Directing duo Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Ewa Smyk (aka Bare Golly Films) gather a remote team of artists to paint 1,200 watercolors and fuse them into a gently fluid music video for multiple Grammy-winner Jacob Collier.

Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Ewa Smyk: “‘Never Gonna Be Alone’ comprises a short film that explores the thematic nuances of the song, journeying through layers of love, loss, and longing painstakingly realized in vibrant, hand-crafted paintings.

“Complex in detail and color, the music video features four extended continuous sequences of frame-by-frame animation. It was created over two months by a team of nine, all working remotely.”
 

 
Artist: Jacob Collier

Production: Bare Golly Films
Director: Shan Christopher Ogilvie, Ewa Smyk
Editor: Shan Christopher Ogilvie
Painter: Ewa Smyk, Haemin Ko, Thrish Sumanasekera, Iza Barszcz
Designer: Ewa Smyk, Milda Kargaudaitė, Haemin Ko
2D Animation Lead: Richard Smithson
2D Animator: Iza Barszcz, Milda Kargaudaitė, Solomon Triffitt
Compositing Assistant: Ross Stringer