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Gia Ford 'Poolside' by Sergio Jaén

Rob Ulitski - 7th Feb 2024

Gia Ford gets ready to battle her demons in Sergio Jaén's atmospheric promo for Poolside. 

The video takes place in an enigmatic building, centred on a large, drained pool. There are minacious hints of something being wrong - a shattered window from a gunshot, glass on the floor - and this eerie vibe carries through to the contorted movements and poses Ford manipulates herself into.

"From the very start, I wanted to create a broken narrative where audiences could wander around in the protagonist’s world and create their interpretations," Jaén says.

"The first version of the treatment was much more on the nose, with clear gore hints, where we could see what Gia had been going through in the house. But I wanted it to feel narratively empty and eerie, parallel to the spaces around her. So, I removed elements from the main storyline to highlight this and concentrate on key moments of her journey.

"As the director, I wanted to make this film a piece that represented the song and Gia Ford at its maximum, creating a character and a world around her for the fans to be submerged, something audiences want to rewatch over and over, which is a difficult thing to accomplish nowadays."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Sergio Jaen
Producer
Kate Shelley
1st AD
Olga Kozhema

Camera

Director of Photography
Stephen Dunn
Focus Puller
Ben Sansom
2nd AC
Joshua Howe-morgan
Steadicam
Marc Hill

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Sebastian Kudanowski
Sparks
Terry Smith & James Taylor

Art

Production designer
Georgia Marshall
Art Assistant
Joseph Butterfield

Wardrobe

Hair
Ashley Michael
Make-up
Emily Miller

Choreography

Stunt Rigger
Gareth Henry

Editorial

Editor
Sergio Jaen

Grading

Colour Producer
Alex Carswell
Colourist
Connor Coolbear
Colour grade company

VFX

VFX
Rohaman Sabbir
Retoucher
Lay Dong Ky

Misc

Stunts
Gareth Henry

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