Khruangbin 'Two Fish And An Elephant' by Scott Dungate
Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2016
Genre-blending Texas funk Trio Khruangbin have released this beautifully cinematic, Tarantino-inspired short for Two Fish And An Elephant.
Largely financed by fans through crowd-funding website Kickstarter, the video follows Two Fish, a bow-and-arrow wielding young woman as she can't help but return to the scene of a massacre she has just committed. Led by a string around her finger, she walks back through the piles of bodies until she is standing in front of the Elephant, managing to find peace and closure with one last dance.
Good friend of the band, Scott Dungate, made this strong directorial debut in collaboration with Somesuch and Wieden+Kennedy, with additional support from The Mill post production, Trim editing and Factory sound design all contributing time and resource to make the video possible.
SCOTT DUNGATE:
"I’ve always found the music of Khruangbin very cinematic, as if lifted from a film score. Working with the band, I really enjoyed working out a visual narrative to fit the highs and lows of the song. It’s a beautiful song but it’s also more complex than that.
"I wanted a story that also acknowledged the tracks moments of haunting and melancholy. That’s how we came up with this idea of a break-up, moving on and one last dance. While it was the first film I’ve directed, I was fortunate to be surrounded by some great people who were generous and patient with their time and talent."
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Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2016
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Scott Dungate
- Producer
- Tom Gardner
- Production Company
- S
- Executive Producer
- Tim Nash
- Executive Producer
- Sally Campbell
- Production Manager
- Elly Camisa
- Head of Music Video
- Hannah Turnbull-Walter
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jackson Hunt
- 2nd AC
- Eira Wyn Jones
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Phil Penfold
Art
- Production designer
- Sam Tidman
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Gaby Winwood
- Costume designer
- Gleb Ignatov
Choreography
- Choreography
- Alexandra Green
Casting
- Casting director
- Leanne Flinn
Editorial
- Editor
- Paul Hardcastle
- Sound design
- Factory
Misc
- Location Manager
- Thomas Gale
Other credits
Head of Content
Sarah Pearson
Kickstarter Social Strategist
Rob Meldrum
Kickstarter Video and Stills
Dan Smith
Kickstarter Story Board Illustrator
Hiro Enoki
PR
Heidi Atwal and Lucy Murray Wills
2D Lead Artist
Gareth Brannan, Sal Wilson, Warren Gebhardt
2D Artists
Jeanette Eiternes
3D Artists
Philip Maddock, Nico Domerego, Vicky McIntyre, Pavel Mamichev
Post Shoot Supervisor: Gareth Brannan, Liz Mitchell, Sal Wilson
Matte Painting: Aurelien Ronceray
Colourist: James Bamford
Post Producer
George Reid
Supervising Sound Editor
Anthony Moore
Sound Designer
Jon Clarke
Re-recording Mixers
Jon Clarke and Anthony Moore
Sound Producer
Lou Allen
Wieden + Kennedy Executive Producer
Danielle Stewart
Art Direction and Titles
Cal Al-Jorani
Motion Graphics
Jon Harris
BTS and Stills Photographer
Ben Hutton
Two Fish
Chihiro Kawasaki
The Elephant
Hugo Luck
Cat Velez - 7th Oct 2016