Sad Night Dynamite's explosively gruesome promo
Giving off string John Carpenter vibes, Balázs Simon and Cátia Abreu's body-shock music video for abrasive track Wake Up, Pass Out sees bandmates Josh Greacen and Archie Blagden become a gruey phone-snatcher.
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- Director Balazs Simon
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Credits
powered by- Production Company BLINKINK
- Director Balazs Simon
- Executive Producer Josef Byrne
- Head of Production Alex Halley
- Creative Director Will Hooper
- Post Production/VFX Jumpcut
- Post Production/VFX Umbrella
- Color No.8
- Color Producer Charlie Morris
- Colorist Alex Gregory
- VFX Producer Zoltan Hidvegi
- VFX Producer Miklos Kazmer
- Sound Designer Aaron Bentley
- Sound GAS Music
- Sound Supervisor Greg Owens
- Director Catia Abreu
- Producer Rowan Mackintosh King
- Art Director Hara Spyrou
- DP Peter Bishop
- Post Producer Mate Barbalics
- VFX Producer Adam Gyorgy
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Credits
powered by- Production Company BLINKINK
- Director Balazs Simon
- Executive Producer Josef Byrne
- Head of Production Alex Halley
- Creative Director Will Hooper
- Post Production/VFX Jumpcut
- Post Production/VFX Umbrella
- Color No.8
- Color Producer Charlie Morris
- Colorist Alex Gregory
- VFX Producer Zoltan Hidvegi
- VFX Producer Miklos Kazmer
- Sound Designer Aaron Bentley
- Sound GAS Music
- Sound Supervisor Greg Owens
- Director Catia Abreu
- Producer Rowan Mackintosh King
- Art Director Hara Spyrou
- DP Peter Bishop
- Post Producer Mate Barbalics
- VFX Producer Adam Gyorgy
In the time-honoured tradition of 'music videos to give you nightmares' (see Come To Daddy and Oingo Boingo's Insanity for duvet-clutching example), Sad Night Dynamite's Wake Up, Pass Out is more body-horror than body-popper... and all the better for it.
Taking the track's themes of overconsumption and a lack of self-control, BLINKINK's Balázs Simon creates an outrageous tale following a monstrous mutation of performers Josh Greacen and Archie Blagden; utilising detailed prosthetics, CGI , and photoscanned streets to bring the horror to life.
Co-directed by Cátia Abreu, who, as Simon comments, "quite literally took over directing while I got busy getting lost in the morass of VFX techniques", the film's impressive mixture of techniques, alongside its pitch-black humour, makes for an entertaining if chilling ride.
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"I couldn’t be more thankful for the phenomenal folks involved," explains Simon. "We had an incredible team of producers and designers at Blinkink, a superb live-action crew, and my producer Rowan, whose commitment to doing handstands in dubiously cleaned nightclub bathrooms was particularly admirable.
"There were so many puzzle pieces to fit together: CGI magic by massively talented Hungarian friends, sound design by Aaron Bentley, and a masterful grade by Alex Gregory."