videoKasabian 'Call' by WaxxworkKasabian fall to Earth from 15,000 feet in an adrenalin-fuelled thrill-ride by director duo Waxxwork.The video for Call captures the performance of Kasabian frontman Sergio Pizzorno, beaming out from the screen of an iPhone as it plunges to the ground, after it was dropped from a airborne helicopter.Sky-divers jumped from the 'copter in Albanian airspace (where aerospace laws would allow it) with a pre-edited video of Pizzorno's performance playing in real time on the device - having begun the 'call' on the phone moments before their leap. The effect is suitably intense.Directed by filmmaking duo Waxxwork (Timothy Casten and Vikesh Govind), the music video’s surreal chaos is matched by the film’s grade by Studio RM’s Myles Bevan - his third collaboration with the directors and first since the UKMVA-nominated video for London Grammar and Camelphat’s song Higher last year. The grade of pearly whites, dreamy blues, and synthetic oranges creates a contrast between the unreal saturation of digital life with the subtleties of natural beauty. Clean up and compositing for the interior shots of the helicopter and phone was devised by Studio RM’s Flame team, and included input from the the studio’s recent Flame hires Richard Barnes, Miram Olaejo and Kofee Coley.• BTS of the making of the Call video can be found here.
Promonews - 28th Feb 2024
