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James Massiah 'Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me)' by Ian Pons Jewell

Rob Ulitski - 5th Sept 2019

Ian Pons Jewell is back with the first of two new music videos, for London-based poet, musician and artist James Massiah - and brings us the end of the world in his own inimitable fashion.

The video for Massiah's Natural Born Killers shows a city facing the ultimate unbearable heatwave, one that brings about a rush of dopamine, as the inhabitants of the city sweat out their final hours. The heat is inescapable, and Pons Jewell brings us a snapshot of an epic storyline featuring different characters - including Massiah, the last person on Earth to retain any cool.

Everyone else is surrendered to their fate, and not wearing much - or anything at all. Which leads to the inspired use of VFX in the final scene where Pons Jewell puts his own characteristically off-the-wall twist on this parable of global heating - a melted man.

Shot in Buenos Aires, Mauro Chiarello’s cinematography focuses on contrast, blown out highlights and a burnt orange colour palette, and helps create a sense of apocalyptic dread in both the exterior and interior locations. Meanwhile, Time Based Arts in London created the inspired VFX, culminating in that extraordinary final scene.

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Rob Ulitski - 5th Sept 2019

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  • Mature - NSFW
  • Narrative
  • Pick of the Day
  • VFX
  • Heatwave

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Ian Pons Jewell
Producer
Tito Ortiz Basualdo
Production Company
Landia, In Association With Reset
Production Company
Time Based Arts
Executive Producer
Luciana Abramzon
1st AD
Andrés Chenaut

Camera

Director of Photography
Mauro Chiarello
2nd AC
Maximiliano Villavedra

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Agustin Rocca

Art

Art Director
Sebastian Beretta

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Sol Montalvo
Hair & Make-up
Lucrecia Fontana - Magdalena Wust
Hair & Make-up
Magdalena Wust

Editorial

Editor
Gaia Borretti
Editing company
The Assembly Rooms

Grading

Colourist
Lewis Crossfield

VFX

Post production company
Time Based Arts

Agent

Director's Representation
Landia, Reset

Commission

Label
Levels

Other credits

Managing Partner & EP

Adrián D’Amario

Managing Director & EP

Dave Morrison

2nd AD

Barbara Terasani

3rd AD

Teresita Barusso

Key PA

Juan Escolar

PA

Nicolás Schneider

Runner

Jose Fogwill

Focus Pullers

Hernán Alberto, Alvarado Martinez

2nd AC

Maximiliano Villavedra

DIT

Pabl Bernst

Video Assistant

Ana Carolina Strongoli, Lorna Santiago

Steadicam

Nicolás Mayer

Steadicam Asst; Laura Molteni

2nd Lead

Thiago Dantas​

2D Artists

Adam Paterson, Jamie Crofts​, Linda Cieniawska, Matt Shires, ​Stephen Grasso, Will Robinson​

3D Artists

Francois Roisin, Jon Park, How, Zoé Sottiaux, Mike Battcock, Sam Osborne​​

Key Grip

Nestor Eduardo Paradiso

Grip

Roberto Julián Regueiro, Daniel Chitarino

Electicians

Sergio Piñeyro, Ezequiel Martin Stoeff, Gabriel Dario Barrera

Genny op

Sergio Salgado

Art/Props

Viru Patricio Lobo, Pablo Lamoglia, Lucas Amado

Glam Squad

Maria Victoria Fernandez, María Constantina Hearne, Lucia Parisi, Josefina Fascetto

Casting

Agustin Aguirre at Saigon Casting

Equipment

Alfavisión

Directors Representation (UK)

Academy Films

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