James Massiah 'Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me)' by Ian Pons Jewell
Rob Ulitski - 5th Sept 2019
Ian Pons Jewell is back with the first of two new music videos, for London-based poet, musician and artist James Massiah - and brings us the end of the world in his own inimitable fashion.
The video for Massiah's Natural Born Killers shows a city facing the ultimate unbearable heatwave, one that brings about a rush of dopamine, as the inhabitants of the city sweat out their final hours. The heat is inescapable, and Pons Jewell brings us a snapshot of an epic storyline featuring different characters - including Massiah, the last person on Earth to retain any cool.
Everyone else is surrendered to their fate, and not wearing much - or anything at all. Which leads to the inspired use of VFX in the final scene where Pons Jewell puts his own characteristically off-the-wall twist on this parable of global heating - a melted man.
Shot in Buenos Aires, Mauro Chiarello’s cinematography focuses on contrast, blown out highlights and a burnt orange colour palette, and helps create a sense of apocalyptic dread in both the exterior and interior locations. Meanwhile, Time Based Arts in London created the inspired VFX, culminating in that extraordinary final scene.
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Ian Pons Jewell
- Producer
- Tito Ortiz Basualdo
- Production Company
- Landia, In Association With Reset
- Production Company
- Time Based Arts
- Executive Producer
- Luciana Abramzon
- 1st AD
- Andrés Chenaut
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Mauro Chiarello
- 2nd AC
- Maximiliano Villavedra
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Agustin Rocca
Art
- Art Director
- Sebastian Beretta
Wardrobe
- Hair & Make-up
- Lucrecia Fontana - Magdalena Wust
- Hair & Make-up
- Magdalena Wust
- Wardrobe
- Sol Montalvo
Editorial
- Editor
- Gaia Borretti
- Editing company
- The Assembly Rooms
Grading
- Colourist
- Lewis Crossfield
VFX
- Post production company
- Time Based Arts
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Landia, Reset
Commission
- Label
- Levels
Other credits
Managing Partner & EP
Adrián D’Amario
Managing Director & EP
Dave Morrison
2nd AD
Barbara Terasani
3rd AD
Teresita Barusso
Key PA
Juan Escolar
PA
Nicolás Schneider
Runner
Jose Fogwill
Focus Pullers
Hernán Alberto, Alvarado Martinez
2nd AC
Maximiliano Villavedra
DIT
Pabl Bernst
Video Assistant
Ana Carolina Strongoli, Lorna Santiago
Steadicam
Nicolás Mayer
Steadicam Asst; Laura Molteni
2nd Lead
Thiago Dantas
2D Artists
Adam Paterson, Jamie Crofts, Linda Cieniawska, Matt Shires, Stephen Grasso, Will Robinson
3D Artists
Francois Roisin, Jon Park, How, Zoé Sottiaux, Mike Battcock, Sam Osborne
Key Grip
Nestor Eduardo Paradiso
Grip
Roberto Julián Regueiro, Daniel Chitarino
Electicians
Sergio Piñeyro, Ezequiel Martin Stoeff, Gabriel Dario Barrera
Genny op
Sergio Salgado
Art/Props
Viru Patricio Lobo, Pablo Lamoglia, Lucas Amado
Glam Squad
Maria Victoria Fernandez, María Constantina Hearne, Lucia Parisi, Josefina Fascetto
Casting
Agustin Aguirre at Saigon Casting
Equipment
Alfavisión
Directors Representation (UK)
Academy Films
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