Losmose directs ‘N19 5NF’ for Ela Minus.

Drawing from Ela Minus’ real-life experience, using both a naturalistic approach and venturing into a world of dreams.

Words from Losmose below.


Can we talk about structure? This feels unusual for a music video.

LOSMOSE: I think the structure came from Ela’s recollection of what happened to her which ignited the music. One of the central elements in that recollection was her partial loss of conscious memory. There seemed to be two levels to her memory then, one that was consciously present and one that was unconsciously present, lodged in a vacuum or darkness within herself. She did not remember what happened in that vacuum but could very much feel it. And from that, I was inspired to construct the video in such a way.

It is in the joints and the interstices that poetry is found.

'N19 5NF' Ela Minus

‘N19 5NF’ Ela Minus

Are you able to share an insight into the thread that links the images?

LOSMOSE: For me, the video is a single sequence, including the moments of black screen. Music videos are very encouraging in creating emotional connections rather than ones motivated by a narrative, so the conception was very intuitive, and after the first writing of the script, I never rewrote one single element in the video, not even the order of a shot.

I really like when Bresson says that it is in the joints and the interstices that poetry is found.

‘N19 5NF’ Ela Minus
'N19 5NF' Ela Minus

Great music videos are an individual emotional interpretation of a piece of music, and that is a beautiful and generous endeavor.

How would you describe ‘music video’ as a creative medium?

LOSMOSE: Music videos are very complicated as they have to draw from an already existing piece of music. A music that does not need the existence of such video to fully unfold. It is an endeavor that tries to aggregate itself to an already complete work. The music determines the internal structure of time, which in that sense is very different from cinema where time is dictated by the sensibility and intuition of the filmmaker. The great danger then is to be merely illustrative so it is a very peculiar way to start a creative expression.

'N19 5NF' Ela Minus

‘N19 5NF’ Ela Minus

Great music videos are an individual emotional interpretation of a piece of music, and that is a beautiful and generous endeavor.

What are you reading at the moment?

LOSMOSE: ‘El Señor Presidente’ by Miguel Angel Asturias.

Director
Daniel Wolfe, José Barrera
Producer
Director of Photography
Adam Zoller
MUA
Colourist
Dan Williams
VFX
Love Song
Production Company

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