In this film for CANVAS Arts to promote the Birmingham Opera Company’s staging of the new Opera ‘WAKE’, director Shabazz L. Graham has crafted a vivid, almost surrealist journey, into the narratives of real victims of knife crime in Birmingham.
Set to an original composition from Giorgio Battistelli, and shot on location in key areas across the city, the film is a set of visually striking portraits that manages to deftly blend authentic emotive storytelling with the story of Lazarus & resurrection on which the Opera is based.
CLIENT
BRAND: Birmingham Opera Company
CREATIVE AGENCY
CREATIVE AGENCY: Brave Bison
PUBLISHER: CANVAS Arts
PRODUCTION COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY: SALT.TV
DIRECTOR: Shabazz L. Graham
DOP: Paul Akinrinlola
PRODUCER: Radina Choleva
ASSISTANCE: First Class Legacy
POST PRODUCTION / VFX
COLOURIST: Jack Kibbey Newman
MUSIC
COMPOSER: Giorgio Battistelli
PERFORMER: Jonathon Heyward
SOUND
SOUND COMPANY: Guilt Free
