PUBLISHED: Feb 19, 2014
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Winner of the 48Hour Music Video Project (Johannesburg) 2013
Download on iTunes: http://bit.ly/1gJsiHI
Made by Julia Smuts Louw and Any Minute Now Films with The Graeme Watkins Project.
Winner: Best music video, best directing, best song, best cinematography, best visual effects, best performance, best lyrics.
Directed and produced by Julia Smuts Louw
Starring Graeme Watkins, Rudo Pieterse, Ryno Zeelie, Matthew Marinus & Shalome Joy Killerby
Story: Julia Smuts Louw, Colin o' Mara Davis, Daniel Snaddon
DOP: Brendan Campbell
2nd unit DOP: Werner Grobbelaar
Editor: Jessica Phillips
Art direction: Colin o' Mara Davis
Aerial photography: James Bihl and Jamie Peacock
Props: Klara van Wyngaarden
Makeup: Shalome Joy Killerby
Visual Effects: Michael Clark, Johan Scheepers, Neill Vermaak
Band Manager: Kim Coppen
Casting: Gemma Marinus, Nushard Haywood
Cast: Shalome Joy Killerby, Felicity Spies, Neil Kirby, Martin Masheba, Adrian Smit, Malcolm Whitticker Nushard Haywood
Mad props to: Wayne Broodryk and Emer-G-Med, Peter Jackson and Henley Air, Felicity Spies and Egality Clothing, Amos Tranque, Neil Kirby and Kirby Bros Photography, Kyle and Carina Wilson, Nono Mofokeng
SAMA nominated outfit Graeme Watkins Project are pleased that their new hit single "Fly
Away", taking off on both national and regional radio stations around the country.
After winning 8 award categories at the 48 Hour MVP Awards late last year for the
music video"Fly Away", including Best Music Video Award, Best Song, Best Lyrics, Best
Performance, Best VFX, Best Cinematography and Best Directing, the band felt that the
single selection was pretty obvious.
Graeme Watkins Project in collaboration with Any Minute Now Films paired up for a frantic
weekend of creativity in which they make a music video from scratch, from concept to post-
production -- all within 48 hours.
"This fantastic team gave their time and formidable skills for free to be involved in a crazy
weekend at the craziest time of year", says director Julia Smuts Louw. "The result was worth
all the hard work: FLY AWAY became a poignant, surreal story of a love that transcends the
boundaries between life and death."
The video will go on to compete internationally at Filmapalooza in New Orleans against the
winning offerings from other competing cities around the world later this year.
"After a weekend of mayhem we could not be happier with the product. Highlight of the
shoot was attending a radio interview in the middle of the ambulance scene shoot. It was
already pre booked and the DJ was so shocked. It was loads of fun, and the crew really
pulled it out the bag. This is a super proud moment for us." -- Graeme Watkins