Matilda Finn, an MTV VMA winner in the U.K. for Best New Director in 2017, built this video for German musician Apparat’s track “Heroist” from the staccato interplay of more than 950 photographs — many of them stunning on their own, let alone edited together at breakneck speed. The downbeat sci-fi mood is reminiscent of Chris Marker’s classic short film “La Jetée,” but with heightened emotions and a very contemporary sensibility. Per Finn’s Instagram account, the Stink Films production involved 14 shooting days and one 16-hour night shoot in London, Kent and Kiev. Ben Fordesman was the cinematographer; Finn edited with Gaia Borretti at The Assembly Rooms in London.
Credits:
Director/Photographer: Matilda Finn
Cinematographer: Ben Fordesman
Photo Assistant: Sebastian Hinds
Producer: Martha Mcguirk
Executive Producer: Katie Lambert
Production Company: Stink Films
Production Manager : Nellie Heron-Anstead
Casting Director: Louise Collins
Art Director: Camillia Byles
Commissioner: John Moule
Steadicam: James Chesterton
Focus Puller: Edward Tucker
2ndac: Johnny Lewis
Camera Trainee: Ernie Griffith
1st Assistant Director: Jack Meredith
Location Scout: Freddie Wright
Photo Production Assistant: Rachel Bashford
Gaffer: Esteban Gimpelewicz
Spark: Jeff Celis
Spark: Joseph Nowell
Trainee Spark: Tom Parkinson
Production Designer: Camilia Byles
Make Up: Natasha Lawes
Stylist: Jade Elise Moore
Camera Truck Driver: Alex Brown
Lighting Truck Driver: Abs Allam
Medic: Alex @ Team Medics
Runner: Henry Gunn
Runner: Tiger Brewer
Runner: Freddie Wright
Runner: Ali Copland
Edited by: Matilda Finn & Gaia Borretti @ The Assembly Rooms
Colorist: Simone Grattorola & Myles Bevan @ Time Based Arts
Post producers: Sean Ewins + Jo Gutteridge @ Time Based Arts
Compositor: Sheldon Gardener
A big thanks to:
Annie Stevens, Louise Dancy and Amp Studios.
Anna Peduzzi, Sarah Soldan, Connor Mccoy and Ben Drabavicius @ Stink London
Video Cast:
Hero: Robert Rhodes
Helpers: Meg Amsi, Naomi Wong, Olivia Norris, Denise Levett, Janet Mayer
Dogs: Ulf @ Animal Actors
Photo Cast:
Rufus White
Sarah Hare,
Janet Mayer,
Ayumi T Fuller,
Nathaniel Tong,
Simao Mendes,
Olivia Norris,
Adrian Mozzi,
David Landau,
Daria Shipovskikh,
Dunane Nasis,
Sabu Suzuki,
Lindy Pieri,
Dawa Ma,
Toby Buchan,
Meg Amsi,
Denize Levett,
Sara Raimondo,
Ayodeji Babatope,
Milly Cope,
Naomi Wong,
Gregory Mallard,
Steve Jones,
Samuel Friberg,
Gzi Wisdom,
Latesha Wilson & Rayhan Wilson.
Kiev Photo Shoot:
Service Company: 23/32 Films
Producer Dasha Deriagina
Pa // 1ad: Alexander Timkov
Locations: Viktor Shava
Dog Handler: Jenya Ovcharka
Cast:
Smirnov Alexey
Denikeeva Zinaida
Shishko Anatoly
Kravchenko Valeria
Kravchenko Evgeny
Evstropova Natalia
Efimenko Yuri.
Perepelyak Inna
Pustovgar Elena
Kalandyrets Aleksandr
Daniel Kravchenko
Marina Maruschak
Artem Shkylevych
Toma Romanenko
Kristina Suzova
Victoria Varley
Dasha Deriagina
Big special thank you to Ian Pons Jewell
