Henry Scholfield troops les couleurs for Stromae
In an epic and intricately choreographed promo, 500 extras and dancers join the Belgian singer-songwriter to witness the funeral of a courtesan.
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Credits
powered by
- Production Company Wanda
- Director Henry Scholfield
- Production Co. Hamlet
- Production Service Abyssal Process
- Post Production Digital District/Paris
- DP Pat Aldinger
- Executive Producer Olivier Dubocage
- Executive Producer Jason Felstead
- Executive Producer Ruben Goots
- Line Producer Remy Solomon
- Line Producer Isabelle Labeylie
- Production Coordinator Chloe Goueilhe
- Post Production Olivier Glandais
- Post Production Francois Breteche
- Shoot Supervisor Jao M'changama
- Editor Walter Mauriot
- Editor Ellie Johnson
- Editor Gwennael Ghelid
- Post Producer Carlota Xavier
- Post Production Francois Schmidt
- Colorist Arthur Paux
- Head of 3D Sylvain Sarradin
- Head of 3D et VFX Supervisor Marc-Thomas Cave
Credits
powered by
- Production Company Wanda
- Director Henry Scholfield
- Production Co. Hamlet
- Production Service Abyssal Process
- Post Production Digital District/Paris
- DP Pat Aldinger
- Executive Producer Olivier Dubocage
- Executive Producer Jason Felstead
- Executive Producer Ruben Goots
- Line Producer Remy Solomon
- Line Producer Isabelle Labeylie
- Production Coordinator Chloe Goueilhe
- Post Production Olivier Glandais
- Post Production Francois Breteche
- Shoot Supervisor Jao M'changama
- Editor Walter Mauriot
- Editor Ellie Johnson
- Editor Gwennael Ghelid
- Post Producer Carlota Xavier
- Post Production Francois Schmidt
- Colorist Arthur Paux
- Head of 3D Sylvain Sarradin
- Head of 3D et VFX Supervisor Marc-Thomas Cave
If there's one thing that can be gleaned by looking at his body of work, it's that Henry Scholfield does not make life easy for himself.
In this Wanda/Hamlet co-production for the track Fils de Joie, which is the Scholfield's second collaboration with Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae, the director presents a genuinely jaw-dropping state funeral (shot in Brussels, but set in an unnamed, fiction country) of a national heroine, a courtesan.
With the song itself being a tribute to sex workers and their children, the video's setting and tone is all too acute, but what really dazzles is the incredible scale at which Scholfield recreates the event; utilising 500 extras and dancers for a dazzling marriage of choreography and drone photography.
