LONDON, UK — PRETTYBIRD Director Sophie Muller has directed the music video for Kylie’s new track ‘A Second to Midnight’, featuring Years & Years who co-wrote the track. Muller’s direction sees the leopard print-clad duo dance around under a spotlight, briefly switching roles throughout the video.
‘A Second to Midnight’ is taken from ‘DISCO: Guest list edition’. The esteemed choreographer Theo Adams, a PRETTYBIRD collaborator who recently choreographed an incredible performance by Years & Years with Elton John at the Brit Awards, was performance director of Kylie’s new promo. In the video, a choreographed routine takes over the venue – made up of dancers donning Olly and Kylie masks. Juliette Larthe Exec produced with Chris Murdoch producing and cinematrography by Franklin Dow.
PRETTYBIRD UK Co-Founder Juliette Larthe said: “The insanely wonderful pairing of the maverick Alchemists of vision and movement, the genius’s of vespertine delights – Sophie Muller and Theo Adams – repeatedly inculcate the aureate of their crafts individually, and now together for the first time with Kylie and Olly. The result is Epic-ness of the most MAJORNESS and we utterly love it.”
During a prolific career that has seen her work with some of contemporary music’s most iconic figures, Sophie Muller has shot more than 300 music videos and has worked multiple times with Kylie. Sophie has won many awards including Grammy, several MTV awards and a Brit Award for her work with musicians including; Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Pink.
CREDITS
Director: Sophie Muller
Performance Director: Theo Adams
Director of Photography: Franklin Dow
Dancers: Meshach Henry, Masumi Saito, Harrison Claxton, Joshua James Smith, Max Cookward, Jal Joshua, Takeshi Matsumoto, Kibrea Carmichael, Iona Lily McGuire, Annakanako Mohri, Liam Elliot Francis, Imogen Alvares
Production Company: PRETTYBIRD UK
Exec Producer: Juliette Larthe
Producer: Chris Murdoch
Production Manager: Poppy Ashton
Production Assistant: Josh Collings
Production Runner: Christine Ubochi
1st AD: Chris Kelly
2nd AD: Callum Toms
Runner: Nessie Appleton
Runner: Edie Kelly
Runner: Zoë Bradley
Work Experience: Emily Leggatt
1st AC: Juan Sanchez Minotta
1st AC: Naomi Hancock
2nd AC: Holly Smyth
Camera Trainee: Sarah Frasson
Steadicam: Jay Gomez
Gaffer: Alex Cullen
Spark: Lloyd Rubio
Spark: Harrison Newman
Spark: Harry Buck
Desk Op: Elliot Linehan-Cross
Stylist (Kylie): Ed Marler
Stylist’s Assistant / Seamstress: Row Seward
Makeup Artist (Kylie): Andrew Gallimore
Hair Stylist (Kylie): Christian Vermaak
Nails (Kylie): Edyta
Stylist (Olly): Nick Royal
Makeup Artist (Olly): Joe Brooks
Hair Stylist (Olly): Reve Taku Zen Ryu
Production Designer: Alison Dominitz
Assistant Art Director: George Torode
Prop Buyer: Nuria Gambau
Choreographer: Masumi Saito
Choreographer: Meshach Henry
Choreographer: Theo TJ Lowe
Edit & Grade: Sophie Muller
Commissioner: Faye Purcell
Record Label: BMG
Camera provided by SLV Studio
Lighting provided by SHL
