Suren Unka - Golden Town

Monolithic structures loom on the horizon and jellyfish dance through the air, in a retro-futuristic utopia.

My good friend Suren Unka asked me to direct the video for his song (thanks NZ on air!) We wanted it to take place in a familiar but fantastic sci fi world. It was a complex project, made possible by great collaborators.

Each shot was carefully storyboarded, the initial concepts for the Jellyfish and Megastructures were drawn by the late, great Adam Tan.
The love of my life, Kenah Trusewich was the Production Designer. Natalie Maria choreographed the dance. Eoin O’ Liddigh DPed. I really enjoyed George Ritchie’s approach to VFX, never using tracking markers, but ensuring there were objects in the shot that could be easily tracked from. He used cloth simulation for the jellyfish movement which I thought was super interesting.