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
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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
- Art Director
- Austeja Gokaite
- Production designer
- Sonya Bleiph
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
VFX
Commission
- Label
- Lucky Number Music
Rob Ulitski - 5th Apr 2023