Overview

A NOMINATION FOR A UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2011 IN THE CATEGORY BEST ALTERNATIVE VIDEO (INTERNATIONAL) FOR SENIOR LIVING WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF A YEAR IN WHICH THIS VIDEO MADE A BIG SPLASH. IT WAS ALSO SCREENED AT THE CANNES LIONS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR CREATIVITY 2011 HAVING BEEN SELECTED BY SAATCHI AND SAATCHI AS PART OF THEIR NEW DIRECTORS’ SHOWCASE AND WAS A WINNER IN THE GENERO TV ROYKSOPP MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION. THE VIDEO HAS ALSO BEEN SCREENED AT A SPECIAL ROYKSOPP MUSIC VIDEO RETROSPECTIVE EVENT AT THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE IN LONDON AND AT RED HOT SHORTS A SHOWCASE OF CUTTING EDGE SHORTS AND MUSIC VIDEOS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE ACMI IN MELBOURNE’S FEDERATION SQUARE.

THE VIDEO TELLS THE STORY OF AN OLDER COUPLE WHO LIVE A LIFE OF CRIME BEFORE IT ALL GOES PEAR SHAPED. TOGETHER WITH NEIL DOWLING I TEAMED UP AS DIRECTOR. IN ADDITION I TOOK ON THE ROLE OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER DURING PRODUCTION AND AS AN EDITOR AND COLORIST IN POST. DAVID KNIGHT, THE FOUNDER OF BUG AND MUSIC VIDEO WRITER FOR SIGHT & SOUND FILM MAGAZINE, SAID: ”… AS GOOD AS ANYTHING I’VE SEEN IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.”

GENERO TOGETHER WITH RÖYKSOPP WROTE: “CONTENTED’S FILM WAS AN OBVIOUS WINNER IN THIS CATEGORY FOR US. IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND HAD A REAL SENSE OF THE OFF THE WALL HUMOUR THAT CAN OFTEN BE SEEN IN SOME OF ROYKSOPP’S PROJECTS.”

DIRECTOR

NILS CLAUSS, NEIL DOWLING

PRODUCTION

A CONTENTED PRODUCTION