björk: black lake

björk: black lake taken from the album vulnicura. shot on location in iceland by award-winning director andrew thomas huang, the ten minute long film for ‘black lake’ was commissioned by the museum of modern art, new york and debuted there earlier this year. the film includes motifs from the icelandic landscape—caves, ravines, lava, and moss fields—and reflects ideas of pain, perishing, and rebirth. ‘black lake’ was realized in collaboration with the 3-d design firm autodesk, who worked along with david benjamin and the living on the installation at moma. ‘black lake’ was produced by andrew thomas huang’s uk based music video production company colonel blimp. listen to vulnicura: click here to subscribe to the official björk channel: video credits: production company: colonel blimp icelandic production company: truenorth client: one little indian records & moma artist: björk film & track title: black lake music: björk director: andrew thomas huang creative direction by björk, andrew thomas huang & james merry executive producers: tamsin glasson & kevin shapiro producer: tamsin glasson cinematographer: lasse frank production designer: thorgeir frímann ódinsson choreographer: erna ómarsdóttir colorist: brandon chavez truenorth, icelandic production: general manager: helga margrét reykdal executive producer: rafnar hermannsson producer: hrönn kristinsdóttir production manager: linda vilhjálmsdóttir location manager: haraldur daddi bjarnason camera department: stedicam operator: ari robbins focus puller: ómar jabali loader: elva sara ingvarsdottir digital image technician: búi baldvinsson & gudjón hrafn gu›mundsson audio recording and playback: frank arthur blöndahl cassata playback assistants: gestur sveinsson, fannar freyr magnússon lighting: gaffer: jonathan devaney key grip: hinrik jónsson assistant lighting & grip: valdimar jóhannsson, bergur hinriksson assistant grip: dagur benedikt reynisson production design: production designer: thorgeir frímann ó›insson art director: martin busko props master: haukur m. hrafnsson props assistants: fridrik steinn fridriksson, soffía ósk kristinsdóttir carpenter: hilmar páll jóhannsson sfx supervisor: davíd geir jónasson wardrobe design: wardrobe designer: iris van herpen wardrobe design manager: bradly klerks make-up: andrew gallimore at clm london hair: lok lau at clm london assistant make-up: frida maria hardardóttir production: 1st assistant director: george nessis 2nd assistant director/key pa: brynja dögg pa: kormákur arthursson, hilmar mathiesen, fernando cunha, jerry nessis, árni jóhann ólafsson stand-in: maría nielsen catering: dorthy lísa woodland drivers: camera van driver: ómar jabali equipment truck driver: hinrik jónsson wardrobe motorhome driver: anna lind sævarsdóttir facility bus: jökull jónsson nnw trucks: hulda lára jónsdóttir vfx capture xrez studio: eric hanson & greg downing local icelandic assistant to xrez studio: ólafur haraldsson vfx: wolf & crow executive producer: kevin shapiro production: kate berry production: cole darby production: matt olson production emmi nakagawa vfx supervisor: adam swaab fx artist: brett albert technical director: henry foster lead flame: brandon sanders compositor: chad howitt compositor: sven dreesbach compositor: youn kwack compositor: lindsey fry cg lead: matt berenty cg artist: richard daniels cg artist: troy barsness cg artist: josephine khang cg artist: joseph grossmann rotoscoping: dan everson powered by autodesk autodesk executive sponsor: chris bradshaw; vp & chief marketing officer autodesk producer: brian pene; director of emerging technology and cto autodesk behind the scenes location capture: keith chamberlain autodesk practical effects designer: arthur harsuvanakit autodesk finance: tasha koellsted, jezabel cloutier black lake theater environment by david benjamin, ray wang, jim stoddart, and brian lee special thanks to tom berendsen, andrew melchior, brian pene, adam joseph, michelle jaffe , james studholme and martin howe.