Beacon Street Studios scored this Johnnie Walker spot which is driven by a touching spoken word rendition of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" from narrator Rommel Molina. Depicting the American experience, the piece was directed by Chris Sargent of Anonymous Content for Anomaly NY.
Music/Sound: Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, composers; Adrea Lavezzoli, executive producer; Rommel Molina, voiceover. Heard City, New York; Eric Warzecha, sound design; Saints Editorial, Toronto
Ross Birchall, sound design; Audio Post: Heard City, New York; Eric Warzecha, mixer; Agency: Anomaly New York; Jonathan Wellbelove, music producer; Production: Anonymous Content, Culver City, Calif. Chris Sargent, director
PRETTYBIRD Director Salomon Ligthelm Reunites With Little Simz On “Flood” Music Video
PRETTYBIRD filmmaker Salomon Ligthelm reteams with English-Nigerian artist Little Simz on the conceptual and visually rich music video “Flood.”
Featuring Obongjayar & Moonchild Sanelly, “Flood” is a hyper-stylized meditation on materialism and its role in shaping culture.
Staying in a performance-based visual space, Ligthelm captures Little Simz in dramatic black and white. True to his signature photographic style--which borders on the edge of fine-art-like--the framing and texture of ‘Flood’ plays quite minimalist while the performances are equally playful and extravagant.
Ligthelm previously directed Little Simz’s 2021 award-winning music video “Introvert.”
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