The latest installment from Florence + the Machine’s latest LP, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, directed by Park Pictures’ Vincent Haycock, has been released. Featuring the lush and emotional tracks “Queen of Peace” and “Long & Lost,” the artful short film is the latest release of Haycock and Welch’s visual campaign “The Odyssey.” The collaboration between Haycock and Florence Welch has been hailed as groundbreaking in the music video world, and Ship to Wreck is currently nominated for an MTV VMA for Best Rock Video.
Filmed on Scotland’s lush Isle of Easdale, the cinematic video depicts the clash of a youthful Welch’s innocence and compassion against the rampant violent feuding in her midst. The raw emotional performance of Welch is artfully juxtaposed with the striking winter landscapes of Scotland. “The Odyssey” is a series of films set to cover all tracks in the album over 2015-2016, and will culminate in a long, chaptered musical film.
Haycock previously helmed the initial chapters from “The Odyssey” series, “St. Jude” and “What Kind of Man” and “Ship to Wreck.”
CREDITS:
“Queen of Peace”
Record Company: Island Records UK
Video Commissioner: Bob Brimson
Video Commissioner: Natalia Maus
Management Company: Luv Management
Managers: Hannah Giannoulis, Mairead Nash
Creative Director: Tabitha Denholm
Production Company: Park Pictures London
Local Production Company: Location Scotland
Director: Vincent Haycock
Executive Producer (Park Pictures): Stephen Brierley
Executive Producer (Park Pictures): Paul McKee
Producer (Park Pictures): Nick Goldsmith
DOP: Steve Annis
Head of Production (Location Scotland): Sarah Drummond
Production Coordinator (Location Scotland): Jennifer Barrie
Choreographer: Ryan Heffington
Fight Coordinator: Paul Donnelly
1st Assistant Director: Ted Mitchell
Editor: Vincent Haycock
Colorist: Arnold Ramm
Sound Designer: Tom Paolantonio
Online Finishing: Kevin Kim, Bonch
Actors:
Lead Male: Frederick Schmidt
Florence Double: Denna Thomsen
Young Florence: Caitlin Lorimer
Young Frederick: Finn Kelly
Young Florence’s Brother: Mikey Hoc
Teenage Florence: Kate McLaughlin
Frederick’s Mum: Kath Gordon
Florence’s Mum: Irene Kane
Frederick’s Dad: Owen Abbott
Florence’s Cousin: Alexander McCabe
Florence’s Uncle 1: Nick Murray
Florence’s Uncle 2: Martin McBride
Florence’s Uncle 3: Alan Carrick
Frederick’s Cousin 1: Danny Main
Frederick’s Cousin 2: Barry Irvince
Frederick’s Uncle 1: Craig Docherty
Frederick’s Uncle 2: Chris McAdam
Frederick’s Uncle 3: Sean Taylor
Kid 1: George Mann
“Long and Lost”
Record Company: Island Records UK
Video Commissioner: Bob Brimson
Video Commissioner: Natalia Maus
Management Company: Luv Management
Managers: Hannah Giannoulis, Mairead Nash
Creative Director: Tabitha Denholm
Production Company: Park Pictures London
Director: Vincent Haycock
Executive Producer (Park Pictures): Stephen Brierley
Executive Producer (Park Pictures): Paul McKee
Producer (Park Pictures): Nick Goldsmith
Production Manager: Jo Coombes
Production Assistant: Pete Davies
Location Manager: Kim Fenton
1st AD: Barry Coldham
2nd AD: George Cassavetti
DOP: Steve Annis
Choreographer: Ryan Heffington
Editor: Vincent Haycock
Colorist: Arnold Ramm
Sound Designer: Tom Paolantonio
Online Finishing: Kevin Kim/Bonch
Actors:
Florence Double: Denna Thomsen
Lead Male: Tim Renouf
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.