Watch the new video from Latinaotearoa, <i>Something About You</i> the first single from their album, <i>Sonido de Latinaoteroa</i>.
Director Aidee Walker writes:
This clip was a very collaborative project. Bobby Brazuka knew he wanted to somehow combine the Latinaotearoa signature skull art motif with the much loved Day of the Dead theme and we went from there.
Bobby called on his good friend, Nick Hutchinson who happened tobe an awesome DOP while I called on the incredible talents of James Hutchinson who did all the animation in my short film Friday Tigers. We were blessed with an outstanding costume and make up department, so even before we got into post, it was looking pretty colourful.
But this video really came alive in James' animation studio in Karekare. Some of the backgrounds we used were taken from actual photos of places and walls in Mexico from one of his travels.
We had such a great cast and crew and the highlight for me apart from getting down with the gorgeous Jennifer Zea to encourage more booty shaking (her in a sexy red dress - me in dusty old jeans) was turning Anna Coddington in Frida Kahlo.
Something About You by Latinaotearoa featuring Anna Coddington & Jah Red Lion
Director: Aidee Walker Director of Animation: James Hutchinson Director of Photography: Nick Hutchinson Editor, Animator and Colourist: James Hutchinson Focus Puller: David Hammond Grip: Daimon Wright Gaffer: Tane Kingan Best Boy: Ben Granger Day of the Dead Face Design: Rita Vovna Make up Designer: Verity George Make up Standbys: Nikki Milina & Miranda Ramen Costume designer: Briar Neville Text/ Skull Graphics: Jaime Robertson Stop motion: James Hutchinson Day of the Dead Dancers: Julie Van Renen & Shian Perawiti Salsa Dancers: Kellen Pinheiro & Ricardo Grecco Production Manager: Morgan Leigh Stewart Production Assistant: Dan Eriksen Produced by Bobby Brazuka and Aidee Walker
Latinaotearoa is Jennifer Zea, Isaac Aesili and Bobby Brazuka.
