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Todo

Music Video for the track 'Todo' by Colacoaster. Shot on location in Austria. Black and White.

  • Michael Dürr
    Director
    Where Am I, Not More Than You And Me
  • Michou Friesz
    Key Cast
    Many movies in Austria and Germany
  • Gregor Errath
    Key Cast
    "Colacoaster"
  • Ricarda Moser
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 28, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Austria
  • Language:
    English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Votiv Kino
    Vienna
    Austria
    October 28, 2021
    Premier in Votivkino
Director Biography - Michael Dürr

Photographer , Filmmaker and Founder of Cinema Photographique, Michael Dürr, has worked in the Austrian fashion industry for more than twenty years. His photographs have appeared in international fashion magazines such as Another, i-D, Sleek, Qvest, Blend, Soma, Cos , Faq , Le Purple Journal, L’Officiel , Casa Vogue, Selfservice , Harpers Bazaar , etc. in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rio, Hong Kong, Miami, New York as well as Amsterdam. In addition to his magazine work, Dürr has produced commercial works for H&M, Mercedes Benz, Diesel or Palmers. At the heart of Dürr’s sensuous photography lies a passion for natural daylight and the playful shadows it casts. His models are primarily female, and the cinematic sets are carefully staged. Apart from advertising and fashion, Dürr’s photography also includes portraits of prominent figures such as David Lynch, Vivienne Westwood, Adrien Brody, Diane Kruger , Tilda Swinton or Marine Vacth . Cinema Photographique is Europe’s first ever cinema for fashion photography, created and curated by Michael Dürr in 2008. Supported by companies including Vöslauer, All i need, Agent Provocateur, Mac Cosmetics, Diesel Black Gold or Swarovski . Cinema Photographique received its premiere at the Festival for Fashion & Photography in Vienna. Further showings have followed in cooperation with museums, galleries, hotels as well as festivals. His work has been showcased at group exhibitions in Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Shanghai and Vienna as well as numerous solo exhibitions in Vienna. Since 2017 Michael Dürr has been working as a d.o.p / director on shortfilms , musicvideos and tv-spots.

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Director Statement

After working with art director Mathias Fellner for the first two COLACOASTER music videos: "Where am I" and "Not more than you and me" in Sicily, I decided - due to Corona - in summer 2021 - to stay local and produce the music video for the new Colacoaster track ‘Todo’ in various regions in my home country Austria.

I wanted to keep the imagery in black and white as well as the idea of shooting exclusively in daylight, aiming to create a music video which could also be considered a short film of sorts with more narrative elements compared to the more abstract approach of the first two music videos.

First choice for the female lead alongside the artist Colacoaster was the actress Michou Friesz who has been a great inspiration for me since a long time. Her collaboration catapulted the project to the next level.

Inspired by the lyrics of the song, locations, architecture, actors, and lighting moods were scouted in spring of 2021 - grief, doubt, quarrel, relationship, friendship, family but also fantasies, loneliness, suicide and longing became central themes of the film.

The first associations with the music and the title of the song were those of a modern, sensitive and lonely "western hero", in the form of the fictional character Colacoaster - after various incidents in his life and in his relationship he is considering leaving the country or even life.

The message of the film should (perhaps for many people who are plagued by similar questions and problems or face similar decisions in their life) be, that at the end of the day everything revolves not only about your own, often troubled ego, but also about people and, above all, close and loved people who would find it difficult to continue to live with the possible loss of a partner, friend or relative.

People in the context of art, fashion, design or architecture have been the subject of many of my work for me as a photographer for almost thirty years.

Although I would describe myself as a philanthropist and personally have no thoughts on the subject of suicide, I can relate to the problems, feelings and thoughts from young people and artists in times of pandemics, social media, social distancing, social or climate change.

Art, music, film and photography have become important "medicine" in our time.

The shooting took place in many exciting locations, with established actors but also young, yet undiscovered talents. This shaped my summer of 2021. I really enjoyed the valuable new contacts we made in the process of creating this film - with priests, horse lovers, architects, undertakers, models or artists etc. After the successful cinema premiere in November 2021, I am looking forward to upcoming new music videos or film projects with inspiring people.

A LA GENTE!

Michael Dürr , D.o.p. , Director : TODO , Colacoaster (c) 2021