Wolf Alice

The Sofa

A performance-led music video for The Sofa, the second single from Wolf Alice’s album The Clearing. Shot on 16mm film, the video follows Ellie Rowsell as she drifts through the streets of North London on a sofa, blurring the boundaries between the intimacy of home and the rhythm of the city around her.

The film received a Vimeo Staff Pick and was shortlisted for Best Rock Video at the UK MVAs.

  • Vimeo
  • Director Fiona Jane Burgess

  • Production Company SMUGGLER

  • Managing Director Fergus Brown

  • Managing Director Lucy Kelly

  • Executive Producer Elizabeth Doonan

  • Executive Producer Joel Spencer

  • Producer Sidney Arthur

  • Production Manager Izzy Davis

  • Production Runner Lily Carpenter

  • Location Manager Rupert Bowkett

  • Location Assistant Jazz Jamieson 

  • Label Columbia Records

  • Director Visual Content Kat Cattaneo

  • Commissioner Michael Lewin

  • Marketing Polly Whittington

  • Management Eilidh Fraser

  • Digital Yazz James

  • Digital Caitlin Fine

  • BTS Harriet Bols

  • Directors Rep Hands

  • 1st AD Rawdon De Fresnes

  • 2nd AD Jennifer Addo

  • 3rd AD Sam Barnham 

  • Runner Marlon Reynier

  • Runner Honey Macdowall

  • Runner (Work Exp) Walt Scott

  • Runner (Work Exp) Issy Dennis

  • DOP Harry Wheeler

  • 1st AC Phillip Heron 

  • 2nd AC Jack Ferrari-Plumbridge

  • 2nd AC Luke Gurney

  • Central Loader Cas Broad

  • Key Grip Rob Barlow 

  • 2nd Grip Paul Mammone

  • 3rd Grip Tobias Schoneveld

  • Grip Trainee Mélanie Barbieri 

  • Work Experience Will Barlow

  • Camera Car Driver Dimitri 

  • DLP Tech Daniel Lobo-Pires 

  • Video Playback Remy Trafford

  • Gaffer Simon Ingram

  • Electrician Dom Cichy 

  • Electrician Tim Neill

  • Electrician Will Curley 

  • Trainee George Burke 

  • Movement Direction Joe Grey Adams

  • Production Designer Max Randall

  • Art Director Georgia Rose Fairman 

  • Art Assistant Elin Taylor

  • Art Assistant Marcus James

  • Art Assistant Dougal Burgess 

  • Art Assistant Josh Hooper

  • Art Assistant Jude Lilley 

  • Wardrobe Stylist Lulu Bullock

  • Wardrobe Assistant Elliott Bulman

  • Wardrobe Assistant Ellen Green

  • HMU Artist Natasha Lawes

  • HMU Assist Sophie Gia Moore

  • HMU Assist Anya Mcdevitt

  • Artist Stylist David Gary Moore

  • Artist Stylist Assist Leonor Carvalho 

  • Artist Stylist Assist Anna Luisa Di Lauro

  • Artist Make Up Anna Payne

  • Artist Make Up Assist Francesca Leach

  • Artist Hair Yumi Nakada-Dingle

  • Artist Hair Assist Motoharu Iwaizumi

  • Medic Nigel Britton 

  • Catering Bowes Cafe

  • Film Stock Kodak

  • Film processing and scanning Kodak London

  • Casting Director Jinjo Casting

  • Offline Edit Okay Studio

  • Editor Jo Lewandowska

  • Edit Assist Michelle Koops

  • Edit Producer Athene Aristocleous

  • Colourist Dante Pasquinelli

  • Online editor Monty Chaudoir

  • VFX Denis Reva

  • Conform Fin Melluish



Description

A performance-led music video for The Sofa, the second single from Wolf Alice’s album The Clearing. Shot on 16mm film, the video follows Ellie Rowsell as she drifts through the streets of North London on a sofa, blurring the boundaries between the intimacy of home and the rhythm of the city around her.

The film received a Vimeo Staff Pick and was shortlisted for Best Rock Video at the UK MVAs.

Director
Fiona Jane Burgess
Production Company
SMUGGLER
Managing Director
Fergus Brown
Managing Director
Lucy Kelly
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Doonan
Executive Producer
Joel Spencer
Producer
Sidney Arthur
Production Manager
Izzy Davis
Production Runner
Lily Carpenter
Location Manager
Rupert Bowkett
Location Assistant
Jazz Jamieson 
Label
Columbia Records
Director Visual Content
Kat Cattaneo
Commissioner
Michael Lewin
Marketing
Polly Whittington
Management
Eilidh Fraser
Digital
Yazz James
Digital
Caitlin Fine
BTS
Harriet Bols
Directors Rep
Hands
1st AD
Rawdon De Fresnes
2nd AD
Jennifer Addo
3rd AD
Sam Barnham 
Runner
Marlon Reynier
Runner
Honey Macdowall
Runner (Work Exp)
Walt Scott
Runner (Work Exp)
Issy Dennis
DOP
Harry Wheeler
1st AC
Phillip Heron 
2nd AC
Jack Ferrari-Plumbridge
2nd AC
Luke Gurney
Central Loader
Cas Broad
Key Grip
Rob Barlow 
2nd Grip
Paul Mammone
3rd Grip
Tobias Schoneveld
Grip Trainee
Mélanie Barbieri 
Work Experience
Will Barlow
Camera Car Driver
Dimitri 
DLP Tech
Daniel Lobo-Pires 
Video Playback
Remy Trafford
Gaffer
Simon Ingram
Electrician
Dom Cichy 
Electrician
Tim Neill
Electrician
Will Curley 
Trainee
George Burke 
Movement Direction
Joe Grey Adams
Production Designer
Max Randall
Art Director
Georgia Rose Fairman 
Art Assistant
Elin Taylor
Art Assistant
Marcus James
Art Assistant
Dougal Burgess 
Art Assistant
Josh Hooper
Art Assistant
Jude Lilley 
Wardrobe Stylist
Lulu Bullock
Wardrobe Assistant
Elliott Bulman
Wardrobe Assistant
Ellen Green
HMU Artist
Natasha Lawes
HMU Assist
Sophie Gia Moore
HMU Assist
Anya Mcdevitt
Artist Stylist
David Gary Moore
Artist Stylist Assist
Leonor Carvalho 
Artist Stylist Assist
Anna Luisa Di Lauro
Artist Make Up
Anna Payne
Artist Make Up Assist
Francesca Leach
Artist Hair
Yumi Nakada-Dingle
Artist Hair Assist
Motoharu Iwaizumi
Medic
Nigel Britton 
Catering
Bowes Cafe
Film Stock
Kodak
Film processing and scanning
Kodak London
Casting Director
Jinjo Casting
Offline Edit
Okay Studio
Editor
Jo Lewandowska
Edit Assist
Michelle Koops
Edit Producer
Athene Aristocleous
Colourist
Dante Pasquinelli
Online editor
Monty Chaudoir
VFX
Denis Reva
Conform
Fin Melluish