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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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Rob Ulitski - 12th Oct 2021

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  • Pop
  • Dance
  • Choreography
  • Performance
  • Styling
  • Collins Music Hall

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Sophie Muller
Producer
Producer
Production Company
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

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