There’s a painterly stillness to Director Jean-Vital Joliat’s music video for soul revivalists De.Ville’s Water. As a filmmaker, Joliat is able to construct a frame with such depth that it needn’t be subject to frenetic editing. He lets the slow sadness that accompanies his character’s journey populate the frame, allowing the audience to become absorbed in their story. The story itself is of Fatima, who is taking care of her dementia-stricken husband Zakaria. The video shows a single evening of their relationship where Zakaria faces a moment of lucidity. It’s a beautiful, heartbreaking and haunting video which Joliat imbued with his own real-life experiences with the disease. Dn caught up with Joliat to discuss his working relationship with De.Ville, the specificity of his vision of the video, and the process of developing his stunning visuals.
Could you walk us through the beginning...
Could you walk us through the beginning...
- 7/25/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
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