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Emma-Jean Thackray 'Say Something' by Avesta Keshtmand

Rob Ulitski - 1st Oct 2021

Avesta Keshtmand directs a transcendent promo for Emma-Jean Thackray.

Inspired by the themes and aesthetics of sci-fi, psychedelia and B-movies, Thackray and Keshtmand tell the story of an outsider at a dinner party, full of mass-produced foods and judgemental side-glances. Lost in her own world, Emma-Jean is then transported to somewhere more natural, flowery and free.

Oozing a sense of carefree nostalgia, the video is mesmerising to look at, and celebrates the maximalist art and aesthetics of the time period it pays homage to. 

Avesta Keshtmand is a British-Afghan filmmaker living and working in London. Last year, Keshtmand was one of five unsigned British directors to win a place on Three Minutes, Crack Magazine’s incubator scheme funding five music videos by rising talents. The scheme is produced in association with our production company Ground Work and made possible by Burberry, Shure and BFI NETWORK.

Rob Ulitski - 1st Oct 2021

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  • New Director
  • Three Minutes
  • Crack Magazine
  • Ground Work
  • Psychedelic
  • Performance

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Avesta Keshtmand
Producer
Scarlett Barclay
Production Company
Three Minutes
Production Company
Executive Producer
Duncan Harrison
Executive Producer
Aaron Z. Willson
1st AD
Elicia Lotherington

Camera

Director of Photography
Amelia Hazlerigg
Focus Puller
Matt Farrant
2nd AC
Elisa Spigariol
Steadicam
Justin Theodore

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Jonny Boomer

Art

Art Director
Sarah Asmail / Jimmy Van Twest
Production Assistant
Anna Butler

Editorial

Editor
Amber Saunders

Grading

Colourist
James Slattery
Colour grade company
Company 3

VFX

VFX
Glassworks Uk
Post production company
Glassworks

Commission

Label
Warp Records

Other credits

Sparks

Max Hodgkinson & Deimante Spainaityte

Spark Trainee

Arthur Tucker

2nd AD

Rose Lucas

Runner

Rachel Flemminger Hudson

Art Dept Assistant

Harry Beedle, Krissy Densley, Louis Bhose

Stylist Assistant

Naomi Phillips

BTS Photographer

Jerry Dobson

Lead 2D Artists

Nils Crompton, Alexis Da Camara, Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez

Title Design

Nils Crompton

Rotoscoping

Leonardo Grassi

MCR

Andy Kidd

Chief Operating Officer

Chris Kiser

Head Of Production

Belen Palos

Producers

Jamie McCubbin & Athene Aristocleous

Colour Producer

Cody Cardarelli

Cast

Pristine Woman

Rob Ulitski - 1st Oct 2021

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