Miya Miya 'Cold Blood' by Bailey Tom Bailey
Bailey Tom Bailey explores isolation and human testing in his sci-fi inspired visual for Miya Miya.
Opening in a nondescript testing facility, vocalists Gini and Jordan are sealed within perspex containers, under watch by an unknown captor. After being liberated from captivity, they meet a worse fate on their escape.
Striking and well executed, the location anchors the haunting aesthetic, a clandestine and clinical space in which unimaginable horrors await an unlucky few. The video mixes body horror and sci-fi with a vein of dark humour.
MIYA MIYA:
We were insanely lucky to find perspex boxes at our location, a former research lab.
"Initially, the idea was to evoke feelings of captivity during lockdown, but the concept evolved to represent something more significant. I wanted to explore the idea that we all feel put in a box, struggling within a system, yet we rely on those structures for survival.
"Produced during lockdown, this low budget project was a struggle. Slow wardrobe and art department deliveries delayed the shoot and the biggest panic came when we realised all the perspex in the world was now in front of a till somewhere. We were insanely lucky to find perspex boxes (originally used to redirect fumes) already available at our location, a former research lab.
"The result made Bailey and designer Nico Sadori's (who was on a break from DC's Pennyworth) concept even more unique. We were blessed with location and crew availability due to larger productions being on hold."
Credits
Director | Bailey Tom Bailey |
Producer | Kieran Nolan Jones |
Production Company | Hellmouth Pictures |
Director of Photography | Simon Stolland |
Focus Puller | Josh Higgins |
Gaffer | Vianney Kernanet-huggins |
Art Director | Nico Sadori |
Wardrobe | Lucy Rebecca Baxter |
Hair | Melanie Kyle |
Make-up | Melanie Kyle |
Editor | Bailey Tom Bailey |
Editing company | Vicious Viscous |
Colourist | Lewis Crossfield |
Grading company | Time Based Arts |
Post Producer | Sean Ewins |
VFX | Bailey Tom Bailey |
Lead actor | Security Guard: Dave Edwards |
Commissioner | John Moule |
Label | Alacran Group |
Other credits | BTS: George Masters-Clark Runner/ Playback: Freddie Heppell Location Service: Bushey Campus Label Personnel: Steve Rose Management: Infinite Management Manager: Mark Anstey, Francesca Curry |