Monday Was Special 'Bespoke' by SPTMBR
Promonews - 11th May 2022
Directing team SPTMBR create an intriguing video for singer Monday Was Special, elevating a domestic setting with mythic importance through a very skilful use of resources.
The video tells of the journey of a young couple - where a feeling of claustrophobia and sense of entrapment is gradually overcome. As well as directing impressive performances from the lead actors, exceptional cinematography by Luke Dryden helps to create a stylish and atmospheric work, divided into three parts given engimatic graphic symbols as chapter headings.
"With Bespoke, we wanted to create a video that spoke to the themes of unexpected parenthood - that great step into the unknown," say SPTMBR. "This manifested as the idea of a young couple stuck in life’s waiting room - a kind of limbo where they feel their destiny is unclear, as parents and as partners.
"The three acts of the film link to different Greek and Roman Goddesses. Act 1 features Urania (associated with universal love and the Holy Spirit), Act 2 features Hera and Juno (Goddesses of women and family) and Act 3 features Artemis and Diana (Goddesses of childbirth and midwifery).
"Above all, it’s about transformation: the birth and rebirth of the characters."
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Promonews - 11th May 2022
Credits
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Luke Dryden
- Steadicam
- Austin Phillps
Art
- Production designer
- Macy Trieu-Dingle
Casting
- Lead actor
- Arianne Carless
- Lead actor
- Dajay Brown
- Lead actor
- Atlas Clarke
Grading
- Colourist
- Andi Chu
- Colour grade company
- BS
VFX
- VFX
- Louis Atkins
Promonews - 11th May 2022