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Olympia 'Shoot To Forget' by Leilani Croucher

David Knight - 25th Feb 2019

This excellent video for Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist Olivia Bartley, aka Olympia, follows the theme of her power-pop banger Shoot To Forget, exploring the idea that we hide our true selves from the world. And under the guidance of Leilani Croucher, Olympia becomes a master of disguise. 

From bride to vamp, mourner to figure skater, and then, something less easily definable (court jester?), Olympia assumes the roles, transformed by Gavin Anesbury's hair and makeup. The set-up is simple, against black, but Leilani Croucher keeps it riveting throughout, through lens distortions, blurring these characters, and a brilliantly kinetic, musical edit by Scott Stirling.

LEILANI CROUCHER:

The film is a performance piece, exploring the different characters and personality types that live inside Olympia, and us all.

"Shoot To Forget explores the notion of something we all do; play a part, put on a face, show the world a version of ourselves that isolates us, and protects us from ourselves.

"The video expresses this idea of hiding from reality and putting on a front for the world. A stylised and amplified love letter to all the parts we push down, all of the parts we hide away.

"The film is a performance piece, exploring the different characters and personality types that live inside Olympia, and us all. Shoot To Forget becomes a heightened portrayal of the characters and emotions that we often don’t want to see. It’s an abstraction of the Pop Star, and a look into the personas we all play."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Producer
Isabella Vitelli
Production Company
Revolver/ Will O'rourke
Executive Producer
Michael Ritchie
Executive Producer
Pip Smart
1st AD
Jose Marquina

Camera

Director of Photography
Simon J. Walsh
Focus Puller
Jani Hakli
2nd AC
Khoa Le

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Pete Sutton

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Millie Sykes
Hair & Make-up
Gavin Anesbury

Editorial

Editor
Scott Stirling
Editing company
The Glue Society Studios

Grading

Colourist
Scott Stirling

VFX

VFX
Heckler
Post Producer
Bonnie Law

Commission

Label
EMI

Other credits

Grip

Mick Leslie

Grip Asisst

Sam Leslie

Flame Artist

Brad Smith

Runner

Eloise Boutry

David Knight - 25th Feb 2019

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