The sixth installment in Florence + the Machine’s music video series for The Odyssey has been released. Park Pictures director Vincent Haycock adds to the epic visual campaign with “Delilah,” a dramatic six-minute short chronicling Florence confronting her demons in a spooky motel in Los Angeles.
The Biblically-influenced video – yes, the title is a reference to the tale of Samson and Delilah – follows Florence as she makes her way through the various rooms of a strange motel. From cutting her lover’s hair a la Samson, to experiencing a bout of sleep paralysis as a goblin sits on her chest and contemplates strangling her, to coming face-to-face with a Florence clone, the artful film is rife with raw emotion and elegant choreography.
“The Odyssey” is a series of films that covers seven tracks in the album. The videos were released one-by-one throughout 2015.
Haycock directed all six chapters from “The Odyssey” series, “Delilah,” “Queen of Peace” and “Long and Lost,” “St. Jude,” “What Kind of Man” and “Ship to Wreck.”
CREDITS:
“Delilah”
Label: Universal
Universal Executive Producer: Bob Brimson
Production Company: 9A Films
Director: Vincent Haycock
Executive Producers: Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Mary Ann Marino
Head of Production: Anne Bobroff
Supervising Producer: Alex Fisch
Line Producer: Courtney Davies
DP: Steve Annis
Camera Operator: Brian Freesh
1st AC: Robby Hart
2nd AC: Cristy “Neo” Arboleda
Loader: Bram Weinkselbaum
Production Supervisor: Jeremy Hartman
Assistant Production Supervisor: Whitney Conroy
1st AD: Kenny Taylor
2nd AD: Matt Thomas
Gaffer: Drew Valenti
Key Grip: Chris Bauer
Production Designer: Jay Hougaard
Art Coordinator: Nicolas Kelley
SFX Make-Up: Tony Gardner
Costume Designer: Natasha Newman Thomas
Assistant Costume Designer: Lisa Madonna
Hair, Florence: Lisa Aharon
Make-Up: Veronica Lane
Hair: Bailey Bute
VTR: Matt Hillyer
Sound: Kai Morrison
Editor: Vincent Haycock
Sound Mix: Tom Paolantonio
Colorist: Brian Kahovec
Still Photographer: Emma Holley
Casting Director: Michael Beaudry
Choreographer: Holly Blakey
Florence Welsh Double: Deena Thompson
Dancers: Comfort, Patrick Ellis, Christopher Lewis, A’Drey Vinogradov, Ryan Spencer, Franchesca Bass, Jermaine Johnson
Demon: Mark Munoz
Hero Male: Allen Kepler
Hotel Manager: George Woods
Baraque Religious: Shey Lyn Zanotti
Male: Richie Stephens
Gangster: Deandre Jackson
Religious Girl: Sydney Carter
Religious Icon: Tara Parker
Religious: Kai Cofer, Michael Caponer
Dante: Hugo Bianqui
Music Video Representation: Free Agent UK, Lark Creative US
About Vincent Haycock:
Haycock is an award-winning film, commercial and video director. In the clips realm, Haycock has directed award-winning videos for the likes of Florence and the Machine, Paul McCartney, Lana Del Rey, Raffertie, Spiritualized and somewhere around 10 videos for Calvin Harris. Haycock has received numerous nominations and awards for his music video work including an MTV VMA for Calvin Harris “Feel So Close”.
About Park Pictures
Founded in 1998 by Executive Producer Jacqueline Kelman Bisbee and renowned filmmaker/cinematographer Lance Acord, Bicoastal/London-based Park Pictures has an auspicious track record of discovering and mentoring new filmmaking talent, and infusing all projects with big screen production values. Park Pictures has forged strong partnerships with agencies, studios and clients worldwide by engaging all members of its team in creative problem solving.
In commercials, Lance Acord won a 2014 Emmy for his acclaimed Apple “Misunderstood” commercial. Acord’s Nike “Jogger” was named Best TV Spot of 2012 by Creativity Magazine and also got a 2013 Emmy nod. Acord has received three DGA Award nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.
Park Pictures’ feature division, headed by Producer Sam Bisbee, Jacqueline Kelman Bisbee and Lance Acord, has produced four features, all of which were selected for the Sundance Film Festival within a three-year timespan. Picked up by major distributors were Sundance award-winning Robot and Frank (2013), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014), starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, and God’s Pocket (2014), starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2015, Park Pictures comes to Sundance with Cop Car (2015), its first thriller, starring Kevin Bacon. Park Pictures won a 2010 Academy Award for the company’s first narrative film, live-action short “The New Tenants,” starring Vincent D’Onofrio.