Should we fear the light, or embrace it?
Based around the iconic Dylan Thomas poem of the same name, Do Not Go Gently Into This Good Night uses interwoven art form vignettes to make a commentary on how the implementation of recent restrictive night-time laws and regulations within Sydney have created a sense of abandonment, isolation and at times fear within the city’s once thriving and inspired youth culture.
Featuring a cast of emerging talent from the fashion and performance world(s), clothing from Song For The Mute, and music from a duo of International composers (including up and coming Australian band The Lastlings), the piece has been created to offer a stylised contemporary take on the iconic poetry with a series of vignette’s all interwoven by the notion of youth embracing or rejecting different interpretations of light.
Cast:
Raphael Dubois (Performer and Narrator): instagram.com/raphaeldubois_/
Weah Bangura: instagram.com/officialkinglightskin/ from Chic Model Management
Honor Munro: instagram.com/honorsworld/ from Five Twenty Model Management
Francis Kamara: instagram.com/franny4367/ From IMG
Woan Ni Wooi: instagram.com/woanster/ from Viviens Model Management
Clothing: Song For The Mute. songforthemute.com/
Make Up: Cherry Cheung. instagram.com/cherrycheungmakeup/
Sound Recordist: Arthur Poccioni
Location Runner: Harry O’Connor
Colourist: Ben Eagleton, BE Colour.
Sound Design: Andrew Stevenson at We Love Jam.
Music: Intro by Lastlings (instagram.com/lastlingslastlings/) and Pencil Logic by Craig DeLeon (instagram.com/blackgalifanakis/)
DOP: Thomas Black
Production Collective: //Thirteen & Co. 13co.io
Director/Editor: Lester Jones. instagram.com/lesterjonesphotography lesterjonesphotography.com
Special Thanks to: Melvin Tayana, Lyna Ty and Ryan Arnold, IMG, Brad Homes, UTS, Lachlan Townsend and Christopher Kakoliris