Kylie And Years & Years 'A Second To Midnight’ by Sophie Muller
Rob Ulitski - 12th Oct 2021
Sophie Muller directs the glistening performance video for Kylie’s A Second to Midnight, featuring Years & Years - aka Olly Alexander - and some 'wait, what...?' moments of role-reversal between the two performers.
Shot in London's historic Collins' Music Hall, the concept sees the leopard print-clad duo dance around under a spotlight, briefly switching roles - with the clever application of 'hair swap' technology - while the accompanying dancers also 'become' Kylie and Ollie with their use of face masks.
Muller collaborated with Theo Adams, in the role of performance director on the song-and-dance routine executed by the pop stars. The results exudes that sense of pure joy that is the hallmark of any great Kylie video, and a complete delight to watch.
PRETTYBIRD UK co-founder Juliette Larthe says: "The insanely wonderful pairing of the maverick alchemists of vision and movement, the geniuses of vespertine delights - Sophie Muller and Theo Adams - repeatedly inculcate the aureate of their crafts individually, and now together for the first time with Kylie and Olly. The result is epic-ness of the most MAJORNESS and we utterly love it."
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Sophie Muller
- Producer
- CM
- Producer
- CM
- Production Company
- P
- Executive Producer
- Juliette Larthe
- Production Manager
- Poppy Ashton
- 1st AD
- Chris Kelly
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Franklin Dow
- 1st AC
- Juan Sanchez Minotta
- 1st AC
- Naomi Hancock
- 2nd AC
- Holly Smyth
- Steadicam
- Jay Gomez
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Alex Cullen
Art
- Production designer
- Alison Dominitz
Editorial
- Editor
- Sophie Muller
Grading
- Colourist
- Sophie Muller
Commission
- Commissioner
- Faye Purcell
- Label
- BMG
Misc
- 2nd AD
- Callum Toms
- Performance director
- Theo Adams
Other credits
Dancers
Meshach Henry, Masumi Saito, Harrison Claxton, Joshua James Smith, Max Cookward, Jal Joshua, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kibrea Carmichael, Iona Lily McGuire, Annakanako Mohri, Liam Elliot Francis, Imogen Alvares
Production Assistant
Josh Collings
Production Runner
Christine Ubochi
Runner
Nessie Appleton
Runner
Edie Kelly
Runner
Zoë Bradley
Work Experience
Emily Leggatt
Camera Trainee
Sarah Frasson
Spark
Lloyd Rubio
Spark
Harrison Newman
Spark
Harry Buck
Desk Op
Elliot Linehan-Cross
Stylist (Kylie)
Ed Marler
Stylist’s Assistant / Seamstress: Row Seward
Makeup Artist (Kylie)
Andrew Gallimore
Hair Stylist (Kylie)
Christian Vermaak
Nails (Kylie)
Edyta
Stylist (Olly)
Nick Royal
Makeup Artist (Olly)
Joe Brooks
Hair Stylist (Olly)
Reve Taku Zen Ryu
Assistant Art Director
George Torode
Prop Buyer
Nuria Gambau
Choreographer
Masumi Saito
Choreographer
Meshach Henry
Choreographer
Theo TJ Lowe
PRETTYBIRD UK PR
Lee Sharrock
Camera provided by SLV Studio
Lighting provided by SHL
Rob Ulitski - 12th Oct 2021