Björk 'Utopia' by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
David Knight - 11th Dec 2017
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones's latest collaboration with Björk is a stunning vision, combining live action and post VFX, for the title track from her new album utopia.
Part of a holistic creative project that includes the striking album cover (shot by Jesse Kanda) and the previous videos for The Gate and Blissing Me, Warren and Nick have created an extraordinarily beautiful interpretation of Björk's concept of Utopia. She awakes in a landscape where nature and fantasy merge, amid her family of female flautists, as a sort of human flower, ready for pollination.
Bjork is very much in the guise of the persona on Kanda's album cover, with the facial adornments created by longtime collaborator James Merry. But the real satisfaction is how Du Preez and Thornton Jones have dovetailed the live action performances, the art direction and the post production so completely. It's certainly one of the greatest Björk videos of recent years.
David Knight - 11th Dec 2017
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Warren Du Preez
- Director
- Nick Thornton Jones
- Director
- Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
- Producer
- Campbell Beaton
- Creative Director
- Björk
- Production Company
- Immortal Productions
- Production Manager
- Rafnar Hermannsson
- 1st AD
- Gagga Jonsdottir
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Daniel Landin
- Focus Puller
- Snorri Fairweather
- 2nd AC
- Brynja Dogg Fridriksdottir
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Finnur Thor Gudjonsson
Art
- Art Director
- Heimir Sverrisson
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Raphael Salley
- Make-up
- Hungry
- Wardrobe
- Edda Gudmundsdottir
Editorial
- Editor
- Owen Oppenheimer
- Editing company
- TQ
Grading
- Colourist
- Jessica Vile
- Colour grade company
- Framestore
VFX
- VFX
- Matt Chandler
- Post production company
- Analog
- Post Producer
- Matt Shannon
Commission
- Label
- One Little Indian
Other credits
Silicone Prosthetics, Braid Jewellery And Flutes
James Merry
CGI Design And VFX Supervisor
Matt Chandler @ Analog
Flutists Costume
Threeasfour
Props & Set Decoration
Hrafnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir
Thanks
Remi Paringaux
Grade Producer
Chris Anthony @ Framestore
Lead 2D Retouch
Duncan Horn @ Nineteentwenty
Assistant 2D Retouch
Rob Lilley @ Nineteentwenty
Lead 2D Artist
Fabio Zaveti @ Analog
Compositors
Igor Gama, Andre Dias, & Alessandro Melillo @ Analog
Lead 3D Artist
Matt Chandler @ Analog
3D Artists
Maurizio De Angelis, Tim Woods, & Gustav Larsson @ Analog
3D Animation
Julien Loth @ Analog
Typography
M/M (Paris)
Concept Drawings
Alex Noble
Assistant To James Merry
Mao Alheimsdottir
Flutists
Berglind María Tómasdóttir, Björg Brjánsdóttir, Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir, Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir, Dagný Marinósdóttir, Sigríður Hjördís Indriðadóttir, Sólveig Magnúsdóttir, Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir
Kimono Co-ordinator
Kenshi Ohkubo
Kimono Stylist
Chiaki Ruri
Iceland Service Producer
Rafnar Hermannsson @ TruNorth
Edit Producer
Charlie Morris
UK Production Manager
Sam Jackson
Iceland Co-ordinator
Gudrun L Magnusdottir
Key Grip
Sigurgeir Thordarsson
Crane Tech
Viktor David Johannsson
Best Boy
Valdmar Johannsson
Electricians
Maria Run Johannsdottir & Eythor Ingvarsson
Dimmer Board Op
Agnar Hermannsson
Set Decorator
Hrafnhildur Holmgeirsdottir
Props
Victor Petur
VTR
Rutur Skaeringur
Catering
Erla Asmundsdottir
Key PA
Tindur Karasson
Runner
Thelma Torfadottir
Lead Hair Assistant
Sigurbjorg Iris Holmgeirsdottir
Hair Assistants
Audur Birna Gudnadottir & Kristofer Thorri Haraldsson
Lead MU Asttstant
Frida Maria Hardardottir
MU Assistants
Flors Karitas Bueno & Sigrun Sig
David Knight - 11th Dec 2017