Prism Prize Spotlight Videos: 5 For Ones Gone Too Soon

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Five music videos for the ones that are gone too soon

Whether someone was taken too soon, the love of your life got away, or you are just recounting the times when you were together, these five music videos from Canadian artists help put everything into perspective. 

Chad Price - "Broken Open" 

Take a journey of self-healing after the loss of a groundbreaking love in this video for “Broken Open” by Chad Price. Directed by Price and Christopher Evans, the lyrics of the song mixed with the visuals of the beautifully shot video help depict the inner monologue of a heartbroken Price. “Sometimes being ‘Broken Open’ is necessary to open up and evolve into the best versions of ourselves.” 

CREDITS:

Producer: Christopher Evans/Sevens Studio

Director(s): Chad Price & Christopher Evans

Cinematographer/Colour: Nik Pilecki

1st AC: Alice Do

Key Grip: Dave Barret

Production Manager/BTS: Rachel Long

BTS/Production Assistant: Jon Lines

Editor: Chad Price

Casting Director: Carly Granovsky 

Assistant Editor: Adrian Ryan

Video Consultant: Matthew Johnston

Shot on Arri 

Starring

Rosemary Sadlier

Savannah Bangoura

Carla Awani

This video was created thanks to the generous support of the MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television)

Jon Vinyl & Jeremy Passion - "Thinkin’ Bout You" 

Your mind can be your worst enemy, especially after someone you love gets away. “Thinkin' ‘Bout You” by Jon Vinyl and Jeremy Passion explores the thought, “are they thinking about me like I’m thinking about them?”. The video, directed by Jordan Lee, shows imagery of a couple together and subsequently apart in the same setting. It’s a reminder to cherish the moments spent with those you love when you have them. 

CREDITS:

Director: Jorden Lee

Colour: Clinton Hamuth - ArtJail

Kiana - "Wait on Me" (ft. Lou Celestino) 

What happens when a force out of your control pulls you away from the one you love most? This video from Kiana for “Wait on Me” featuring Lou Celestino is a tribute to those who were ripped apart from each other for standing up for what they believe in. If the love and bond is strong enough, nothing will tear you apart.

CREDITS:

Director & Editor: Sina Dolati 

Producer: Shaghayegh Haghdoust 

Production Company: LOVE 

Director of Photography: Bryce Zimmerman 

Production Manager: Kia Mozaffari 

Assistant Director: Eric Lee 

Production Designer: Joe Desousa 

Wardrobe Stylist: Angie Jayasinghe @bby_aj

Starring as ‘The Guard’: Pouyan Azarkaman 

VFX Producer: Daniel Pianezza 

On Set VFX Supervisor: Daniel Pianezza 

Compositor: Daniel Shpuntov 

3D Environment Artist: Daniel Shpuntov 

3D Lighting Artist: Daniel Shpuntov

Hair, makeup & spfx artist: Julia Karmasin 

Hair, makeup & spfx assistant: Tanya Bishoff

Choreographer: Shakiba Fadaee

Sound designer: Anthony Abbatangelo

Colour: Kevin Wu / Artjail @bykevinwu 

1st assistant camera: Oleksii Furdiiak

2nd assistant camera: Patrycia Daszkowski

Steadicam Operator: Michael Distefano 

Gaffer: Roham Abtahi 

Key grip: Scarlett Stinson 

Swing grip: Behnood Abedi 

DIT: Pasha Soltani 

Cinematography Mentee: Anthony Sardo 

BTS Crew: Shayla Anderson, Arman Sadrazadeh, Adrianna Marling, Emmanuel Teji @armansaturday @adrimarling 

Craft Services: Yazdan Kahlaee 

Production Assistants: Arad Youssefi, Sina Saghaei, Niki Assadian, Pasha Soltani 

Special thank you to Canada Film Equipment

Shot in studio.b 

This video was created thanks to the generous support of the MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television).

Mustafa - "Name of God"

In everything Mustafa does, the honours go to his late brother, who was taken from him and his family too soon, and the song & video for “Name of God” is no different. Directed by Mustafa himself, the video sees the singer dancing in different scenarios: surrounded by people dressed in traditional Muslim garb, hands undressing him, and a number of weapons pointed at his face. Ending on a beautiful tribute to his brother. 

CREDITS:

Director: Mustafa Ahmed

Director of Photography (DP): Aaron Alter

Editor and Colorist: Reed King Bee

Producers: Omar Albach & Nafeesa Ahmed

Choreography: Shama Mahmoud & Lenny Dela Pena

Super8 Footage: Kit Weyman

Sean Leon- "Gravity"

Gone but not forgotten is the message in the new release from Sean Leon for his song “Gravity”. Directed by Jorden Lee, this Moose Knuckles Heatmakers x Prism Prize Music Video Production Grant visual helps to bridge the gap between the love of the living and the ones who have passed.

CREDITS:

Starring 

Sean Leon

Kahlil Hackett

Xylo Leon

Director - Jorden Lee 

Producer - Imad Elsheikh

Production - PIQUE 

Production Partner - PUPIL, Kahlil Hackett, Hameem Khan

EP - Imad Elsheikh

Creative Manager - Nancy Eld

PM - Hajer Mustafa

1st AD - Michael Falco 

Action Director c/o Fast Motion Studios - Plato Fountidakis

Special Effects Coordinator c/o NEXUS Canada SPFX - James Sled 

Cinematographer - Jeremy Cox

1st AC - Nick Petrie 

2nd AC / Loader - Ben Dabu

Gaffer - Dakota Mazzuca 

Best Electric - Olivier Suprenant  

Best Electric - JC Mendoza 

Key Grip - Dexter Calleja

Best Grip - Tim Doughty

3rd Grip - Max Vartanian

Production Designer - Ema Walters

Art Assistant - Cat Calica 

Art Assistant - Lydia Mehari  

Art Assistant - Quinn Fleck  

Wardrobe Stylist - Sarah Vee 

MUA - Franceline Graham

Editor - Jorden Lee 

Colorist - Sam Gilling 

Colour Coordinator - Sophie Reynolds  

Color Studio - BaconX 

VFX - Adom Woods

BTS Video - Brian FM  

BTS Video - Pax 

Sound Design - Sean Leon, Andrew Gonzalez

PA - Yousif Mustafa 

PA - Jevaughn Stewart-Hinds

PA - Ivan Cheung

PA - Terrell Kuteyi 

Talent

Tré Akula

Keesha Chung 

Nile Japal 

Judy Al- Harazi

Special Thanks

Jordan Fall 

Rachelle Dean

St. Anne's Anglican Church

This music video was created thanks to the generous support of the Moose Knuckles Heatmakers x Prism Prize Music Video Production Grant, a joint initiative of Moose Knuckles and the Prism Prize (administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television).