Vance Joy gives us divine feelings
Director Bill Bleakley from MOFA has directed an epic music video for Vance Joy, the acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter and musician.
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Director Bill Bleakley from MOFA has directed an epic music video for Vance Joy, the acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter and musician.
Bleakley explains: "The brief for these videos was very open, but Vance Joy’s manager Rach suggested videos that interconnect in some way. I pitched them Bonnie and Clyde in the Aussie outback and they were in. Continuing the same storyline over two videos made sense as it allows the audience to spend more time with these characters.
Divine Feelings is actually part two of our story, part one will be released when the song Fascination In The Dark is released in a couple of weeks. Releasing part two first is an unexpected way to do it, but we thought it was more interesting this way. I worked with Vance Joy and his team for previous video for Every Side Of You, that clip went on to win an ARIA for best music video so the expectations for this project were high! The brief was very open and Vance Joy’s team gave me a lot of freedom in the production process which was awesome."
Credits
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- Production Company MOFA
- Director Bill Bleakley
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Credits
View on- Production Company MOFA
- Director Bill Bleakley
- Sound Post Production Rumble Studios
- Executive Producer Lucy Knox
- DP Alex Serafini
- Editor Shannon Michaelas
- VFX Artist Leon Woods
- Colorist Billy Wychgel
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Credits
powered by- Production Company MOFA
- Director Bill Bleakley
- Sound Post Production Rumble Studios
- Executive Producer Lucy Knox
- DP Alex Serafini
- Editor Shannon Michaelas
- VFX Artist Leon Woods
- Colorist Billy Wychgel
"Our main references for the clip were the films Badlands by Terrence Malick and Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott. Both of these films capture the landscape in a really beautiful way and the characters feel very free whist being on the run. We shot the videos in Mount Isa and Cloncurry in Western Queensland, not only do they have a desert/Americana vibe they also offered us consistent weather that had a summer feel to it. There isn’t a huge film industry in these towns, so our crew was a bit of a novelty and locals really embraced us. Everything we asked for (locations, vehicles etc) we got a “yes" whereas in the city you often get a lot of “no’s”.
Aside from our two amazing stars Erana James (Alien: Earth) and Tom Wilson (Heart Break High), all of our cast members worked in the stores/restaurants/motels that we filmed them in. Although we had a solid plan for both of these clips, we ended up improvising most of these scenes which made the filming process really exciting. The people who supplied the Mustang were a really nice retired local couple. They were very keen to help out and on the first day of shooting they arrived an hour early, brought their son and granddaughter and set up chairs and watched us make the video. By the end of the shoot, they were pretty much part of the crew and were helping out with rigging the camera to their car and stunt driving.
I feel very lucky to be able to go away to the outback for a few days with friends, film car chases and robbery scenes and call it my job. Long live music videos!"
