“Halos” By Cool Company
Cool Company narrates the story of a romantic couple's wedding day being struck with an apocalypse, told in a collection of intricate zoom shots in surreal sets, trapped on a VHS tape. Inspired by fashion, 70's & 80's horror films, Peter Greenaway, and French Cinèma du look. It's a deconstructed melodrama about love and memories persisting even when everything goes catastrophically wrong and time turns us callous.
Credits
For Brooklyn-based Cool Company
Writer & Director: Waley Wang
Director of Photography: Alexey Kosorukov
Producer: Emily Friedman
Concept: Waley Wang & Alexey Kosorukov
Production Company: Rollin Studios, Striking NY, Nice Shoes
Starring:
Madison: Sophie Sumner
Devon: Yoyo
Cool Yan
Thankyoufatmatt
Molly Thomas-Lee
Ellen Perkins
Rel Akio
Bria Whitney
Executive Producers:
Anthony Argento
Ricardo Vilar
Collin Chiucchini
Nice Shoes
Production Designer: Kate Espada
Art Director: Sara Rodriguez
Set Dresser: Dasha Khritankova
Builder: Matt Iacono
Associate Producer: Drew Leventhal
Unit Production Manager: Jacob Goldberg
Line Producer: Branton Choi, Kenneth Kriheli
1st Assistant Director: Theo Amit, Wayne Wu
Gaffer: Collin Chiucchini
Key Grip: Vicente Roxas
G&E Swing: Miguel Medina
1st Assistant Camera: Peter Harrison
2nd Assistant Camera: Gus Thornton
Driver: Justin Harrison
Stylist: Tori V. Bennett & Emily Friedman
Hair & Makeup, SFX:
Esther Kim & Morgan Getty
Editor: Alvaro del Val
Colorist: Maria Carretero
VFX: Kaya Ono
VFX & Color Producer: Serena Bove
VHS Dubbing: Jon Fordham
Sound Designer: Chris Friedman
Graphic Designer: Rachel Tonkovich
Assistant Designer: Joanne Wang, Rachel Chang
Production Assistant: Carlos Amaya Tibana, Narin Kerim, Marvin Meng
Special Thanks:
Wei Chen, Ula Neumann, Maria Carretero, Serena Bove, Kirsten Andersen,
Matt Schaff, Anna Franquesa-Solano, Jinny Choi, Davide Sorasio, Ryan Bojanovic,
Yi Liu, James Qiu, Branton Choi, Nueraili Taqa, Marie Cruz, Jie Wang, Joanne Wang,
Landon Yost, Justin Scholar
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