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Director @youngreplicant know’s what it’s like to face the potential ruin of a project, and how to make the right decisions to come out on top.

Watch the full breakdown with the link in the bio.

Music Video credits:

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown

Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management

Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

We suspect most people have speculated about how they’ll meet their maker, but in this week’s Feature Video, JJerome87 (a.k.a. Alt-J frontman Joe Newman) throws us an absolute curveball.

"I believe music videos should be potent and so to achieve this I set ideas for treatment within three principals; simple, striking and shocking,” says Joe. Seemingly, the video for his track ‘Brush Me Like A Horse’ does just that by depicting a morbidly bizarre scenario that starts to make way more sense with a little extra explanation. According to Joe, ‘Brush Me Like A Horse’ “is the story of a man slowly turning into a horse. This metamorphosis has the world around him forgetting who he is as people begin to care for him more and more like a horse. This song was inspired partly by something I'd seen a friend go through. They didn't turn into a horse, but their reputation went through a metamorphosis."

“Joe Newman phoned me with an idea for his new track: a public execution via treadmill dangling over a cliff's edge” says the clips director Alex Takács. “It’s an absurd but super visceral image, and if you’re a treadmill hater like me, it immediately provokes a bodily sensation of being off balance. I find them unnatural and weirdly anti-human, so in other words, a perfect device to carry out a dystopian death sentence. I felt there was some good allegorical potential.”

Write up continued in comments ✍️

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

"The shoot itself was particularly challenging due to a tight schedule, large set pieces, and high ambition. On our second, fully sun-baked day we started running into massive rattlesnakes everywhere around the mesa – it was like they were all simultaneously waking up after weeks of rain. We kept having to pivot and find new spots to shoot that lacked tall grass, but it was basically everywhere. " - Director @youngreplicant

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse”

Music Artist: @jjerome87
Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: Darcy Wallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
Prodco Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Prodco EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
Head Of Production: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
PD: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: Pierrette Abbegg
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown
Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management
Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Tech specs:
We shot on the Alexa Mini with Master Primes and a Canon 150-600mm zoom. A few plates and additional shots were on an Alexa 35.

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

DROP OF THE DAY - JJEROME87, BRUSH ME LIKE A HORSE

JJerome87 “Brush Me Like A Horse” @jjerome87 
dir. Alex Takács @youngreplicant
prod. ProdCo @prodcofficial  & Freenjoy @freenjoy
@mikaaltskan @darahamidi

ProdCo’s Alex Takács directs a new music video for “Brush Me Like A Horse,” the debut solo release from alt-J’s Joe Newman under his new moniker JJerome87. A longtime collaborator of Newman’s, Takács stages the film as a sun-bleached fever dream, somewhere between a Sergio Leone western and a twisted daytime game show. What begins as a surreal western tableau slowly sharpens into something more unsettling.

Watch the full video on 1.4 via the link in bio. 

#musicvideo #onepointfour

W149 “Brush Me Like A Horse” music video directed by Alex Takács @youngreplicant for @jjerome87

Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Original Concept: Joe Newman @jjerome87
Creative Direction and Choreography: @darcyjwallace
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x @freenjoy
ProdCo Co-Founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
ProdCo EP: @theohuewilliams
Freenjoy Founder / Producer: Nathan Scherrer
EP & Producer: @tarasheree
HOP: @tommy_gleason
DOP: @mikaaltskan
Producer: @taliiweizman
PM: @natallejastrow
Production Design: @briell_a & @laszlocorp_inc
Stylist: @pierrettenoel
HMUA: @makeupbykandirose
1st AD: siena.browntown

Jjerome87 Under Exclusive Licence To Mushroom Music & Virgin Music Group
MGMT Easy City Management

Edit: @youngreplicant
VFX: @darahamidi

Camera
1st AC: Riley Keeton
2nd Ac Jackson Davis

Grip
Key Grip: Matt Planer
Grip: Jake Condon

Art Department
Props: Paul Mccaffery
Set Dressers: Moises Carranza, Frank Pfeifer

Wardrobe & Make Up
Stylist Assits: Carima Robinson, Noelle Duquette

Stunt Coord: Mundo
Armourer: Leo Kei Angelos

Trainer: Becca Murray
Trainer: Andie

Catering: Del Mar // Armando

Medic: Bradley Smith
PAs: Andres Palou, Antony Trinidad, Clyde Crooks, Nariessa Weatherall

Cast
The Accused: Patrick Gorman
The Advocate: Myles Mcintosh
The Hostess: Shannon Corbett
Camera Man: Boyao Huang
Doctor: David Leonard
Dancer: Scout Nankin, Gia Granto
Guard: Oleksandr Brzhezytskyi, Mark Chinnery, Cartrell Ramont Daniels, Jasen T. Davis, Rebecca Murray
Spectator: Robert Giardina, Liam Shimizu, Sally Spitz

What do you think defines a “small budget” production? DP @dustinlane talk about how he and director @youngreplicant made Sci Fi narrative magic on their recent music video for @vynehall

Watch the full episode. Link in the bio.

W115 ProdCo x Spy Films ‘Destination Canada’ directed by Alex Takács @youngreplicant with Rethink Vancouver for Destination Canada

Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x Spy Films @spy_films
ProdCo Founding Partners / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Spy Films EPs: @mtrulli1, @aasttha, @marchioe
Line Producer: Jill Sartore
Spy Films Producers: @tyklementti, @leahmunro_
PM: Spencer Foley
DOP: @_jeremycox
1st AD: @brett4taylor
Post Production Producer: @anya.mykhailenko

Client: Destination Canada
CMO: Susan Dong
Sr. Manager / Global Owned Media: Adam Brownfield

Agency: Rethink Vancouver
ECD: Don Shelford
CD / AD: Eric Seymour
ACD / CW: Thom Peters
GBL: Mitch McKamey
GAD: Georgia Greenacre
Account Director: Nicole Kerrigan
Sr. Producer: Zara Thomas
Dir. Integrated Production / Partner: Laura Rioux

Edit: Alex Takacs

Color: @royal.muster
Colorist: @mikeypackage
Executive Color Producer: Alexandra Lubrano
Associate Color Producer: Alex Ponce
Color Assists: Zack Wilpon & Patrick Badescu

Music and Sound: Vapor
Creative Director: Dustin Anstey
Sound Designer: Kevin Chamberlain
Audio Mix Engineer: Julian Rudd & Dave Worthen
Producer: Matilde Mata

VFX House: @studiofeather
EP: Emily Goldberg
Compositing Artist: @wateone.films

Conform: Yevgen Yezhov

Film Supply: @kodak_shootfilm
Film Processing: @fotokem_la

W115 ProdCo x Spy Films ‘Destination Canada’ directed by Alex Takács @youngreplicant with Rethink Vancouver for Destination Canada

Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x Spy Films @spy_films
ProdCo Founding Partners / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Spy Films EPs: @mtrulli1, @aasttha, @marchioe
Line Producer: Jill Sartore
Spy Films Producers: @tyklementti, @leahmunro_
PM: Spencer Foley
DOP: @_jeremycox
1st AD: @brett4taylor
Post Production Producer: @anya.mykhailenko

Client: Destination Canada
CMO: Susan Dong
Sr. Manager / Global Owned Media: Adam Brownfield

Agency: Rethink Vancouver
ECD: Don Shelford
CD / AD: Eric Seymour
ACD / CW: Thom Peters
GBL: Mitch McKamey
GAD: Georgia Greenacre
Account Director: Nicole Kerrigan
Sr. Producer: Zara Thomas
Dir. Integrated Production / Partner: Laura Rioux

Edit: Alex Takacs

Color: @royal.muster
Colorist: @mikeypackage
Executive Color Producer: Alexandra Lubrano
Associate Color Producer: Alex Ponce
Color Assists: Zack Wilpon & Patrick Badescu

Music and Sound: Vapor
Creative Director: Dustin Anstey
Sound Designer: Kevin Chamberlain
Audio Mix Engineer: Julian Rudd & Dave Worthen
Producer: Matilde Mata

VFX House: @studiofeather
EP: Emily Goldberg
Compositing Artist: @wateone.films

Conform: Yevgen Yezhov

Film Supply: @kodak_shootfilm
Film Processing: @fotokem_la

W115 ProdCo x Spy Films ‘Destination Canada’ directed by Alex Takács @youngreplicant with Rethink Vancouver for Destination Canada

Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial x Spy Films @spy_films
ProdCo Founding Partners / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Spy Films EPs: @mtrulli1, @aasttha, @marchioe
Line Producer: Jill Sartore
Spy Films Producers: @tyklementti, @leahmunro_
PM: Spencer Foley
DOP: @_jeremycox
1st AD: @brett4taylor
Post Production Producer: @anya.mykhailenko

Client: Destination Canada
CMO: Susan Dong
Sr. Manager / Global Owned Media: Adam Brownfield

Agency: Rethink Vancouver
ECD: Don Shelford
CD / AD: Eric Seymour
ACD / CW: Thom Peters
GBL: Mitch McKamey
GAD: Georgia Greenacre
Account Director: Nicole Kerrigan
Sr. Producer: Zara Thomas
Dir. Integrated Production / Partner: Laura Rioux

Edit: Alex Takacs

Color: @royal.muster
Colorist: @mikeypackage
Executive Color Producer: Alexandra Lubrano
Associate Color Producer: Alex Ponce
Color Assists: Zack Wilpon & Patrick Badescu

Music and Sound: Vapor
Creative Director: Dustin Anstey
Sound Designer: Kevin Chamberlain
Audio Mix Engineer: Julian Rudd & Dave Worthen
Producer: Matilde Mata

VFX House: @studiofeather
EP: Emily Goldberg
Compositing Artist: @wateone.films

Conform: Yevgen Yezhov

Film Supply: @kodak_shootfilm
Film Processing: @fotokem_la

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

A few excerpts and outtakes from my interview with @canal180. Was a strange and beautiful trip to revisit shooting locations around LA and reflect on the past 15+ years of music videos. Great questions and edit from @bautigodoy and wonderful photography by @lucaslind.

In this episode of Director ID, LA based filmmaker Alex Takács @youngreplicant walks us through the ideas and instincts behind some of his most memorable music videos. His approach favors atmosphere over narrative, with a strong visual language shaped by memory, landscape, and the emotional charge of elements like water and fire.

Alex tolds us about how locations often drive his concepts, returning to the same site until something clicks. Along the way, he shares esoteric references that have informed certain videos, like Butoh dance and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. He told us about his work with Sam Dew, Leon Vynehall, alt-J, Flying Lotus, and The xx, each video a response to the music, built through constraint, intuition, and a strong sense of mood.

Find the full episode in the link in bio 🔗, or catch it tonight at 10:30pm #onTV

W109 ‘Dribble to Survive’ directed by Alex Takács @youngreplicant with @wk_ldn for @nike starring @kerolinnicoli

Director: Alex Takács @youngreplicant
Production Company: ProdCo @prodcofficial
ProdCo Co-founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Managing Director / Partner / EP: Jon Adams
Executive Producer: @cathgreen1
Head of Production / EP: @samlevene99
Producer: @saraacummins
Production Manager: @nataliejaneisaac
Associate Producer: @lottie_aspinall
Treatment Coordinator: Ophelia O’Sullivan
Production Assistant: Ameerah Ayyad
DOP: @dustinlane
Production Designer: @markjonathanconnell
Costume Designer: @miss.p.fashion.stylist
Football Choreography: @sportsonscreen
Makeup: @loumccannmakeup
Hair: Sarah Wright
1st AD: @hayleylwilliams

Editorial: @trimediting
Editors: @thomasgcarter
Trim Asst Editor: Joey Henshaw
Producers: Noreen Khan, Tatyana Alexandra

Music:
Music Supervisor Jake Buckley at Wieden + Kennedy Music
Music Supervisor Jon Rust at @halfsourmusic

Mix: @jim_db
Sound Design: @mark_h_sound
Audio EP: @savannahrk
Audio Post: @harborpictureco

Color: @_baconx_
Colorist: @hanniballang_colour

VFX: @_baconx_
EP/Partners: Lorene Lescanne, Lars Wagner
VFX Supervisor/CD: Jonas Drehn, Jan Tvilling, Mikkel Hansen
2D Artists: Olivia O’Neil, Timo Huber, Adam Fenwick
3D Leads: Thomas Haas-Christensen, Dennis Brahnson
3D Artists: Julia Forsman, Sebastian Schafer, Mike Monster, Mats Andersson, Rickard Didriksson, Gabi Popov, Tue Toft Sørensen, Marie Alsing, Arthur Dalvig, Julián Sánchez González
Lead Compositor: Thomas Banner
Compositors: Oliver Buus, Mikkel Hansen, Lonni Wong, Anselm Leir, Linnea Petersson, Dan Dirckinck, Robert Rankin
Conform: Søren Gorm Knudsen
VFX Producer: Crystal Campbell
Production Coordinator: Charly K Martensson
HOP: Rikke Gjerlov Hansen
Shoot Supervisor: Jonas Drehn, Mikkel Hansen
Concept/Research: Teo Cardel, Ditte Marie Ludvigsen

Graphics: @timebasedarts

Tracking and Matchmove: QLBeans
Rotoscope: VFX Pick
Rigging & Modelling: StudioP

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

Alex Takács directs ‘Cruel Love’ for Leon Vynehall.

A hallucinatory dive into identity, distortion, and strange loops of the psyche.

on #DirectorsLibrary ↗
𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩” 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 💬

@youngreplicant

W102 ‘Scary Good’ directed by @ianponsjewell featuring films by Alex Takács @youngreplicant, @alice_kunisue, @leehardcastle, @leonnward, @lunacarmoon, @maumorgo, @panicstudio, @rickdarge, Thomas Ormonde @mr_woofers for @nike with @wk_ldn

Directors: Ian Pons Jewell with featured films by Alex Takács, Alice Kunisue, Lee Hardcastle, Leonn Ward, Luna Carmoon, Mau Morgó, Panic Studio, Rick Darge, Thomas Ormonde
Production Company: ProdCo
ProdCo Co-founders / EPs: @ianponsjewell & Zico Judge
Managing Director / Partner / EP: Jon Adams
Executive Producer: @cathgreen1
Head of Production / EP: @samlevene99
Associate Producer: @lottie_aspinall
Treatment Coordinator: Ophelia O'Sullivan

Starring: @k.mbappe, @alexiaputellas, @erling, @salmaparalluelo, @vinijr, samanthakerr20, @colepalmer10, @kerolinnicoli, @ronaldo, @ronaldinho

Agency: @wk_ldn
CDs: @albertpukies, @beccapottinger, Phil Rosieur
Sr Creatives: @willwellsofficial, @damcrockett
CCOs: @anabalarin, @hermeti
Joint Heads of Production: Richard Adkins, Amy Leach
AV Producer: Aurelie Livera
Post Producer: Lucy Edwards
Print & Animation Producer: Elin Tiberg
Asst. Producer: Lwimbo Malanda
Creative Operations Manager: Bex Calway
Designer: Ben Arfur, Jon Barnett, Harry Wakefield
Motion Designer: Jon Harris
Head of Studio: David Brodie
Studio Artworker: Sophia Anastasiou
WracK (In-House Prod) Producer: Jade Lamb
WracK (In-House Prod) Editor: Sof Vujanic
Head of Music: Jake Buckley
Strategy Dirs: Huw Devine, Sidney Henne
Head of Comms Planning: Anjali Patel
Senior Strategist: Hannah Vatandoust
Chief Strategy Officer: Dan Hill
Group Account Dir: Alice Shaw
Account Dir: Olli Rosicourt
Account Manager: Conny Yan
President: Ryan Fisher
Head of Business Affairs: Helena Tomas
Business Affairs Manager: Alex Coomer

Client: @nike
Brand CD: Ben Mclaughlin
Operations Dir: Miko Cowan
EP: Amy Berriochoa
Producer: Nick Roldan
Brand Narrative: Sabrina Hunt
Business Affairs: Maddy Bishop