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MADLY/ THE POEM - THE BLAZE

ICONOCLAST, Paris / THE BLAZE / 2024

Awards:

Gold Cannes Lions
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Why is this work relevant for Film Craft?

Madly is the story of a rave, but moreover, the discovery of yourself through music, your first time.

This music video showcases the beauty in the mundane, like a child reciting a poem after summer holidays. "Madly" addresses themes of love, desire, and connection, resonating with the audience on an emotional level. It’s also an ode to the youth and the music, its power of connecting people in the most beautiful way. This is more a short film than a traditional music video, with striking visuals, stories, landscapes and powerful characters.

Please provide any cultural context that would help the Jury understand any cultural, national or regional nuances applicable to this work.

England has a rich cultural heritage in music and dance, with genres like electronic music and contemporary dance being particularly prominent. This clip incorporates elements of that culture, reflecting the British artistic landscape. This film is also an ode to 90’s, every car, trucks, stereo featuring in the film come from the 90’s, this inspired the full styling.

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Back in school after the holidays, Liam, a young cool kid from UK countryside recounts his transformative summer experience in a poem, detailing his first rave & love, set to the beats of the music. The track from the Jungle album serves as an ode to rave culture, music festivals, and freedom.

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"Madly" explores themes of love, youth, and rave through visually stunning and emotionally profound storytelling.

"MADLY" is a genuine work of poetry; its music video resembles a scene straight out of a feature film.

As you watch, it's easy to overlook that it's a music video as the track seamlessly intertwines with the visuals. The track from the Jungle album serves as an ode to rave culture, music festivals, and freedom. This music video comes after a long série of the blaze but this one has something particular, it’s 100% assumed it’s a piece of cinema. We had the luck to have a premiere but also during 2 months a projection of the music video in the MK2 French cinema.

Tell the jury anything relevant about the cinematography.

The combination of music and visuals is a signature for the duo.

An entire section of the track was reworked to seamlessly align with the story of this teenager and to also pay tribute to raves, to the spirit of freedom, brotherhood, and love that emanates from them, all with a touch of poetry, both in the visuals and the resulting text.

The aim of the editing was to display how the band explores themes masculinity, community, isolation, and love in a dreamlike atmosphere.

A lot of the editing involves cleaning. The challenge was to keep it alluring, lightly funky and shimmering.

It adeptly illustrates the lasting impact of the music and visuals from a festival weekend, resonating in one's mind long after the event concludes.

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