Mumford and Sons’ lead singer Marcus Mumford has taken on a solo career and, for his first music video, he’s enlisted none other than Steven Spielberg to direct. Not only is this Spielberg’s first-ever music video, he also shot it on an Apple iPhone.
Amelia Bamsey for Creative Bloq:
Marcus Mumford has released his new single Cannibal, accompanied by a very special music video. Shot in a school gymnasium in New York, the moody monochrome piece is Speilberg’s music video directorial debut, and unbelievably it was filled in one 3-minute take. On an iPhone.
The music video ended up being a family affair, with Spielberg directing the video and his wife, Kate Capshaw, acting as producer, art director and dolly grip. And while we’re used to big-budget special effects from Spielberg, this music video is fairly humble in comparison.
Mumford shared a behind-the-scenes pic of the fluid vid in the creation giving us insight into how it was shot. And it looks like they had a lot of fun – Spielberg was being pulled along by Capshaw in a wheeled chair.
On Sunday 3rd July in a high school gym in New York, Steven Spielberg directed his first music video, in one shot, on his phone. Kate Capshaw was the almighty dolly grip. pic.twitter.com/9KUvONG4u3
— Marcus Mumford (@marcusmumford) July 18, 2022
This does seem like a random pairing at first, but if you think about it for two seconds it will make sense.
Mumford is married to famous actress/his childhood penpal Carey Mulligan. Carey Mulligan is starring in Gawker’s most-anticipated film, Maestro (she plays Maestro’s wife). Spielberg is producing Maestro. Apparently they all hit it off, and a few weeks ago they got together in a high school gym and Spielberg shot this on his iPhone.
MacDailyNews Take: Sensor-shift optical image stabilization (OIS) is unique to iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Sensor-shift OIS stabilizes the sensor instead of the lens, so images are smooth and video is steady, even when the user or his dolly (office chair) is not.
Full cast and crew:
“Cannibal”
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Producer, Art Director and Dolly Grip
Kate Capshaw
Producer and BTS videographer
Kristie Macosko Krieger
Costumer and Sound
Carey Mulligan
Performed by
Marcus Mumford
Without further ado, here’s the video (NSFW, explicit language):
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Oh Oh… whats the jitter in dolly/zoom in min 0:52 to min 1…
no one saw that before release??
I have a saying: “Embrace the defects.”
No wonder you’re a [Defective] Democrat, certainly understand you need all the help you can get… 🤪
Embrace AppleCynic and AppleBS?
God did say to love your neighbour as thyself, but that was before he created the BStwins.
I guess you are of the school of thought where praise and reward are considered entitlements regardless of performance.. Yes??? 🤦🏼♂️….. (along with all other ‘entitlements’! )
“Budgets being slashed in Hollywood” with a photo of Kate Capshaw pulling a chair with Steven Spielberg shooting a scene in his iPhone. That’s pure comedy right there.