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Director's Note
- Let It Fall is a musical art piece. Neither just a music video collection nor a short film, it is instead a surrealist examination on the emotional journey of a relationship's end. When The ILLZ and I began this project, which has taken a year to come to fruition, it was simply a one note video. We had equipment leftover from another shoot and shot a quick, emotional little video that had little to no context. It sat on the sidelines as went on the create the In Between Video Series and others, but over time, the project grew and grew. We decided to take The Pursuit LP and transform it into a short film. Create an emotional journey and arc, and subdivide it into chapters that were all part of a singular story. From that one video, grew four, and with it, a passionate film project began.
- Creating this project has been one of the most organic of my artistic endeavors. We set no deadlines, had no endgame. This project was shot and created as pieces fell into place, and when things felt right. It has shapeshifted numerous times, taken several different approaches, and what started off as having a very narrative structure instead became much more experimental. With the inability to use dialogue, we decided to tell completely visual stories, and rely on imagery that was meant to evoke the emotions of the story rather than convey the story in a traditional plot sense. We wrote no treatments, had no hard guidelines to follow. The ILLZ and I would discuss the emotions of everything, discuss the story and how we felt about it at any given time, and then when the opportunity arose, we went out and shot. The collaboration and creation on this is the purest I've ever had.
- So with that being said, The ILLZ and I present to you LET IT FALL, a journey in four parts. This is a project close to our hearts, and I hope you can find meaning in it, just as we have.
- With all our best Kristopher Rey-Talley & The ILLZ
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Synopsis
A genre bender in the true sense of the word, Let It Fall is not quite a music video, nor is it a short film, but rather a mix of both. It's a surrealist, dreamlike experience. Chronicling the emotional journey as a couple deals with a breakup, the piece moves in and out of reality, meant to be experienced on an emotional and visual level.
The whole piece is like a puzzle. Each chapter is a thematic sequel to the one before it, but the worlds in each video are very much their own.
- Director Kristopher Rey Talley
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Trailer
- "A genre bender in the true sense of the word, Let It Fall is not quite a music video, nor is it a short film, but rather a mix of both. It's a surrealist, dreamlike experience. Chronicling the emotional journey as a couple deals with a breakup, the piece moves in and out of reality, meant to be experienced on an emotional and visual level.
The whole piece is like a puzzle. Each chapter is a thematic sequel to the one before it, but the worlds in each video are very much their own."
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Prelude
- *For the record we are extremely against domestic violence. Glad to be shedding light on that issue with this video. We're strongly against it and hope that it can inspire people dealing with domestic violence to break free from it
Directed by Hot Mop Films
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One
- Chapter One
The ILLZ - In Between Us (Remix) (Official Video) from Delgis Mustafa on Vimeo.
Chapter 1 follows a couple as their relationship has reached it's breaking point. Inundated by jealousy, anger, and resentment, what starts off as trip to the ocean to try and rekindle a spark instead leads to a violent fight. Reality is harsh, gritty and painful. This is all juxtaposed against the subconscious, which is represented by the tunnel. Here the couple is alone, on a journey. Things are good, things are bad, but they are together. This represents the internal struggle of the two.
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Two
- Chapter Two
The ILLZ - Darkside of The Room (Official Video) from Delgis Mustafa on Vimeo.
Chapter 2 takes a much darker tone. It is the nightmare, the beginning of the decent into madness. The ILLZ finds himself in a rotting facade of a house; the house he shared with her. Trapped in it, unable to escape, this is him coming to terms with her and how she changed. They have grown apart, and as he searches for her, he finds little mementos, and her revelation signals that what she became is not whom he had initially fallen in love with. But his desire to be with her is unwavering, and he will destroy anything in his way to get to her, to have her by his side.
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Three
- Chapter Three
The ILLZ - Los Angeles (Existen) (Official Video) from Delgis Mustafa on Vimeo.
Chapter 3 is about loss. The nightmare has ended, but is replaced by a cold reality that is not much different. A letter proves the pain is in fact real, the separation is definite, that she is now 'dead and gone' to him.
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Four
- Chapter Four
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Cast and Crew
Kristopher Rey-Talley (Director)
In Between Us Remix
- Directed by Kristopher Rey-Talley
- Produced by Steve Tucker
- Cinematography by Kristopher Rey-Talley & Sam Wootton
- Edited by Kristopher Rey-Talley
Dark Side
- Directed by Kristopher Rey-Talley
- Produced by Rad Roubeni & Steve Tucker
- Cinematography by Mitch Martinez
- Art Direction by Steve Tucker & Brendan Murphy
- Edited by Kristopher Rey-Talley
Los Angeles
- Directed, Shot & Edited by Kristopher Rey-Talley
Faded- Directed by Kristopher Rey-Talley
- Produced by Steve Tucker & Kristopher Rey-Talley
- Cinematography by Kristopher Rey-Talley & Sam Wootton
- Lighting Design by Mitch Martinez
