Photoplay’s Michael Gupta explores connection in new music video ‘Exchange’ for Winter Swim
Photoplay director Michael Gupta has released a dreamy new music video for Australian band Winter Swim with the release of ‘Exchange’.
Shot on 35mm film, the video’s warm, cinematic undertones compliment the storyline of intertwined connections between real people and the quiet relationships they hold with the everyday spaces they share together.
‘Exchange’ is Winter Swim’s third track release following on from the band’s work with Gupta on emotionally charged Late for Love and Easy, a Ciclope award-winning cinematic piece exploring a complicated, co-dependent family relationship.
The band handed over full creative license to Gupta to tell a follow up story of vulnerability and human connection in a film that supports the gently nostalgic tempo of the track.
Says Gupta: “For my latest collaboration with Winter Swim I was interested in creating something stripped back, focusing on intimate, honest portraits of people.
“The simplicity and vulnerability of it was something I connected with deeply. I’m endlessly fascinated by faces and the way we hold stories in our bodies. For me, there’s something so human in simply looking at someone who is willing to look back at you.”
Photoplay executive producer Oliver Lawrance adds: “Michael Gupta always presents character portraits and perspectives in ways I haven’t seen and that’s why his cinematic approach is so visually enthralling.”
Director: Michael Gupta
Executive Producer: Oliver Lawrance
Producer: Alana Cenatiempo
Production Coordinator: Ruby Schofield
DOP: Gregoire Liere
1st AC: Steivan Hasler
2nd AC: Justin Latimer
Gaffer: Jay MacNeill
Casting Director: Daisy Hicks
Colourist: Ferg Rotherham
Cast
David Skeet
Paula Myott
Lindsay Smith
Adaiah Martens
Zuri Martens
Larissa Meikle
Charlie Robinson
Phillip Lyttleton
Shayla Belle
Levi Hogard
Alex Hunter
Mayu Isawaki
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