Prism Prize Video Spotlight: 5 Music Videos That Depict Individuality
Everyone wants to be different, individual, and unique. These 5 videos show you that dancing on your own and to the beat of your own drum should be cherished.
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Everyone wants to be different, individual, and unique. These 5 videos show you that dancing on your own and to the beat of your own drum should be cherished. Take solace in the solitude of your own body and mind. Why be ordinary when you can just be you?
Bahamas: I’m Still
The video for I’m Still by Bahamas showcases self-reflection in its most accurate form as singer Afie Jurvanen can be seen on a solo journey through the High Head Trail in beautiful Nova Scotia. Directed by Jason Levangie, this video sees Afie contemplative one moment and over-joyed and playful the next as he can be seen in different environments. Nothing says individuality like the line “he just do what he do” as part of this single.
CREDITS:
Video director: Jason Levangie
Video producer: Barchords Inc. / Jason Levangie
Video editor: Charles Jannasch
Cinematographer: Paul McCurdy
Stylist: Sarah Haydon Roy
Production Company: Shut Up & Colour Pictures Inc.
La Force: How do you love a man
Directed by Ali Vanderkruyk, Caely White, and La Force artist Ariel Engle, the video for La Force’s How do you love a man explores how your desire to change shape in order to commune with a spirit takes hold of you. This sparse black-and-white portraiture, which is ghostly in nature, shows loneliness in its most authentic form. How far would you go to connect with a soul that is no longer embodied? Find out by watching this captivating video.
CREDITS:
Directors): Ali Vanderkruyk, Ariel Engle, and Caely White.
Camera & edit: Ali Vanderkruyk
Produced by: Sara Melvin
Creative Director: Ali Vanderkruyk, Ariel Engle, Caely White
Titles: Lauren Armstrong
Mah Moud: 12
Mah Moud’s 12 is the final song from his album Abdalla and is full of soul and longing. This video, which was directed by Ryan Fanseda, follows Mah Moud around the city of Toronto, utterly entranced in his own world and demanding thoughts. As he goes through the video, you can sense the inner fight he is dealing with as the people around him are visibly in love, while Mah Moud can’t seem to get there. All the emotions of his loneliness come to fruition at the end of the video, where we see him fall down a steep slope, slowly coming to terms with his feelings.
CREDITS:
Director: Ryan Fanseda
Producer: Luísa Cruz
Assistant Director: Patrick Acenas
Production Manager: Jamie Li
Production Coordinator: Sahil Asthana
DP: Tristan Ng
1st AC: Marco Cheng, Jason Lin
Gaffer: Chris Atkins
Key Grip: Will Le
Grip: Winnie Murphy
Wardrobe: Jamie Li
HMUA: Bronte Brazier
Editor: Patrick Acenas
Colourist: Joel Rodriguez
Location Scout: Erik Babinski
PAs: Kurt Rafil, Leo Fanseda
BTS Photographer: Erik Babinski
Production Accountant: Kwan Woo Chang
Management: Heather Kelly and Dave Guenette
In association with piratesblend
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) (slave stamp from funders).
Special Thanks: Ontario Camera
Background talent: Adam H. Murray, Allen Sutedja, Alex da Costa, Alex Sadowski, Amaar Ismail, Amita Asthana, Antonio, Atul Asthana, Ayaka Kuroki, Billy, Boxlong Li, Brian Han, Cameron Lau, David Jones, Deepak Surya, Erik Babinski, Genelle Cruz, Gloria Wu, Isaiah Cambridge, J.D. Trinidad, Jiahao Yang, Jocelyn Li, Jonathan Matta, Judah Henry, Leonardo, Kristen, Kyle Galsim, Laly, Lia De Groot, Luíza Barboza, Madeline Kim, Mahammed Ismail, Myles Isley, Noah Kim, Osman Ismail, Parris Radan, Rafael Alfonso, Rafaelle, Roy Llanes, Sahil Ashtana, Sharon da Costa, Sherry, Shun Yu, Tania Kwan, Tegin Davis, Antonio Keleta
Planet Giza: Quiet On The Set
Montreal-based band Planet Giza’s newest video for Quiet On The Set sees the boys being judges for an audition in order for them to find “the one.” When the search seems to be taking a turn, they light up a device to help them decide. When one of the dancers catches Tony’s eye, we see the environment around them change as he begins living in the “what if” until eventually the magical machine transports us to infinity where all fantasies and realities with this person come to life.
CREDITS:
Co-Directed by Will Albu & Dovi
Director of Photography : Will Albu
Creative Director : Dovi
Starring : Tony Stone
Music Producer : Rami B
Music Producer : DoomX
Choreographer & Dancer 3 : Misheel Ganbold
Dancer 1 : Tessie Isaac
Dancer 2 : Lou Amsellem
Cam Operator : Tristan Alain
Camera Assitant : Léa Barsalou
Chief Electrician : Félix Tétreault
Gaffer : Clémentine Martin
Production Coordinator : Axel Robin
Styling by Samuel Pronovost
Hair & WIGS BY Roxanne Selleck
Makeup by Anna Migdissova
Creative Casting By Jon Lim & Axel Robin
Craft Chef : Monica Rogil
Special thanks to:
Naomi Hilaire
Jaa Smith-Johnson
Ja James Britton Johnson
Olivier Picard & David Pierrat (Studio Notre-Dame)
AWAL
Radiant Baby: Inconnue
This sultry music video from Radiant Baby for Inconnue, which was directed by Catherine White, has the artist searching for a fantasy that isn’t there. Through the lens of the camera, Radiant Baby, a.k.a Félix Mongeon flirts with obsession and longing while moving among a motel room to find the perfect love that is just out of reach.
CREDITS:
Réalisation : Catherine White
Production : Consulat
Productrice: Marie-Jeanne Anglehart
Producteur exécutif: Gabriel Roussil
Direction Photo : Juliette Lossky
Assistant Caméra: Alec Lemonde
Steadicam operator: Mathéo Lemay
Chef Machino : Samuel Labarre
Chef Electro: Pierre-Luc Jobin
Best Boy: Virgile Ratelle
Chorégraphie et Interprète: Lauri-Ann Lauzon
Direction artistique: Judith Maltais
Assistants aux Décors: Adrien Baudet, Mathieu Lambert, Isaie Dumoulin
Costumes: Marik Thexton
HMUA: Arielle
BTS & Shadow director: Ariana Molly
Coordination de production: Alexandre Potvin
Assistant de Production: Léonie Fontaine
Montage: Catherine White, Adrian Villagomez
Colorisation: Simon Boisx chez Archetype
Compositing: Philippe St-Arnaud
Chargée de projet / Archetype: Khadija Ellouze
Sound design: Ilyaa Ghafouri
Titre: Alexis Coutu-Marion
Effets Titres: Vincent Bilodeau
Location d’équipement: Cineground, Main film
Développement films: Niagara custom lab
