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Skaiwater 'Tiana' by Ricky Gibb

Rob Ulitski - 8th Feb 2021

Ricky Gibb directs a dark and disjointed love story for Skaiwater's Tiana. 

Contrasting the shiny-pop soundtrack with a decidedly more poignant narrative, we see Tiana - an ex-lover of Skaiwater - attempt to rid herself of hangover and heartbreak alike, while tormented by her memory of the artist.

Featuring a flurry of dynamic camera movement and vibrant lighting - care of DoP Joshua Fry - the concept is punchy and concise, with an ending that defies expectations. 

RICKY GIBB:

I was intrigued by the idea that one could be so tormented by the memory of an ex-lover that reality could blur. 

"Listening to the track, it immediately felt bright and poppy. Because of this, I wanted to pull things aesthetically and conceptually in the opposite direction. I wanted to look at the bleaker side of love, and explore the residual torment one may feel when healing from a recent heartbreak.

"I was intrigued by the idea that one's mind could be so tormented by the memory of an ex-lover that reality could blur, forcing their surroundings to become equally as tormented as their mind.

"When developing the concept, in my mind, the character of Tiana did no longer hold the artist in high regard. She had sought to move on, and in fact, found the memory of him to be a burden. With this in mind, I wanted the embodiment of this memory to physically be a burden to the space they shared also; slumped throughout the home with little grace or regality.

"It was important to me for the memory to have its own motive and purpose too whilst moving through the day, visually becoming more emboldened as Tiana continued to awaken and inevitably dwell upon the doomed relationship further.

"I found it interesting to toy with the notion that thoughts and feelings and memories that we so wish we could rid our minds of really do battle for their continued survival sometimes."

Rob Ulitski - 8th Feb 2021

Tags

  • Performance
  • Surreal
  • Hip Hop
  • Dream Trap
  • Love
  • Heartbreak

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Ricky Gibb
Producer
Jack Wiles
Production Company
Logstore Films
1st AD
George O’ Regan

Camera

Director of Photography
Joshua Fry
Focus Puller
Ashton Born
2nd AC
Matthew Hollis

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Camil Liberto

Art

Art Director
Ash Halliburton

Wardrobe

Hair
Sogol Razi
Make-up
Sogol Razi
Wardrobe
Yasmine Sabri

Editorial

Editor
Ricky Gibb
Editing company
Studio Hulk

Grading

Colourist
Jonny Tully
Grading company
Tag Collective Arts

VFX

Post Producer
George Blomiley

Other credits

PA

James Clements

Steadicam

Tommaso Colelli

Spark

Kristian Delahoy

Prod Company

Studio Hulk

Spark

Matthew Wilson

Art Assistant

Emily England

Art Assistant

Vasco Oliviera

BTS Photo

Amanda Fordyce

Additional Talent

Deborah Arantes

Rob Ulitski - 8th Feb 2021

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