VICTORIES / MUSIC VIDEO (2017)
At one point, I worked in fintech and took megabus rides from Montreal to Toronto to shoot music videos. I had a kind and eccentric boss who let me arrange all my work hours so that I could run off to make movies with friends.
This music video was a collaboration with three girls in a band called Tange, who couldn't have been older than 19 at the time but totally kicked ass. They've since become quite accomplished artists in their own right, and it was my first opportunity to make something for myself, while contemplating the inevitable move to Toronto. It was impossible to run back and forth filming in Toronto and working in Montreal, but I hadn't nailed the film scene in Montreal and it seemed like all roads led to Tdot. I ended up moving there near the end of 2017, with a job offer as a coordinator at a local commercial production company. Little did I know it was my first foray into directing ads.
VICTORIES by Tange Music Video
Music and Lyrics by TANGE
Dir. Sara Jade Alfaro
Producer Tim Sharpe & Maria Sartzetaki
1AD Julia Blackwell
Director of Photography Brad Cherry
1AC Adam Wicklam
Key Grip Robert Wharry
Production Assistant Shima K Marand
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Production Designer Allana Ward
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Wardrobe Stylist Jasmine Nichols
Make-up Artist Chloe Jeong
STARRING
Kenzy Abouelhassan
Anthony Jhade
Madison Graves
Stennie Bell
Editor Eli Spiegel
Colorist Jason Zuckowski @ Redlab
Post Producer Pallavi-Joshi Firby
Conform Editor Heather McDowell
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Special Thanks to Fariba Dehghani
& Alexander Alfaro