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Askjell 'Requiem' by Sophia + Robert

Ned Botwood - 26th June 2019

Askjell serenades a young couple on his piano as they search for each other in a dark, damp void, in Part III of Sophia + Robert's bold visual album.

The six part project, which began earlier this year, is shaping up to be refreshingly avant-garde and a thing of real beauty. There are shades of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land in its autumnal mood, crumbling world and fragmented, episodic character.

With a young couple acting as guides, we navigate through a shifting landscape of cliffs, pools, bedrooms, sand and shingle. Each instalment has a specific mood and visual character. Autumn, Autumn was a frenetic, anxious introduction to Askjell’s world. To Be Loved was a moment in transition. A daring static shot of the couple waiting for sunrise, clocking in at just under 4 minutes.

Requiem has a distinctly somber, contemplative tone. It also also has a more simple, classical sensibility. Part of this will be the influence of Askjell. This is the Norwegian musician's first appearance in the project, and his piano is a soothing authorial voice. But this is also down to Franklin Dow’s operatic photography, which is somehow intimate and sweepingly grand all at once.

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Ned Botwood - 26th June 2019

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  • Art
  • Dance
  • Opera
  • Special projects
  • Classical
  • Classical, Alternative, Electronica
  • Classical Crossover

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Sophia + Robert
Producer
Ersan Beskardes
Producer
Gwilym Lewis-Brooke
Production Company
Executive Producer
Gwilym Lewis-Brooke
Production Manager
Samia Ahmed
1st AD
Rosie Owen

Camera

Director of Photography
Franklin Dow
Focus Puller
Andreea Gruioniu
2nd AC
Juan Minotta

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Peter Bishop

Art

Art Director
Lucy Cooper

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Verity May Lane
Hair & Make-up
Iulia-a Roman

Casting

Lead actor
Tin, Kit’s

Editorial

Editor
Sophia + Robert

Grading

Colourist
Sophia + Robert

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
Charlie Drinkwater

Misc

Art Department Assistant
April Wernham

Other credits

ELECTRICIAN

JAMES LEECH, GREG PROBERT, MATT SIMMONS

SENIOR SFX TECHNICIAN

MATS RIVENES

SITE MANAGER

JODIE WHITTAKER

Ned Botwood - 26th June 2019

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