Short film of Matthew Savoca’s hair.
Savoca is the author of “I Don’t Know I Said”, available now through Publishing Genius.
Kimberly Ovitz S/S13
[ Originally premiered on The Huffington Post, Style ]
Directed by Ellen Frances
Model: Elina @ Request // Music: CREEP “Animals” (feat. Holly Miranda)
Prod: James J. Williams III // DP: Alex Cullen // Additional Art Direction & Styling: Mari Kussman @ Kimberly Ovitz // Editing: Ellen Frances // PA: Patrick C. Roberts // HMA: Carolina @ MAC // Prod Co: Thorstein Foundation
Curses! “Gotham City Creepers” music video, feat. Drop The Lime & Star Eyes // Cameos from CREEP, Carrie Wilds, T&B, House of Labeija
Dir: Ellen Frances
Prod: Oliver Hartman @ GuyManly
DP: Alex Cullen / RED Op: John Marton / Stylist: Mari Kussman / Grip: Mitch Patrick / PA: Alex Fox / PA to Director: Tayler Smith
Production Co: GuyManly
2012 REEL
Compilation of recent projects directed, produced, shot and/or edited by Ellen Frances
Includes work for Hardly Art / Sub Pop, Ultra Records, CREEP / Memory Tapes, Black Marble, Shane Jones, DJ Rekha, ROOM8 and more…
Videos have premiered on VICE, AOL Music, OkayPlayer, Stereogum, Discobelle, VH1.com and have run on-air on Mtv Networks.
Dir: Ellen Frances // Prod: James J. Williams III @ Thorstein Foundation // DP: Alex Cullen @ Iriscape Prod. // Camera Operator @ GuyManly Productions // Styling: Jenni Hensler // Costume Designer: Ellen Frances // Costume Designer: Jenni Hensler // Nail Art Designer: Jennifer Pierce // Post Production: Ellen Frances / Iriscape Productions // Model/Actress: Laura O’neall @ AIM // PA: Mitch Patrick // Technical Consultant: Mari Kussman
Full Cast and Crew here.
Behind The Scenes Photo Journal on IMVDb here.
ORIGINALLY PREMIERED ON VICE:
“…we have to admit that we begged for this. Exactly one month ago, we premiered a video directed by the amazing Ellen Frances, and through that premiere, struck up a nice little friendship with her. Also around that time, we fell madly, and hopelessly in love with Black Marble.”
Music video for “Cruel Summer” by Black Marble (Hardly Art)
Dir: Ellen Frances
Prod / Set Design: Thorstein Foundation
Stylist: Jenni Hensler
Post: Ellen Frances
With: Cassidy James, Laurel Tomlin and Patrick C. Roberts
Filmed in the 13th St. Repertory Theater, NYC.
©2012 Hardly Art Records
[OFFICIAL] Music Video for “Right Way” off of the forthcoming album “Transduction” from ROOM8 (Ezra Reich & Nic Johns feat. Ian Young of M83) *Originally premiered on VICE 09.08.12*
Dir: Ellen Frances
Prod: Ellen Frances & Thorstein Foundation
DP: Ellen Frances & James J. Williams III
Post: Ellen Frances
Starring: Kendra Grant Malone, Matthew Savoca, Mari, James J. Williams III, Ellen Frances & Patrick C. Roberts
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Read about production on this project and view stills HERE.
Inspired by: “Women Who Bleed with the Moon”, the gates of Saturn’s return, New York City 2010, reflections in the third eye, NASA sound recordings of Saturn’s rings, moving self portrait
For Pangur Ban Party’s group project “Very Beautiful Women”
This short film has screened at ‘Women & Video’ in London and ‘The In Between: Maker Magazine’ in New York.
“When I received an invitation to an online group project with the subject of “Very Beautiful Women”, I was about to turn 30. This is a time in which Saturn begins to move away from the position it had occupied when one was born. In doing so, it begins to release the subject of its 1-2 year long wrath. That experience is what inspired this film. During my Saturn Return I became a single mother, I moved beyond the destructive habits of my 20’s and found beauty in myself as a being. To honor this tribute to Saturn’s Return further, I also used actual NASA recordings of Saturn in the sound design for this film.”
You can read Jimmy Chen’s analysis of this film for HTML Giant HERE.
[Official music video]
Memory Tapes “Green Knight” (CREEP Remix)(strings version)
Directed by Ellen Frances
Filmed at The Chelsea Hotel
Production Ellen Frances & John Durgee
Post Production John Durgee
Feat. Mari Kussman
This video originally premiered on Stereogum.com in July 2011
[Official Book Trailer]
A novel about a war waged by a group of balloonists against the month of February.
“Light Boxes twists through a waking nightmare, where violence slashes through characters but vines and flowers emerge in blood’s stead.”
— TIME OUT CHICAGO
Author: Shane Jones
Publisher: Penguin Books
Moving Portrait: Zachary German (Author)
NYC, 2008
2010 Jump-test in stop motion.
“This part-video, part-stop motion piece was created a week and a half after giving birth. Having shed 30-40lbs in a matter of days, my muscle memory had tricked my brain into feeling as though there had been a shift in gravity.”
