“Tony Anderson- "Butterflies (Piano Sonata)” by Logan Marshall
This film is a visual interpretation of the acclaimed piece “Butterflies” by renowned composer Tony Anderson. Inspired by director Logan Marshall's love of Tony's work, the piece follows a young couple who fall in love, move in together, and then slowly drift apart. Told in an intimate and subjective way, the story plays with the idea that it’s the people who make a house a home.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“I’ve been a huge fan of Tony’s music for years. Especially “Butterflies (Piano Sonata)”. It’s unironically one of my favourite songs. Whenever I hear it, it always makes me think of memories. Happy and sad. There’s a tone of bittersweet melancholy and reflection to it. Like nostalgia.
I’m also really interested in the sentimentality of places. And so for a while now, I’ve been wanting to tell a story focusing on how beautiful a place can be, how much it can mean to someone, and then how empty it feels when none of those memories remain.
When the opportunity to work with Tony came up, I told him that I wanted to make a video for “Butterflies” that was a bittersweet meditation focusing on a relationship - combining all the happiness and sadness that this entails. I wanted to explore a couple meeting, falling in love, moving in together, building a home, and then slowly drifting apart - contained within the walls of their home. So that in the end, whilst this is just a house, we as an audience can understand that it means so much more than that.”
-Logan Marshall
Credits
Directed by Logan Marshall
STARRING
Emily Eden
David Walker
Music by Tony Anderson
CREW
Produced by Huai Hsuan Huang & Logan Marshall
Executive Producers// Sarah Brannan & Trust
Director of Photography// Ziga Zupancic NZCS
Gaffer// Karl Saunders
Production Designer// Ash Sutton
Costume Designer// Sarah Price
Makeup Designer// Julie Clark
Colorist// Matic Prusnik
Editor// Logan Marshall
Titles// George Boyd
1st AD// Esther Collas
Dolly Grip// Kayne Asher
Steadicam Operator// Alex McDonald
1st AC// Ethan James
2nd AC// Tafry Amdadar
Camera Trainee// Avito Luke Alefosio
Best Boy Lighting// Matt Kofoed
Lighting Assistants// Christopher Jackson, Ka Segerberg, Sam Compton
Art Director// Xavier Garneau-Roughan
Set Decorator// Seunghoon Sung
Location Scout/Manager (Prep)// Merlin Scott-Smith
Casting Director// Rec Casting
Intimacy Coordinator (Prep)// Ashleigh Waters
SPFX Technician// Steffen Haavik Taylor
THANKS TO
Panavision NZ
Flashlight Film Services
First Company Grip Ltd
Halcyon Digital
Paul Lake
Les Shackleton
Galatos
Gypsy Tea Room
BG
Josh Owens
Johann Frahenlob
Jackson Francis
Amiria Kiria
Andresso Alves Da Silva
Anna Brajkovich
Arianne Tresadern
Bo Jasper Klijn
Cameron Gardiner
Dagmar Barbosa Da Silva
Georgia Dearing
Henry Kiria
Jaycee Martinez
Lucas Antonio Fraga Frigeri
Patrick Wickstead
Pippa Teensma
Sebstian Zalkalnins
Susie Copley
Zanle Louw
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