SMUGGLER's Nina Holmgren Directs "Intruded" Music Video For Justine Skye
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Filmmaker Nina Holmgren’s latest short film “Intruded” for Justine Skye guest-starring Bella Hadid and Lil’ Yachty is a meticulously crafted and nuanced commentary on communication through screens and self-obsession in the age of social media. Influenced by the video art of Nam June Paik and the heightened music video aesthetic of the ‘90s, Holmgren crafted her own distorted visual language to explore distinctly modern themes through a retro futuristic lens.
“Intruded” is the debut track off Skye’s forthcoming album Space & Time, produced by Timbaland. While the short film primarily features “Intruded,” it subtly teases two upcoming tracks off the album as well.
Produced by SMUGGLER, the voyeuristic video is set in a highly art directed surveillance room, complete with mini-DV cameras, computer monitors, cell phones, TV screens, and other familiar trappings of a technological past. The considered setting serves as a visual metaphor for the film’s overarching thesis, while also commenting on electronic waste.
Through this collision of digital and analog, Holmgren has created a film that’s sensual and fashionable, ethereal and intentional, full of iconic and hypnotic imagery, further emphasized by Skye’s infused performance. Holmgren has written, directed and edited a stand-alone piece of video art worthy of gallery exhibition while simultaneously being the perfect companion piece to the track itself.
Production SMUGGLER Nina Holmgren, director, editor; Patrick Milling-Smith, Brian Carmody, Elizabeth Doonan, exec producers; Lucy Bradley, producer; Jeremy Balender, DP; Max Randall, production designer; Lauren Groves, stylist; Issac Poleon, hair stylist; Esther Edeme, make-up; Saul Nash, movement director. Creative Direction E&E Creative SFX Matter SFX Gaaron Clarke, production supervisor; Erik Ferguson, Wirat Johannessen, Per Viggo Bergsvik, VFX artists; Eirik Heldal, Appart, VFX producer; B.ART, VFX touch up. Color John O’Riordan, colorist; Tom Viney, Punderson Gardens, color producer. Sound Design Ballad Gregers Maersk Moeller, sound producer; Philip Flindt, sound design. Editorial Cameo Mikkel Stenild, edit assistant; Luca Chapman, insert editor. Graphics Stefan Arnoldus, graphic design; Ralph Dennis, graphics. Postproduction Pete Smith, post supervisor.