Friedberg 'Hello' by Talia Beale
Rob Ulitski - 21st Mar 2024
Talia Beale directs an off-the-wall promo for indie-pop outfit Friedberg - with vocalist Anna Friedberg stuck inside the wall of her room, observing a variety of uncanny situations.
In the video for Hello, a series of strange events unfold in front of Anna, who has become part of the furniture, melted into the structure of her 70s-inspired home - then occasionally breaking free for moments of performance with the band. Beale achieves a trippy and whimsical atmosphere within this setting where ideas of romance are explored, according the eccentric, offbeat logic of the 'Friedberg room.'
"The song is written from a POV of spending the night living in someone’s head," says Beale. "So the visual somewhat reflects the motion of all our passing thoughts: they can overwhelm, be nonsensical, feel detached, comforting, erratic, tempting yet disorientating. All the while making so much sense.
"This project's been a dream to work on! Anna’s an artist who takes the risk of thinking outside of the box and pushing creative boundaries. It’s provided a playground to explore our most surreal ideas, the ones maybe we often try to dull down by attaching too much rational thought to in the name of commercialism."
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Rob Ulitski - 21st Mar 2024
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Talia Beale
- Producer
- Cara Mills
- Production Company
- AF
- Executive Producer
- Laura Clayton
- Production Manager
- Louis Jones
- 1st AD
- Marnz Brown
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Carl Matthews
- Focus Puller
- Francois Earp
- 2nd AC
- Hugo Lai
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Jed Clist
Art
- Production designer
- Zuzanna Skurtys
- Art Dept Assistant
- Jake Garrett, Laura Hayes, Roxy Wood, James Brown
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Ellie Walker
- Hair & Make-up
- Alice Howlett
- Assistant
- Chloe Pack
Casting
- Lead Dancer
- Samuel Parry
- Lead Dancer
- Federica Somma
Editorial
- Editor
- Talia Beale
Grading
- Colourist
- Ollie Thompson
- Colour grade company
- 1920vfx
Agent
- Director's Representation
- M
Commission
- Commissioner
- John Moule
- Label
- Clouds Hill Recordings
Rob Ulitski - 21st Mar 2024