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Want It All
dir Andrew Donoho and Monika Felice Smith
USA
A surreal dance narrative that slowly unravels into a chaotic AI driven wonderland. We open on a day party, a well dressed man sits on a sofa. He sees a woman across the room and makes a connection. They begin to dance as the others in the space disappear. The dance moves through the space, gradually introducing flashes of AI imagery. We transition through different time periods, locations and dimensions as we begin to enter 100% AI driven imagery. We end with our lead sitting back down on the sofa, the world flickering away to reveal him in low income clothes in the chair of a train, disconnecting from a VR device called “Blue Babu”. The narrative up to this point was a digital reality. Music Video for Jai Wolf x “Want it All”.
words from the filmmaker
My favorite thing to do is tell a story through movement. My 2nd favorite thing to do is collaborate with others. In my opinion, this creates the strongest and most meaningful work; when all departments are working cohesively and successfully to carry out a vision. That's exactly what this job was! When Andrew Donoho came to me with the idea and the prospect of co-directing/choreographing I was ecstatic to jump on board. This is truly a timeless love story told through movement and AI imagery. It was also really fun to play with the idea of time travel, using VR to go back in time and revisit loved ones, or even jump ahead in time...or to simply create a scenario from your thoughts that feels like reality. This is our little movie!
why we love this film
This music video took us on a movement-based journey. The cinematography was excellent and the special effects were mesmerizing.
credits
Director
Co-Director/Choreographer
Producer
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Dancers
Production Manager
Coordinator/PA
Choreo Asst
Steadicam
1st AC
Gaffer
BBE
Key Grip
BBG/Driver
Swing
Set Dresser
Wardrobe
HMUA
Playback PA
Set PA
Truck PA
Editor
AI
Colorist
Background Talent
Andrew Donoho
Monika Felice Smith
Ian Blair
Justin Hamilton
Armando Vernet
Jennifer Mika & Christian Smith
Briana Goldberg
Kya Koplin
Riley Roberts
Luke Rihl
Eric Gauntt
Dave Mclaughlin
Garrett Moore
Kevin Aguliar
Kyle Rimkunas
Noah Lopez
Tiago Puel Correia
Kendall Spina
Makie Dawson
Kristen Maglonzo
Jenny Rosenfeld
Chandler Berg
Andrew Donoho
the opposition party
Matt Osborne
Riley Roberts
Madeleine Beadle
Peyton Nakamura
Jess Alba
Grace Davis
Reagan Ricossa
Megan Holeman
Emmi Xi
Binh Dang
Kieana Precious Chisolm
Tiffany Ribeiro
Jessy Marquez
Ting Arnold
Lauren Hua
Tiffanobi
