego
VFX
- VFX
- Jake Owens
Agent
- Director's Rep (UK)
- Lock It In
Misc
- Art Direction
- Thea Hollatz
- Best Boy Electrician
- Bryan Angarita
- BB Grip
- Jeff Kaczmarek
- Location Manager
- Gary Nicolucci
Cat Velez - 16th Sept 2016