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Miya Miya 'Cold Blood' by Bailey Tom Bailey

Rob Ulitski - 17th Aug 2020

Bailey Tom Bailey explores isolation and human testing in his sci-fi inspired visual for Miya Miya. 

Opening in a nondescript testing facility, vocalists Gini and Jordan are sealed within perspex containers, under watch by an unknown captor. After being liberated from captivity, they meet a worse fate on their escape. 

Striking and well executed, the location anchors the haunting aesthetic, a clandestine and clinical space in which unimaginable horrors await an unlucky few. The video mixes body horror and sci-fi with a vein of dark humour.

MIYA MIYA:

We were insanely lucky to find perspex boxes at our location, a former research lab. 

"Initially, the idea was to evoke feelings of captivity during lockdown, but the concept evolved to represent something more significant. I wanted to explore the idea that we all feel put in a box, struggling within a system, yet we rely on those structures for survival.

"Produced during lockdown, this low budget project was a struggle. Slow wardrobe and art department deliveries delayed the shoot and the biggest panic came when we realised all the perspex in the world was now in front of a till somewhere. We were insanely lucky to find perspex boxes (originally used to redirect fumes) already available at our location, a former research lab.

"The result made Bailey and designer Nico Sadori's (who was on a break from DC's Pennyworth) concept even more unique. We were blessed with location and crew availability due to larger productions being on hold."

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  • Pop
  • Sci-fi
  • Dystopia

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Bailey Tom Bailey
Producer
Kieran Nolan Jones
Production Company
Hellmouth Pictures

Camera

Director of Photography
Simon Stolland
Focus Puller
Josh Higgins

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Vianney Kernanet-huggins

Art

Art Director
Nico Sadori

Editorial

Editor
Bailey Tom Bailey
Editing company
Vicious Viscous

Grading

Colourist
Lewis Crossfield
Grading company
Time Based Arts

VFX

VFX
Bailey Tom Bailey
Post Producer
Sean Ewins

Commission

Commissioner
John Moule
Label
Alacran Group

Other credits

BTS

George Masters-Clark

Runner/ Playback

Freddie Heppell

Location Service

Bushey Campus

Label Personnel

Steve Rose

Management

Infinite Management

Manager

Mark Anstey, Francesca Curry

Rob Ulitski - 17th Aug 2020

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