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The Courteeners 'Are You In Love With A Notion' by Joe Connor

Jimmy Brown - 22nd Nov 2013

Joe Connor ponders the concept of 'being in love' in his video for The Courteeners' Are You In Love With A Notion.

Shot in Manchester, this stylish and monochrome promo stars local actors Scott Warden and Jennifer Lumb, largely set in a night club that harks back to the glory days of a certain legendary night spot...

JOE CONNOR

"This concept of the video came from conversations with Liam, the lead singer of the Courteeners.  Having now done all the videos for this album and mainly concentrating on the band in those previous videos, we both spoke about doing a narrative video based on the subject of the lyrics.  ‘Why are you so in love with a notion?’ is a very interesting starting point for a video and Liam sent over a few thoughts that I took as my inspiration.  

"People fall in love all the time for all sorts of reasons and I wanted to explore that shade of grey between being in love with a person or with the concept of love - this translated into a sequence of scenarios and images that reflect this idea without ever delivering a concrete answer - there is no answer to love, there are only events and consequences as shown by the repetition of the first meeting in the chorus. 

"We shot on 16mm with two great local Manchester actors and then topped it all off with a great performance from Liam that harks back to the Madchester videos of the early 90’s.  It’s such a joy to shoot 16mm now a days and Davey Gilder did a great job with it". 

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Production/Creative

Director
Producer
Nick Crossley
Production Company
Chief Productions
Production Manager
Naomi Garrett

Camera

Director of Photography
Davey Gilder
Focus Puller
Esther Vardy
Camera Assistant
Matilda Smith
Camera Assistant
Aaron Monkman

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Howard Dean

Choreography

Choreographer
Julie Kavannagh

Casting

Lead actor
Scott Warden
Lead actor
Jennifer Lumb

Grading

Colourist
Ian McLaughlin

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
John Moule

Misc

2nd AD
Michelle Hooper
Art Department
Alexa Hartle
Art Department
James Mcintosh
Special Thanks
Deaf Institute
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Panavision
Special Thanks
Drop City Lighting
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Jimmy Brown - 22nd Nov 2013

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