Mistreated and Wild

'Mistreated and Wild' is the official music video from Chris Connelly's album 'Decibels from Heart', available on Cleopatra Records. Singers Chris Connelly and Claire Massey also perform in Sons of the Silent Age singing the songs of David Bowie and the video references Claire putting on Chris' 'Bowie' make-up before a performance. ‘Mistreated and Wild’ is Shayna Connelly's second video for her husband and her first collaboration with graphic designer Chris Kalis.

  • Shayna Connelly
    Director
  • Chris Kalis
    Director
  • Chris Connelly
    Key Cast
  • Claire Massey
    Key Cast
  • Shayna Connelly
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Arri Alexa
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • TMFF
    Glasgow
    April 15, 2016
  • Short Stop Film Festival
    Glasgow
  • Blissfest333
    Boulder Colorado
    August 14, 2016
  • Northwest Heat
    Seattle, WA
    July 10, 2016
  • Amarcord Film Festival
    Chicago, IL
    Honorable Mention
  • Ocktober Film Festival
    NYC, NY
    United States
    October 6, 2016
    New York Premiere
  • Sound Unseen
    Minneapolis
    United States
    November 12, 2016
  • Frame By Sound
  • Indie Fest USA International
  • Chicago REEL Shorts Film Festival
    Chicago
    December 3, 2016
    Chicago Premiere
Director Biography - Shayna Connelly, Chris Kalis

Shayna Connelly is a writer, director and editor. Her work ranges from short form to feature length and explores the lines between documentary and fiction. Over the years she has served as UPM or AD of many award-winning shorts; been a contributing writer for Time Out Chicago with a weekly column devoted to classic films on TV and juror for the After Dark competition at the 47th Annual Chicago International Film Festival. She has screened at galleries and museums including The Milwaukee Art Museum and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis.
Her narrative and experimental documentary films have screened at Athens International Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, Oak Cliff Film Festival and Iowa City International Documentary Festival. This summer she produced Brad Riddell’s (‘Crooked Arrows’) short film ‘Ten More’ starring David Pasquesi. She is in pre-production for a narrative short, ‘Quiver’, shooting in December 2016. Her first music video for Chris, 'Wait For Amateur', played at CIMMfest, Reel Shorts and NxNE. Newcity Magazine named her one of Chicago's 50 Screen Gems of 2016.

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