Floria Sigismondi has directed the latest video for David Bowie’s new album, titled “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” produced by Black Dog Films. In the form of a short film, the video for the second single from the 66-year old rocker’s forthcoming album The Next Day features Bowie-doppelganger actress Tilda Swinton and depicts “a twenty-first century moment in its convergence of age, gender and the normal/celebrity divide,” according to Bowie. This is the third time Sigismondi has collaborated with the singer, having directed Bowie’s “Little Wonder” in 1996 and “Dead Man Walking” in 1997.nnDavid Bowie and Tilda Swinton play a 50’s style couple enjoying a typical suburban life (albeit exquisitely dressed) until they are preyed upon by a celebrity couple (supermodels Andrej Pejic and Saskia De Brauw). These “stars” cruelly antagonize this “normal” pair as they invade the Bowie-Swinton psyches in a variety of guises – particularly transforming the magnificent Ms. Swinton in exactly the gender-bending way fans could only dream of. Norwegian Model Iselin Steiro also appears as a young David Bowie look-alike that lives next door. Floria Sigismondi gloriously depicts one world vampirizing the other, an atrociously perceptive view of our current societal obsession with tabloid voyeurism.nn
nnFloria Sigismondi is an acclaimed director and photographer. Her directing credits include the feature film “The Runaways” featuring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, as well as innumerable groundbreaking music videos for musicians such as Bjork, Fiona Apple, Pink, and The White Stripes. Most recently she continued her work with Sigur Ros for their album Valtari with the video “Leaning Towards Solace” for “The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment,” a collaboration that began over 10 years ago with her first Sigur Ros video “Untitled” which won Best International Video Award at the 2003 MTV European Awards. She is currently developing her second motion picture. Sigismondi is represented by Black Dog Films for music videos and Believe Media for commercial work.nnCreditsnnArtist: David BowienSong: The Stars (Are Out Tonight)nLabel: ISO RecordsnnDirector: Floria SigismondinProd co: Black Dog FilmsnExecutive Producer: Coleen HaynesnProducer: Oualid MouanessnDOP: Jeff CronenwethnArt Director: Adam DavisnCostume: Jerry StaffordnEditor: Jarrett FijalnMusic Video Commissioner: Bryan Younce
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Goldcrest Post Speeds Delivery of “Severance” Season Two
The New York Times recently wrote that the just-released Season Two of Severance will “blow your mind”—and we couldn’t agree more. Created by Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller, the Apple TV+ drama is smart, spellbinding, distinctly original and packed with surprises. For those who aren’t already devoted fans, the show centers on Mark Scout (Adam Scott), leader of a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a “severance” procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. Goldcrest Post provided post services for both seasons of the show, including picture editorial support, sound editorial, ADR and sound mixing. Editorial for Season One began in 2020. Due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, Goldcrest supplied both onsite production offices and edit suites, and remote editing systems for individual editors, with everything linked to a central server. "Mixing at Goldcrest with our team has been a great experience,” says Stiller. “Bob and Jacob are in sync with our creative process and so good at what they do that the experience is always one where it's about how we can enhance the creative vision, with a baseline of knowing everyone is totally committed to making something as good as it can be." Diana Dekajlo, the show’s co-producer, says that the arrangement worked so well, they chose to continue the hybrid approach for Season Two. “We’re a remote friendly show,” she explains. “Whether we’re at Goldcrest, our studio in the Bronx or at home, our workflow is seamless. I conduct remote daily meetings with my immediate staff, and weekly meetings with editorial and VFX, and we talk to each other as if we were just down the hall. It makes for great staff... Read More