Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER (Official Video)

Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER (Official Video)

"The song PERSONAL SHOPPER sits somewhere between being a love-letter to shopping (which I love to do!) and the uneasiness I feel about the more insidious side of modern consumerism. Lucrecia’s blackly comic video captures that dilemma perfectly." - Steven Wilson

“The track is a social criticism of consumerism and how we fill our lives with unnecessary goods to feel important, special or loved. But the truth is, the feeling of unhappiness won't go away with the next pair of sick trainers. Those feelings will only go away when we look within, and if we don't... well, then we're going to end up with a lot of stuff around us, but still pretty empty. Luckily the track being 6 minutes gave me the opportunity to develop an interesting narrative. I wanted to create a fictional world in which people buy goods and the transaction would not only be money but also a part of their body, alluding to the concept of the more you look for answers outside, the more you disappear on the inside.” Lucrecia Taormina, Director

Director: Lucrecia Taormina

Executive producer: Luke Tierney

Production company: FRIEND

Producer: Joseph Goldman

Casting Agency: Lane Casting

Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward

Cast:

The Consumer: Robert Lane

Cash Lady: Paula Benson

Shop Owner 1: Jill Buchanan

Shop Owner 2: Stephen Wale

Shop Owner 3: Amy Gallagher

Worshipper 1: Ocean Navarro

Worshipper 2: Karlu Solomon

The Thief: Romano Solano

The Shopper: Steven Wilson

Director of Photography: Pieter Snyman

Editor: Meg Thorne

SFX: Natasha Lawes

Grade: Richard Fearon

Production Designer: Oliver Hogan

Movement Director: Simon Donnellon

Styling: Flora Huddart

Wigs, Hair & Nails Artist: Natasha Lawes

Makeup Artist: Andrea Gomez Anzola

TFB Product Rendering:

Miles Skarin, Crystal Spotlight

VFX Artists:

Kelvin Chim, Steve Hawken, Rob Chandler, Abi Tomasiewicz

Crew:

Production Manager: Hugo Holford

Production Coordinator: Ash Teague

First Assistant Director: Ty Hack

Second Assistant Director: Heini Susanne

Steadicam Operator: Doug Walshe

Focus Puller: Phil Heron

Grip: Charlie Wyldeck - Flowers

Clapper Loader: Rob Hawkins

Camera Trainee: Jack Plumbridge

Gaffer: Peter Bishop

Sparks: James Leech, Matt Simmons

Spark 1st Day - Simona Pran

Spark 2nd Day - Greg Probert

Lighting Trainee - Josh Wood

SFX Prosthetics Assistant - Jess Heath

SFX Prosthetics Trainee - Alice Platts

Art Department Assistants: James Middleton, Rupert Wilson

Stylist Assistant: Molly Robinson

Runners: Joe Coulson, Tara Sadeghi, Tom Stuart

Location Manager: Dean Whittaker

Edit House: Cut + Run

Edit Producer: Maggie McDermott

Edit Assistant: Rob McGuire

Post House: Black Kite

Post Producer: Polly Durance

Commissioned by Natalia Maus