The Arctic Monkeys have stuck their necks out to make their new album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino a proper concept album. The first video, directed by Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown, is entirely of a conceptual piece with that ambitious plan.
Complex to the point of opaque, multi-layered, visually rich and archly entertaining, Chappell and Brown weave a story in the style of a Seventies Euro-thriller, with Alex Turner as the hotel's enigmatic goateed architect, and also as Alex, leader of the band, leading parallel existences within the grand halls of Castle Howard in Yorkshire.
This marks a reunion of Chappell and Brown, who directed together as Focus Creeps before Chappell departed - with Brown continuing under the old partnership's name - and the result is characteristically supercool, and also insinuating in its level of mystery.
It draws you into this new Arctic Monkeys music, so you need to find out more about thisTranquility Base thing...
| Director | Ben Chappell & Aaron Brown |
| Producer | Rob Leonard |
| Production Company | FRIEND |
| Executive Producer | Luke Tierney |
| Production Manager | James Greenall |
| Production Assistant | Grania Howard |
| Director of Photography | Stuart Bentley |
| Colourist | Simone Grattarola |
| Grading company | Time Based Arts |
| Other credits | 1st AD: Billie Hallows Runner: Charlotte Simpson Focus Puller: Steven Gardner Loader: Mark Bull Camera Trainee: Charlotte Croft CCTV: Dave Williamson Camera Car Driver: Christopher Bates Grip: Steve Manningham Gaffer: Lee Martin Electricians: Vinny Cowper, Vinny Singh & Jamie Priestner Genny Op: Craig Cowper Production Designer: Mark Connell Art Director: Max Lincoln Art Assistant / Props: Dec Hardy Props / Construction: Ben Greenwood Projection: Lester Dunton Wardrobe Stylist: David Nolan Make-Up: Lou Howard Hair: Tom Bushnell Horst Master: Mark Atkinson Germany Location Manager: Jens Geibel Editor: Matt Cronin Post House: Time Based Arts Post Producer: Sean Ewins Scanimate: Dave Sieg Matte Painting: Dave Gibbons Assistant Buyer - Alyssia Kremin Camera - Panavision Film Dev - Cinelab Coveralls - G Woodall & Sons Vintage Cameras - Golden Age TV Electrician - Rav Sing Runner - Sarah Lamb |
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