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Bloc Party 'The Love Within' by Ivana Bobic

Cat Velez - 16th Nov 2015

Riff Raff's recently-signed director Ivana Bobic, has delivered Bloc Party’s bumpin' new video The Love Within, featuring an array of performers compelled to dance by the song’s pulsating guitar riff.

With choreography by the ever-talented and highly productive Holly Blakey, known for her work on videos for Florence and the Machine's Delilah, Jungle's Time, and Young Fathers' Shame. 

 

IVANA BOBIC:

“This was such an exciting track to work on. The psychedelic spirituality of the lyrics (like the line ‘don’t you want to get high?’) got me thinking about a shape-shifting karma. 

"I wanted the video to be all about reincarnation through dance, a celebration of joy and freedom. The cast of characters transform one into another with a big surreal twist at the end. Holly Blakey's choreography really pushed each dancer’s personality and style but each with moves that linked them together in the transitions, a way of seamlessly shifting one character to the next with an edit trick. 

"Tony Miller (DoP) brought the endless tracking shot to life in the huge shopping centre, we wanted everything to be moving forwards all the time, graphic and strong with the wide lenses. 

"The best moment of the night shoot was dancing in the shopping centre with Kele and the crew. It was exactly the middle-of-the-night weirdness I had imagined.”

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  • Dance
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  • Indie Rock

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Ivana Bobic
Producer
Rob Jelley
Production Company
Executive Producer
Matthew Fone

Camera

Director of Photography
Tony C Miller

Art

Art Director
Noam Piper

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Nil Tomakan
Hair
Sian Duke

Casting

Lead actor
Ben Totty @ Bam

Editorial

Editor
Jack Singer
Editing company
Cut+Run

Grading

Colourist
Jon Leese-Pomfret

VFX

VFX
Andy Brown
Post production company
Four Walls

Commission

Commissioner
Natalie Arnett
Label
BMG

Misc

Choreography
Holly Blakey

Cat Velez - 16th Nov 2015

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