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HMLTD 'Wyrmlands' by Henry Spychalski

Rob Ulitski - 5th Apr 2023

Henry Spychalski self-directs this visceral promo for HMLTD: a worm-centric interpretation of the medieval feudal system through a modern lens.

It's one of those videos that really must be experienced first-hand to understand what's going on, and even then, it's very much an abstract presentation with a heavily conceptual spin.

That's not to say, however, that it isn't completely breathtaking, because things haven't been this wonderfully weird in music videos for a long time. 

Costumes? Check. Mud wrestling right in front of the performance setup? Check. Setting fire to a box of worms in tandem with a completely whimsical jazz break? You guessed it...

It's a fine return to form for HMLTD, and Hannah Mason's movement direction is the cherry on top, suggesting a sort of violent beauty that compliments the rebellion against reality that is the song, Wyrmlands.

"In this video, I wanted to explore the liminal space between this world, and the base reality which births that delusion: a violent collision of the real and the unreal; of our delusions and the traumas that create them," says director Henry Spychalski.

Rob Ulitski - 5th Apr 2023

Tags

  • experimental
  • Worms
  • Medieval
  • Abstract
  • conceptual
  • Performance

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Henry Spychalski
Producer
Maxine Latinis
Production Company
Wendyvision

Camera

Director of Photography
Benjamin Leggett
Focus Puller
Arie Priede
2nd AC
Tara Bulten
Steadicam
Austin Phillips

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Atikah Zainidi

Art

Production designer
Sonya Bleiph
Art Director
Austeja Gokaite

Wardrobe

Stylist
Luca Wowczyna
Make-up
Sophie Gouk

Choreography

Movement Director
Hannah Mason

Editorial

Editor
Ella Turner-bridger

Grading

Colourist
John O’Riordan
Colour grade company
Pundersons Gardens

Commission

Label
Lucky Number Music

Rob Ulitski - 5th Apr 2023

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