Ahead of Philip Selway’s new album Strange Dance, due out February 24 via Bella Union, comes this black-and-white music video for one of the album’s tracks, “Check For Signs Of Life.”
The video for Radiohead’s Selway was directed by William Williamson and produced by Uncommon Creative Studio. The piece features a quartet of award-winning dancers and choreographers: Siobhan Davies, Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, Simone Damberg Würtz and Liam Francis. Davies is one of the UK’s most celebrated dancers and choreographers while Damberg Würtz is a leading light of the Rambert Dance Company.
“Check for Signs of Life” comes from an idea Selway had to develop a dance piece over a series of songs, exploring imagined conversations between future and past selves. The music itself is a haunting arrangement which finds Selway musing over where he finds himself in his life and thinking about human connection.
Over a series of rehearsals, director Williamson and DP Adric Watson worked with the dancers to bring the camera into the mix as a fifth dancer, and a one-shot approach became clear, with the video taking the lead from the choreography and setting out to enhance and interpret the work, while not overshadowing the subtle movements.
CreditsClient Philip Selway; Bella Union label, Mark Byrne; ATC, Brian Message, management. Dance Talent Liam Francis, Simone Wurtz, dancers & choreographers; Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp, Siobhan Davies, dancers. Production Uncommon Creative Studio William Williamson, director; Adric Watson, DP; George Cassavetti, 1st AD; Jake Whitehouse, Steadicam operator; Marianthi Hatzikidi, stylist; Aaliyah Oke, hair & makeup. Editorial Whitehouse Post Ben Canny, editor. Postproduction House Cheat Jack McGinty, colorist.
NHS England, M&C Saatchi UK, Director Tom Tagholm Team On PSA Highlighting The Overlooked Signs Of A Stroke
National Health Service (NHS) England has unveiled a multichannel campaign, “Act FAST,” to raise awareness of the individual signs of a stroke and get people to call 999 as soon as they suspect they may be experiencing any one symptom. The push, which is part of the ongoing “Help Us, Help You” campaign, was developed in partnership with M&C Saatchi UK.
The campaign depicts everyday situations where everything might seem relatively normal, but where there’s the sign of someone experiencing a stroke.
A key component of the campaign is this :30--directed by Tom Tagholm of Various Films--which sets up the idea that initially, a stroke might not seem like much, highlighting key symptoms: from struggling to use a paint roller, to not being able to smile when watching TV, to slurring your speech when reading a story to your grandchild. The PSA emphasizes that time is critical, ending with the line: “Face or arm or speech, at the first sign, it’s time to call 999.”
Jo Bacon, Group CEO, M&C Saatchi UK, said, “We want to ensure people take action on the first symptom, rather than waiting for more conclusive signs. To help them understand that even when everything seems normal, something serious might be happening.”
Matt Lee, executive creative director, M&C Saatchi UK, commented: “This is important work. We wanted to explore that precise moment when your world shifts, quietly yet powerfully, off its axis during a stroke. We highlight how a tiny external moment can actually be seismic—an extraordinary gear change, framed in a really ordinary way.”
Director Tagholm shared, “My Dad suffered a stroke a few years ago and was saved from the worst by acting quickly, and by the work of the NHS. So there’s... Read More