School of Seven Bells
Signals
Daniel Ryan, Adorable and The Mill created the latest music video from School of Seven Bells's final LP "SVIIB". The track, "Signals" is a tribute to the duo's love of music and to passed away band member, Benjamin Curtis.
Director:
Daniel Ryan
Production Company:
Adorable
Daniel Ryan
Production Company:
Adorable
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Focusing on the second half of the duo, singer Alley Deheza, the film switches between scenes of Alley chasing after herself, losing herself to dance, and then eerily, being pulled apart and reassembled. All part of the healing process.
Mill 2D Artist Jonny Freeman explained, "To make the story as powerful as possible it was key that we grounded Daniel’s sci-fi vision in a realistic looking world. By maintaining subtleties such as shadows and skin tones we ensured a natural look and feel that would not lead the audience astray, especially during the human body dismantling and reassembling sections. We went for a subtle touch in this footage, drawing on the clean, sterile and detached vibe executed so well in the rest of the video."
Graded by The Mill's Mikey Pehanich, Mikey said, "In the chase scenes, we emphasized the juxtaposition between the sodium vapor street lights and cool fluorescent lights. Then, in the dance studio shots we used a softer contrast and accentuated the cyan and magenta tones. These complimented each other really nicely. Finally, in the surgery sequences, Daniel and I went with more neutral tones, cooling off the mids and using Alley's skin tone for a nice balance of warmth across all the images."
Find out more about the album and on the film on Noisey.
CreditsCredits
Production Company
Production Company: Adorable
Director: Daniel Ryan
Music by: School of Seven Bells
DP: O'Connor Hartnett
Director: Daniel Ryan
Music by: School of Seven Bells
DP: O'Connor Hartnett
Editorial
Editor: Laurence Bird
VFX & Design
Producer: Katie Sink
Creative Director: Jay Bandlish
2D Lead Artists: Jonny Freeman, Michael Sarabia
2D Artist: Jamin Clutcher
Creative Director: Jay Bandlish
2D Lead Artists: Jonny Freeman, Michael Sarabia
2D Artist: Jamin Clutcher
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Executive Producer, Colour: Laurie Adrianopoli
Colour Producer: Dan Butler
Colour Coordinator: Jamie Hoskins
Colourist: Mikey Pehanich
Colour Assist: Lindsey Mazur
Executive Producer, Colour: Laurie Adrianopoli
Colour Producer: Dan Butler
Colour Coordinator: Jamie Hoskins
Colourist: Mikey Pehanich
Colour Assist: Lindsey Mazur
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