George A. Romero’s 1968 cult horror feature classic Night of the Living Dead provided creative inspiration for Run The Jewels’ “Never Look Back” music video. Consisting of Killer Mike and E1-P, the Run The Jewels hip-hop group had showcased the track on its “RTJ4, album which came out last year. The video of the track premiered at last month’s Adult Swim Festival in Los Angeles.
Directed by John Hillcoat–whose credits include the acclaimed features The Road and The Proposition–the “Never Look Back” music video places Killer Mike and E1-P literally into clips from Night of the Living Dead, alongside members of the original cast. The hip-hop artists find themselves pursued by zombies in an isolated rural town. The hip-hoppers try to find refuge in an old farmhouse but to no avail.
The reimaginging of Night of the Living Dead was sublimely driven by a score from music/sound house Barking Owl.
CreditsClient Run the Jewels Production Blank Films Inc. John Hillcoat, director; Jonathan Pavesi, producer; Shawn Peters, DP. Editorial Exile Editorial Zaldy Lopez, editor. VFX/Post Glassworks Urs Furrer, VFX; Scott Harris, colorist/head of color. Music Barking Owl, bicoastal Kelly Bayett, creative director; Jacob Plasse, composer; Stuart St. Vincent Welch, sound designer; Mikayla Petersen, assistant sound designer; Ashley Benton, producer. Audio Post Barking Owl, bicoastal Stuart St. Vincent Welch, mixer.
The Best Work You May Never See: C3P, No Fixed Address Show Us There Are No “Safe Spaces” In Canada When Kids Are Online
Creative agency No Fixed Address has partnered with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) to raise awareness about the alarming increase in online child sexual exploitation in Canada. The “Safe Spaces” campaign alerts parents to the fact that nowhere is currently safe for a Canadian child--not their school, not their playground, not even their own bedroom--as soon as they’re online.
This “Safe Spaces” public service film--directed by Amélie Hardy via production company Carton Rouge--features the mothers of six victims of online sexual exploitation, telling their kid’s stories from the same places they assumed their child would be safe. These courageous moms have not only suffered the nightmare of what happened to their children, they’ve suffered under the assumption by many Canadians that it is somehow their fault for not keeping their children safe. This is the preconception the “Safe Spaces” campaign seeks to change. This can happen to anyone. Predators are everywhere online. And they’re targeting everyone. The campaign is urging Canadians to support the federal government’s Online Harms Bill, which would require social media companies to provide meaningful protection to children online.
“These courageous moms chose to share their heartbreaking stories to help Canadians understand why we desperately need legislation to protect our children from dangerous spaces online, just like we do offline,” said Lianna McDonald, executive director of C3P. “This is why we need safety regulations for the platforms kids use every day, as proposed in the Online Harms Bill.”
Alexis Bronstorph, chief creative officer at No Fixed Address, said, “We were blown away by the courage of these moms for sharing their stories.... Read More