Set within the four walls of a locker room, Ruby Harris’s latest promo for singer-songwriter-producer Tsatsamis curves seductively around the classic 'locker room' clichés, and practically radiates post-workout endorphins.This undeniably confident and punchy second collaboration between Harris and Tsatsamis for disco banger Faith - which follows their first, for Everybody Wants A Piece Of You last year - is a sending up of the joy in movement, physicality and eroticism. Between the lockers and the jockstraps, Tsatsamis grooves playfully, surrounded by sporty dancers. And with an impeccably dressed set as its sole location, Harris manages to make this finite, daylit space feel as intimate as a dark club dancefloor. A burst of impeccably synchronised choreography amidst flashes of bodies stretching, dancing and moving brings a moment of satisfying focus to the video as the cast engage in a communal worshipping with their movements.“Faith came from an image Pete (Tsatsamis) described of sweaty people in a changing room with post-match energy, and a light shining down on him in the centre,” says Ruby Harris. “We cast a mixture of dancers, movers and friends, and I was so lucky to be able to collaborate with choreographer Caterina Danzico to find movements that everyone felt comfortable doing. It has always been a dream to shoot group choreography and it exceeded expectations.” The director's embodied visual style includes some casually suggestive shots that leave little room for misinterpretation for those in the know. The photography by DoP Warren Rodricks, the lighting, and the grade by Andi Chu at Electric Theatre Collective, together take on a celestial quality, seeming to bathe the cast in light as much as Tsatsamis seems to be emitting it throughout the video.“My aim was to give the video this energy," adds Harris. "To show that God is shining on them and they are shining back at God.”
Ndella Longley - 15th Mar 2024