Active Child – Midnight Swim / Darling
Active Child – Midnight Swim / Darling (2015)
Directed by: T.S. & R
Active Child’s highly anticipated sophomore release, Mercy, was released this past summer and served as a follow up to 2011’s critically acclaimed LP, You Are All I See. After touring extensively, Grossi took a short break but is back today with the premiere of dueling official videos for the album tracks ‘Midnight Swim’ and ‘Darling.’
Starring Aliana Lohan and directed by TS&R, the videos were shot in one single take on film, a portrait captured in a moving picture. “I knew I wanted something simple and pure to fit the placid tone of ‘Darling,’ says Grossi. “ And once we started shooting the single take of Ali at sunset I knew it was going to be unlike any other video I’ve done or seen really. I love the way it stops time.” Set on the beach at sunset, the camera follows Lohan in a private moment that leads us in to a portrait like setting.
The directors, TS&R comment, “While it may it be possible to fall in love with a portrait, moving and still, the heartbreak is that we are always kept at a distance from this romance. The intimacy and closeness we are able to experience is always untouchable. In front of the glass door of a picture frame or the canvas of a painting, we are only allowed to look. We cannot smell the sea, or feel the wind but still we are there. When asked to spend 4½ mins lost in a stare, the connection to our subject and backdrop grows. The mystery and curiosity begs us to know more and wait for change, if any at all. “
Directed by: T.S. & R
Starring: Aliana Lohan
Produced by: Active Child / Pier Pictures – @pierpictures
Camera: Aaron Grasso
Color: Kath Raisch (Company 3)
