Shura 'Religion (U Can Lay Your Hands On Me)' by Chloé Wallace
Ned Botwood - 18th June 2019
Ever seen a nun vogue in a swimming pool? You can in Chloe Wallace’s new video for Shura - the British singer’s second collaboration with CANADA.
Pairing sex and Catholicism is the birthright of music videos, and CANADA make a habit of it. But you won’t have seen nuns this blue since Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. Shura plays a female clergyman in a convent where smoking and dancing are permitted, and love is the order of the day.
There’s some great casting here, especially in Latoya Edwards, who has a rare magnetic presence. But arguably, the true star of this video is Shura’s spectacular hat, a white galero befitting of a young pope. Thanks to this, some gorgeous compositions, and delicate Picnic at Hanging Rock costume design by Katharina Windemuth, sacrilege has never looked this cute. It’s a real home nun.
“For centuries we have been told by different faiths what is right, what is allowed… but here the leader is a woman, and the women are encouraged to love each other,” director Chloé Wallace explains. “We wanted to make a world of sexiness without being exploitative.”
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Chloe Wallace
- Producer
- Karen Saurí
- Head Of Production
- Alba Barneda
- Production Company
- C
- Executive Producer
- Oscar Romagosa
- 1st AD
- Cecilia Delgado
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jack Kendrick
- Focus Puller
- Shao Min Chew Chia
- 2nd AC
- Cheryl Wong
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Nick Kalajdzic
Art
- Art Director
- Kendra Eaves
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Artist Mical
- Make-up
- Artist Mical
- Wardrobe
- Claudia Torres Rondón
Casting
- Casting director
- Kate Antognini
Editorial
- Editor
- Lizzy Graham
- Editing company
- The Whitehouse
Grading
- Colourist
- Ruben Galamba
- Colour grade company
- Metropolitana
VFX
- Post Producer
- Álvaro Posadas
Commission
- Label
- Secretly Canadian
Other credits
Line Producer
Mathew Kim, Molly Gillis
Costume Designer
Katharina Windemuth
Associate Costume Designer
Heather Cameron Freedman
Graphic Designer
Albert Romagosa
Still Photo
Esteban Chacin
Production Coordinator
Ellpetha Tsivicos
Production Assistant
Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez, Felix Eason, Niklas Möller, Z Ambramowitz
Swing
Alex Hass, Danyal Niazi, John Zeng
Art Assistant
Alex Baird
Shura's Hat Designer
Eric Javits
Post Production Coordinator
Maria M Campomanes @CANADA
Ned Botwood - 18th June 2019