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Bring Me The Horizon 'Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood' by Harry Lindley

Rob Ulitski - 13th June 2024

Harry Lindley directs a cyberpunk-inspired promo for Bring Me The Horizon. 

The video for Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood is a dazzling display of futurist maximalism, taking place at a concert full of lightsaber battles, choreography and the band's performance. 

Breathlessly ambitious and captivating, it's a tour de force of creativity, anchored by cinematic vignettes and a rip-roaring performance.

"We wanted to fuse the look of music videos from the early 2000’s - Papa Roach, System of a Down, Foo Fighters - with a cross-section of references from science fiction - Dune, Tron, Blade Runner, Star Wars - to create a dizzying, and at times surreal, mash up of styles and tropes," Lindley explains. 

"The framing device of a telepathic girl re-experiencing the concert millenia later is a take on the album art, which features her and her robot friend M-8. In our video this is R-8, a later model.

"Much of the interactive elements were built on set, including the stage, stairs and walkways. This allowed the band, the stunt actors and dancers to have a real environment to perform in. In post production, we expanded the warehouse and the crowd to create a much greater sense of scale."

Rob Ulitski - 13th June 2024

Tags

  • Director's notes
  • VFX
  • Rock
  • Metal
  • Performance
  • Cyborg
  • Cyberpunk
  • 2000s
  • Lightsaber
  • Choreography

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Harry Lindley
Producer
Dan Massie
Production Company
Electric Light Studios Ltd
1st AD
Elania Mensing

Camera

Director of Photography
Terrence Wilkins
Focus Puller
Luke Makepeace
Steadicam
Jay Jaramillo Gomez
Dave Emery
Jib

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Noah Furrer

Art

Art Director
James Middleton
Polly Offland

Wardrobe

Stylist
Callum Smith
Make-up
Raphael Arcadios
Make-up
Chris Suckow
Make-up
Jakub Iwan

Choreography

Choreographer
Shanise Liang

Animation

Animation Director
Harry Lindley

Commission

Commissioner
Kat Cattaneo
Label
Sony Music Entertainment Uk

Rob Ulitski - 13th June 2024

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