Alt-J 'In Cold Blood' by Casper Balslev
Luke Bather - 10th May 2017
Here's a hell of a 'what if' scenario: what if Iggy Pop narrated a nature documentary wherein the animal essentially plays the part of Josh Brolin in the first part of No Country For Old Men?
Well, wonder no more. Casper Balslev's video for Alt-J's In Cold Blood starts off innocently enough. It's the intrepid, wily adventures of your average wood mouse, and it's beautifully shot and majestically paced like the best the BBC can offer - right up until the point where our cute little mousey pal scuttles over a still-fresh disembodied human hand and into the aftermath of what we can only assume was a deal gone very bad indeed.
As far as narrative left-turns go, this one is loaded with visual hooks and mysteries to unpack. But essentially the moral is clear: the dangers faced by the plucky mouse in the natural world, pale in comparison to the darkness perpetrated by humankind.
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Luke Bather - 10th May 2017
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Casper Balslev
- Producer
- Mikkel Damkiær
- Production Company
- BF
- Production Company
- n
- Executive Producer
- Thor Brammer Jacobsen
- Production Manager
- Nicoline Lau Edinger
- Head of Music Video
- Martin Roker
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Niels Thastum
Art
- Production designer
- Anna Gry Skovdal
Editorial
- Editor
- Anders Albjerg
Commission
- Commissioner
- Andrew Law
- Label
- Infectious Music
Other credits
1st AD
Tue Czajkowski
Directors Assistent
Joacim Faugner
B
Unit Camera
Gaffer
Martin Riello
Best Boy
Jonas Madsen
Focus Puller
Thue Garde, Mads Hoppe
2nd AC
Kristoffer Hoyer
Key Grip
Christian Brøndum
Sound Design
Martin Dirkov
Mouse Whisper
Jessie Davidsson
Set Build
Joshua Beckford
Make
up SFX
Make up
Louise Bruun
Wardrobe
My Ringsted
Car Wrangler
Søren Hvam
Production Coordinator
Lea Sönnichsen
Production Assistent
Linea Cramer
Location Manager
Kristian Nørlyng
Mouse
Syd & friends
Cast
Martine Lindskjold, Jonathan Albrecthsen, Kristian Hedegaard Petersen. Brian Rodrigues, Kenneth Bøtker, Frej Levin, Rainy James, Philip Hoeg, Henrik Queitsch, Kress Bøtel, Ronni Tronborg, Axel Emil Christensen
Post production
Cameo
Grader
Lasse Marcussen
Flame
Bjørn Munch
Post production coordinator
Emma Engberg
Additional Sound mix
Sylvester Holm
Directors Rep Black Dog Films
Holly Wolfers
SFX and weapons Hummer Højmark
Luke Bather - 10th May 2017