After working as the animator with Blinkink director, Raman Djafari, on Coldplay’s feelslikeimfallinginlove last year, Blinkink’s Isabel Garrett has directed a global team of 28 filmmakers and artists to tell the band’s next story of universal story of life, love and belonging for 🌈, aka ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO.
The whimsical film includes beautifully intricate 2D animated sequences, hand-crafted stop-motion moments and contributions from documentary filmmakers, live action directors and photographers, who all bring a unique and varied perspective to the film.
Garrett commented, “It was important that we worked with artists from all corners of the world’ and that she ‘wanted each collaborator to have the space to really pull the film in a new direction. It was important that the video felt expansive, unprescribed and spontaneous – but also rooted in something real, not entirely random.
Each director received a unique brief from Isabel, centred around common themes of nature and togetherness. They were encouraged to bring their own unique style to their section, with Isabel saying that she “tried to choose directors whose work felt tonally connected in some way. There’s a big range of styles in there but they’re all quite delicate and sensitive, and in each one you can really feel the hand of the artist.”
Blinkink directors, Sam Gainsborough, Will Wightman and Zach Tavel, feature amongst the 28 selected filmmakers, alongside frequent Blinkink collaborators, Daniel Quirke and Studio Gruff.
The result is a love letter to collaboration, with a mosaic-like structure that covers multiple styles and feelings, celebrating both our differences and our unity.
The track will premiere at the Lightroom in King’s Cross on the January 22 as part of Coldplay’s A Film for The Future project. A Film for The Future combines visuals for each track on Moon Music, including, feelslikeimfallinginlovem that was Annie Award nominated and won a UK Music Video Award.
“I hope it’s a hopeful video. To me the track is searching for a light and finding it… there is so much darkness everywhere, but there is still beauty and hope.. in little, unexpected moments,” Garrett stated.
Credits:
Production Company: Blinkink
Director: Isabel Garrett
Executive Producer: Josef Byrne
Head of Production: Alex Halley
Producer: Alexander Handschuh
Commissioner: Sam Seager
Collaborators:
1. Katy Wang
2. Mdhamiri Nkemi
3. John Davies
4. Dead Tempo Visions
5. Alexander Handschuh
6. Jenny Lucia Mascia
7. Daniel Quirke
8. Lizzy Hobbs
9. Dong A
10. Zach Tavel
11. Mario Radev
12. Neil Bromhall
13. Ben Reed + Sion Marshall-Waters
14. David McShane
15. Ainslie Henderson
16. Roberto Telles
17. Tearjerker
18. Sam Gainsborough
19. Edin Whitehead
20. Camila Guerreiro
21. Alice Saey
22. Hirotoshi Iwasaki
23. Will Wightman
24. Maissa Lihedheb
25. Joe Clarke
26. Sif Lina Lambæk
27. Studio Gruff
28. Joe Clarke
Editor: Mdhamiri Nkemi
Edit Assist: Calum O’Toole
Colourist: Vlad Barin
Head of Colour: Charlie Morris @ Harbor
Colour Producer: Sarah Banks @ Harbor
