“Diamond Light - Breanna Barbara” by Kevin Jacobsen
Singer-songwriter steps out of a TV and into a retro 70s living room, enlisting her younger self for a dance party in kaleidoscopic space suit.
The 'Diamond Light' video is about memory and how it can change through your perception of time.
Someone once said that life is like riding on a train backwards, you're moving forward but you can only see where you've been. This short explores memories from past & the different views we have on them as we get older. I equate 'Diamond Light' to those shimmering moments that stick out in your brain and continue to move through time with different facets and faces, sort of like a diamond.
From Breanna about the Song
“Diamond Light is a song about memory and how it can change through your perception of time. Someone once said that life is like riding on a train backwards, you're moving forward but you can only see where you've been. I have these memories from when I was a little girl and the older I get the more I start to see them in different ways. I equate Diamond Light to those shimmering moments that stick out in your brain and continue to move through time with different facets and faces, sort of like a diamond.
The video idea came after meeting up with my friend/director Kevin Jacobsen when I told him what the song was about and some memories I had when I was a little girl and how differently I see them now. He came up with this touching storyline that I found sad but also really beautiful.
It was shot on March 15, 2020, the day our world changed and coincidentally on my birthday (also the Ides of March for those who are counting, there's some serious juju on this day.) I will never forget that day just because it was like something out of a movie while simultaneously trying to create one.
We had people canceling left and right because of the news but everyone that did show up was dedicated to making it happen. I cherish this video for so many reasons but mostly because it is a keepsake for the world before. Creating art has never been easy but I'm so grateful we got to make it that day when everything was turning on its head, even just to dance a little.”
From The Director
"Making these projects reinforces my passion for this art form. We faced limitations and still found a way to make something we love. This project touches on something precious that we take for granted. Those moments shared with family, whoever it is, sometimes forgotten or never had. This video wants you to at least one thing...make memories"
Credits
Director // Kevin Jacobsen @steadyhuman
1st AD // Daniele Sarti @danielesarti
DP // Alejandro Mejia AMC @alejandromejiadop
1st AC // Pierrick Reiss @pierriick_reiss
2nd AC // Vincent Paté @vincentpate
Production Designer // Anna Kathleen Little @_anna_kathleen_
Art Director // Candice Freshko @bananoorama
Art Assistant // Denise Pascal @denitere
Movement Coach // Jessica Cook @jesicook
Sound // Dylan Lappin // @madworldofdylan
Locations // Josh Cohen @_jersh
Gaffer // Collin Chiuccchini @colin_strikingny
Grip // Jessica Papayiannis @simplyjessp
Cast
Father // Troy Marrero @postbikes
Daughter // Olivia Kelly
Main // Breanna Barbara @breannabarbara
Host // Stuart Gibbel @sgibbel
Stylist // Breanna Barbara, Sam Crawford, Haley Hagendorf, Juan Zaballa
Hair // Dawn Reid @dawnydoeshair
Make up // Ashley Meyers @ashleymeyersmua
Photographer // Alexander Laurent @alexander_laurent
Production Manager // Juan Zaballa @talljuan
PA // Xenia Maranta
PA // Samantha Crawford @_samcrawf0rd_
PA // Spencer Brisson
PA // Mina Al Chokeil @minaalchokeil
Band
Drums // Charles Garmendia @charlie_chimi
Guitar // Benjamin Trimble @b.oon.e
Keys // Evan Heinze @evangeorgeheinze
Bass // Ricardo Alessio @deathspan
Percussion // Juan Zaballa @talljuan
Percussion // Adam Amram @adamamram
Audience
Rodolfo Sauma @rasauma
Yukary Morishima @zzzs_yukary
Laura Smith @lauralohar
Priscilla Rossi @pennylane114
Guido Colzani @guidocalzani
Josefina Machado @pepitasandwich
Monika Lidia @monikalidia
Mickaela Sensley @kimaela
Johan Rendon @lucidblood_
Lana Sullivan
Carlos Cabrera
Juliette Buchs @judebambino
Florencia Zaballa @florenciazaballa
Marlon Moon
Angela Scileppi @angelascileppi
Peter Victor-Gasper
Jose Berrio @joseberriolesmes
Kate Caretta @katehairmagic
Pat Tintle @psychopatttttt
Carlos Tetsuo Yokoyama @car_lost_yoa
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