Earlier this year, South London musician Dwy (pronounced “Dewey”) released a concept album called “8-Bit Memories.” The tracks varied from “Black Boy,” an observation of society, to “Summers Over,” a song about growing up.
Now the singer-songwriter has a short film, titled after the album, which producer RadicalMedia is planning to take on the festival circuit. The script was born out of his desire to make something different from a music video and to connect to the album’s idea of a time remembered more than experienced. His creative partner Jesse Rose suggested a movie. “I was a ‘Pokémon’ fan, and the graphics were awful,” Dwy says, “but there’s this nostalgic 8-bit connection to it that’s fuzzy, and that was the crux of the title.”
Cinematographer Peter Soto and director Quran Squire sat with the musician and decided the 15-minute film should have a gritty fantastical feel with...
Now the singer-songwriter has a short film, titled after the album, which producer RadicalMedia is planning to take on the festival circuit. The script was born out of his desire to make something different from a music video and to connect to the album’s idea of a time remembered more than experienced. His creative partner Jesse Rose suggested a movie. “I was a ‘Pokémon’ fan, and the graphics were awful,” Dwy says, “but there’s this nostalgic 8-bit connection to it that’s fuzzy, and that was the crux of the title.”
Cinematographer Peter Soto and director Quran Squire sat with the musician and decided the 15-minute film should have a gritty fantastical feel with...
- 4/1/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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