Special post for the stars of the video, Georgia Curtis @georgiaamoducurtis and Dan Styles @actiondanstyles .
Once we had the concept, it was quite challenging to find someone with that level of acting and sword skill at the same time to tell this narrative. We must have gone through over 100 people, and none of them quite hit what we were after, to the point that we weren’t sure we could actually make the video. Until we had a chat with Georgia, and suddenly it all clicked. The amount of work and bravery she gave us to make sure we got the video we were after is enormous. We’re truly grateful to have found such a collaborator in her.
The same goes for our other star, Dan, who had to deal with two people who hadn’t choreographed a fight before, on an incredibly ambitious four and a half minute song where the fight had to tell a story. No budget and no time before we convinced him to get on a plane to Prague with Georgia and somehow put it all together with two days of rehearsal time.
And yet somehow we did it, with them giving us their trust and energy, that we would make them look good on screen through our sheer will and blind belief. That kind of trust is rare, and it’s what Joe and I keep coming back to when we think about this one.
Thank you. 🖤⚫️
Somewhere in the middle of all that noise of seduction, destruction and suffocation, someone decides to fight back.
Seventeen Days is the second release from Supermodel - the creative project of @helloemile and @joevconnor . Bigger, sharper, and harder to shake than anything they’ve made before.
SUPERMODEL | @supermodel.studio
Emile Rafael | @helloemille & Joe Connor | @joevconnor
Directed by:
Supermodel | @supermodel.studio
Co-Production by:
Closer | @closer.video
FutureFrank | @futurefrank.xyz
La Pac | @la_pac
Rogue Films | @roguefilms
Executive Producers —
Jérôme Denis | @flyingjed
Kate Taylor | @curlykatetaylor
James Howland | @howland.james
Matouš Marcinko | @palmeerek
Miguel Teixeira | @_ohmiguel_ miguel
Head of Production – Gussie Peile | @_gp_production
Production Company – Closer | @closer.video
Producer – Matouš Marcinko | @palmeerek
Production Manager – Daniela Pechmanová | @danielapechmanova
1st Assistant Director – Petr Kadeřábek | @petrk2
Production Assistant – Valerie Kulas | @valeriakulas
Director of Photography – Martijn Melis | @martijnmelis
1st Assistant Camera – Petr Soukup | @pitrsonskp
2nd Assistant Camera – Tomáš Cicu | @tomas_cicu
VTR & DIT – Michal Machulda
Gaffer – Václav Taichmann | @vaclav_labsix
Electrician – Václav Sus
Electrician – Michal Šeděnka
Electrician – Jaroslav Sládek
Key Grip – Ludvík Hradílek | @abuludvik
Steadicam – Daniel Vagenknecht | @danielvagenknecht
BTS Photography – Rita Watson | @rita____baby
Camera Rental – Vantage | @vantagefilmpraha
Light Rental – TK Light
Grip Rental – Just Grips | @justgrips
Art Director – Matěj Kos | @matej_kos
Make-up Artist – Helena Nikl Vašíkova
Wardrobe Design – Petra Ptáčková | @petraptackova
Wardrobe Assistant – Hana Kabešová
Jewellery – Barbora Kukula, Kuku Lab | @kuku.laboratory
Propmaster – Michal Jalůvka | @michal0jaluvka
Prop Assistant – Filip Kopecký | @filipkopeckyyy
Prop Assistant – Jiří Procházka
Location Manager – Lukáš Bucman
Walkies & Wifi – @walkies_prague
Basecamp – Jakub Koula | @jakubkoula | @klucibase
Medic – Jakub Slabý
THE HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION EP - The culmination of time spent spinning around the earth, a marker in the sea, a beacon.
Start the hard thing, put yourself out there, remould the clay, find common ground, connect.
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed" - Jung
We've collected our work together with a brand new track "Lost Drums" into this EP - The Hedge Against Inflation.... And the only Hedge Against Inflation is to invest in yourself.
Joe & Emile - Supermodel
'Have You Forgot' - was written about a winter in Berlin. The snow carpeted the concrete and danced in the air. I wanted to be in love. I was heartbroken. I fought with my shadow. I ate in the dark. I found kindness in a circle of friends that gathered in a small living room and drank hard spirits, played Radiohead on an out of tune guitar and went dancing in a derelict ballroom. You know the type....loud as a motorbike, but wouldn't crush a grape in a fruit fight.
Photo taken in Berlin 2015, muj ii, portra 800, 6 beers.
Go listen - Have You Forgot.
