CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
LA VITA NUOVA
a story by Christine and the Queens and Colin Solal Cardo
shot in 16 mm in Opéra Garnier, Paris
directed by Colin Solal Cardo
produced by Frenzy Paris
choreography by Ryan Heffington
director's note
La Vita Nuova music video is the result of nearly six months of constant exchanges with Christine, between calls, SMS, Whatsapp, Instagram posts...
The film illustrates how we work in total symbiosis and in perfect confidence. All of our previous collaborations and the worlds we've been through together in previous video clips also explain it. There is no more shame, no more restraint, we throw all our ideas in each other's faces and I love it. I guess it's more difficult to make such a strong film without a minimum of intimacy.
Our inspirations gravitated around Bob Fosse's All That Jazz, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula which helped me a lot to define the visual style I was looking for. Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut was absolutely essential too, a movie between dream and reality, because of the place of sex too, and all its slightly psychological, almost psychoanalytical dimension which was super important for us.
But in the end, the 12-minutes film exercise came naturally. The narrative path of Chris' EP is very strong, each song has its own universe and rhythm. The main challenge was the 2 and a half shooting days, in a place that is certainly emblematic of Paris - the Opéra Garnier - but which has many constraints.
Fortunately, the team was amazing, Christine and I are very proud of the result.
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full credits
Directed by COLIN SOLAL CARDO
Choreographer | RYAN HEFFINGTON
DOP | CRILLE FORSBERG
Story by | COLIN SOLAL CARDO & HÉLOÏSE LETISSIER
Producer | Remy Solomon
Executive producers | JULIEN BERLAN, ELSA RAKOTOSON & MARIE FIORITI
Executive producers because | TAHAR CHENDER & MARIE GODICHEAU
Mgmt | Because Music
Artist Mgmt | FLAVIE JAUBERT
Editor | Tianes Montasser
Costume Designer | JONATHAN HUGUET
Set Designer | JEANNE ADER
Color Grading | FABIEN PASCAL
Guest Starring | CAROLINE POLACHEK & FÉLIX MARITAUD as “The Fauna”
Starring | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
Line Producer | OPHÉLIE STAVROPOULOS
Production Coordinator | MÉLANIE GILBON
1st AD | JULIETTE MABILLE
2nd AD | ELSA MICHON
Assistant Choreographer | BENJAMIN MILAN
Casting extras | DOURANE FALL & CONAN LAURENDOT
Leader extra | FIONA BÈGUE
Assistant | HUGO DAO
Second Assistant Camera | DIMITRI SOREL
Third Assistant Camera | JIMMY NGUYEN
Steadicam Operator | RÉMI QUILICHINI
B Camera Operator | JULIEN PUJOL
Art Department Coordinator | MARIE-AUBREY MOLÈS
Second Assistant Art Director | ISABELLE LAWSON
Prop Master | VICTOR DELBOS
Set Decorators | LISA BOUKOBZA, GILLES GARNIER, CLOTHILDE CRAS DE BELLEVAL, TIMON MILON LAURENT SAINT-GAUDENS & OCÉANE DUFAU
Unit Manager | KIM SHEWY & his team
Unit Assistants | MARION PRIEUX, JEAN-FRED DAVID, DJIBYRILE SY ROMANE BOTQUIN, PENELOPE NADER, CHARLES CRAPART, ALEXANDRE DO, EMILIA MASSIAS, JÉRÔME BABINARD, SACHA HAYON
Gaffer | BASILE BARNISKÉ
Electricians | ADRIEN LALLAU, FRANÇOIS AUCLAIR, VINCENT TABERLET, MARCHAL BEDY, FRÉDÉRIC CHEVRIER LUCAS JANISZEWSKI, MATTHIEU LEGOUPIL
Key Grip | TRISTAN MORIN
Grips | ZAHER MEGDICHE, CAMILLE CONROY, TANGUY BOURGEOIS, THOMAS CANIVET, UGO VILLAUME
Make-up Artist | MANU KOPP
Hair Stylist | PAWEL SOLIS
First Assistant Costume Designer | SARAH BERNARD
Second Assistant Costume Designer | LISE BRETON
Adjuster | BRICE FERNANDES
Stylist Extras | PIERRE DE MONES
Stylist Extras Assistants | JILL GATTEGNO, LOUISE PISSELET
SFX Make-up Designers | RAPHAËL GUIONNET, CHARLOTTE ARGUILLERE, ANTOINE WAYNE, CINDY BOHN, JOËL MOGADE, ALEXIS KINEBANYAN, CHRISTOPHE MUREAU
Sound Recordist | CHARLES DARNAUD
Sound Mix | ALBAN LEJEUNE, ELIOTT SEBBAG
Sound Mastering | ASH WORKMAN
Post Production | EVEREST
Head of Post Production | SYLVAIN OBRIOT
Color Grading | FABIEN PASCAL
Post Producer FX | CHLOÉ JUILLARD
Editing Assistant | ELLA DIXON
Technical Post Producer | JEREMY LE BRIS
Graphists | VINCENT HEINE, STEPHANE GASSIN, FRANCOIS PUGET, DAMIEN THIEBOT
Typographer | JULIEN PRIEZ
Title Designer | JULIEN SEILLER
Making-Of | JULIEN PUJOL, CLEMENT DE HOLLOGNE
BTS Photographer | JONATHAN ‘OJOZ’ ADELAIDE
Special Thanks to OPÉRA GARNIER, BINKADY-EMMANUEL HIÉ, RVZ, SILVERWAY, REPETTO, EVEREST
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