KRIS BERRY, NOW, VISUAL ALBUM
Kris Berry’s new album named “NOW”, encapsulates a piece of the present, the things that lay bare in front of us, exposed and vulnerable, open to feeling it all, from sharp ache to profound love.
Staying true to that idea, I wanted to create a visual album that would explore all of the expressions of “NOW”. Purposefully turning away from the customary rules of the music video medium, we embraced the slow passage of time and its mundanity, capturing small moments through a succession of ten “tableaux”, each embodying one element, that together would become the pinnacle portrayal of “NOW”.
The album opener: “First Time”, acts as the first layer of a giant fresco, when, still searching and observing, the artist draws the first graphite strokes and lays the skeleton.
Cast - Kris Berry, Lior Tabib Ignas van Rij, Kristen Sorton, Ferry de Ruiter, Liliane Vieira, Susan Glitz-Tucker, Sophie Bos, Richard de Haak, Rob Nolten, Nasa Boi Nolten, Kaira Daphne van Wijk, Joshi Martina, Yaël Sarioa
Director - Océane Combeau. Director of Photography - Jasper de Kloet. Assistant Camera - Lars Inhulsen. Produced by Kris Berry Océane Combeau. Editor - Naomi Bais. Grader digital - Jasper de Kloet. Grader 35mm - Matt Hare at Ambassadors. Sound Design - Wouter Veersema at Park Studio Amsterdam.
Lead Actors/ Dancers - Olivia Burgess, Josh Martina. Actors - Maja Moliere, Lior Tabib, Leroy Smeenk, Charlotte Mendez Correa, Zep de Bruyn, Fee Whiteside. Extras - Jonasu, Patrycja Rozwora, Vincent Rang, Breno Viricimo
Director - Océane Combeau. Cinematography - Zeeger Verschuren. Producer - Isabella von Ende. First AD - Joris Koster. First AC - Tom Duiker. Gaffer - Berend Holtkamp. Make up - Magdalena Kielb. PA/ Set Dresser - Clement Schaper. Editor - Johannes de Jong. Social and online editor - Rob Prochnow. Colorist - Ruben Labree. Camera - Cinesupply. Location - Greazy
BLACK MAGIC, JONASU
I wanted to take a narrative approach to visualise the transcendent desire described in the lyrics and use dance to translate that lust through movement.
The two layers, narrative combined with movement, represent perfectly the in-between state of consciousness that lust can put people into.
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Actors - Benjamin Sacks, Jazz Feller, Jana Krenova, Laurien Schreuder with Felix the dog
Director - Océane Combeau. DOP - Stef Kwinten. Producer - Itai Verhoeckx. Art Director - Melissa Kooijmans. Set Dresser - Lotty Mullenaar. Propsrunner - Kristen Sorton. Gaffer - Zen Bloot. Bestboy - Tyeppe Troost. 2nd AC - Daan Huttinga. 2nd AC - Thijs Besteman. Styling - Indiana Roma Vos. Styling Assist - Merel Heanen. Hair and Make up - Astrid Vreeken. Runner (prep + wrap) - Kasper Stern. Assistant Producer - Shelley Jenneskens. Assistant Producer - Mila Dijkema. Catering Delivery - Rachel Steevens & Kiki Vonk. Art Department - Ricardo is Hard. Costumes - Mo Benchellal. Film Processing - De Jonghe. Camera - Camera Rentals. Lighting - Het Licht. Editor - Johannes de Jong. Editor consult - Rigel Kilston. Grade - Matt Hare at Ambassadors Amsterdam.
Special thanks to: Ralph de Haan, Breno Virícimo, Charley Lewis.
AFTERNOON, SNOWAPPLE
Shot on 16mm kodak film, we captured an afternoon in a suburban neighbourhood where everything is just how you would expect it to be: nice neighbours, family gatherings, outside activities. At least on the surface … We show what really happens behind the closed doors and white fences, embracing a world of poetic absurdity, dipping in and out of surrealism.
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Director - Océane Combeau & Broken Antenna. Cinematography - Alex Reid. Produced by Knucklehead and Park 19th. Art Director - Tim Gong. Editor - Ben Boullier.
HOLD ON, KAMAAL WILLIAMS
Shot on 16mm black and white, we deconstructed the format by playing with angles and mirrors, transforming the artists into abstract figures, thus illustrating the distance you can feel towards your reflection and sense of self.
MANIA, MABASSA
“Manias” are the daily habits, the repeated gestures of one’s life.
I wanted to highlight life’s details, make people notice the way they position their hand on the table or how they always give the pepper mill 3 turns when they make their salad sauce. I want them to go to a diner and be unable to focus on the discussion because they caught how one's lipstick smudged further than it should on the upper lip. I want them to wonder whether that lipstick smudge makes them fonder of the person or irritated by them. Those details, when you notice them are enhancers and one way or the other, you cannot feel neutrally about them.