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Mali-Koa 'Dancer' by Jess Journo

Rob Ulitski - 7th May 2020

Mali-Koa reflects on how easy it is to feel limited by your environment or the people that surround you, in Jess Journo's visual for Dancer. 

Stripped-back, stark surroundings are the backdrop to the performance, which switches from solo lip-sync shots to six-person, unified dance movements. Koa had never danced in a video before this one, so it is a great tie-in to the themes and limitations expressed in the lyrics. 

DoP Beatriz Sastre utilises slow, steady camera movement and a limited colour palette to allow the choreography to breathe, and shine against the cold, blue-tinged surroundings. 

Cutting through boundaries to become the best version of herself, the message at the core of the visual is that when life throws obstacles your way, all you can and must do is dance with it and keep moving forward.

Rob Ulitski - 7th May 2020

Tags

  • Choreography
  • Performance
  • Singer songwriter
  • Pop
  • Dance

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Jess Journo
Producer
Hannah Bilverstone
1st AD
Ben Keswick

Camera

Director of Photography
Beatriz Sastre
Focus Puller
Catharina Scarpellini
2nd AC
Stefano Garbin
Steadicam
Matt Allsop

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Laurent Arnaud

Editorial

Editor
Jamie Hodgson
Editing company
Work Editorial

Grading

Colourist
Jax Harney

VFX

Post Producer
Chloe Saunders

Commission

Commissioner
Chantelle Mcmullen
Label
Honest Records Uk

Misc

2nd AD
Josey Jacobs

Other credits

Dancers

Amie Carter, Ethan Jacobs, Ezzy Nzewi, Jakun Franasowicz, Rosalie Bell

Rob Ulitski - 7th May 2020

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