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Kelli-Leigh 'Unwrap My Heart' by Andy Mihov, Paul Romero Mendez

Rob Ulitski - 6th Dec 2022

Andy Mihov and Paul Romero Mendez direct a Christmas extravaganza for Kelli-Leigh.

In their second collaboration with the artist, the directors explore the very relatable human feeling of wanting to love and feel loved, not just around the holidays but all year round.

Boasting luxurious locations, dazzling styling and an overarching feeling of festive fun, it's a brilliant collaboration, which will get viewers in the right mindset for the holiday season. 

"Our vision for this video was to make it feel grounded and classic, like a film you love to put on in the lead-up to Christmas Eve… but with a tinge of magical realism," Mihov mentions. 

"The most fun part was planning and doing the transitions, those are always nice technical and creative challenge for filmmakers. The post process was very involved and that’s where the strength of being in a directing duo is really noticeable. We could really share the workload and riff off each other’s ideas, same as we did on set. We had planned for our visual effects and animations to help create that storybook feeling to the video, and we had some really fantastic people helming that."

"Bringing on an experienced producer like Millie Ansari was key to achieving this. There were a lot of moving parts to this both creatively and logistically for a one-day shoot. Our DoP and crew were phenomenal, and all praise goes to them for sticking by and believing in the vision we had for this. We were especially proud to receive support from the legendary Imogen Heap in the making of the video.

"It was a remarkable experience creating this and it got us all in the holiday spirit. Feel like quite a few people from the crew went home to hang mistletoe even though it was still October."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Paul Romero Mendez
Director
Producer
Millie Ansari
Production Company
33Red Films
Executive Producer
Jenna Leeds
1st AD
Dan Pachalski

Camera

Director of Photography
Toby Lloyd
Focus Puller
Etai Shomri
2nd AC
Alice Tucker
Steadicam
Lee Brown
CAMERA & GRIP EQUIPMENT Panavision ; LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Greenkit London

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Cray Smith
BEST BOY Tom Simington ; SPARK Mesa Barbusci

Art

Production designer
Alex Jones Nash
Art Director
Erica Harding
ART ASSISTANT Kirk Sylvester

Wardrobe

Stylist
Louisa Mars
Hair
Alice Lazar
Make-up
Roseanna Velin

Animation

Animator
Sydney Butler
Animator
Cameron Carr

Editorial

Editor
Tom Marshall

Grading

Colour Producer
Olivia Jessop
Colourist
Danyal Kadir
Colour grade company

Commission

Commissioner
Scott Harris
Label
Silver Music

Rob Ulitski - 6th Dec 2022

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