Amyl and the Sniffers
Jerkin'
"The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre. Once, Amy said to me, “If the world wasn’t so fucked up, I’d never wear clothes.” It’s the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately “offensive.” This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way. We approached the project as if it were a performance in itself. From concept to crewing to casting, we (the production) let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day. We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I’m used to. But because this idea was driven by people’s personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. We just kept pulling things further and further back until we were left with just a white wall and the human body. I want to come out of everything I do with a different perspective. Just as one’s perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way. I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a shit."
- John Angus Stewart, Director
CREDITS
Director / Editor: John Angus Stewart
Production Company: 1888 Productions
Executive Producer: Stephen Fitzgibbon
Executive Producer: Corrine Dye
Producer: Rick Charnoski
Producer/Casting Director: Brande Bytheway
Production Coordinator: Jessica Whiteley
Production Assistant: Ben Wallace
Director of Photography: John Angus Stewart
1st AC/Gaffer: Luis Barajas
Art Department Camilla Zas
HMU (Band): Kayli Rachelle
Colorist: Ted Deacey
Animation: Joshua Frisbie
Location: These Days
Camera: Keslow Camera
Sound & Playback Supply: DSL Audio, Dean S. Lee
Talent:
Emily
Stephen Zeigler
Lonnie David
Michelle Nguyen
Scarlett Yaryan
Siobhan Aluvalot
Camila Zas
James Miller
Jess Whiteley
Andy Roy
Scot Sothern
Peter Hugermaier
Ryan Browning
Georgia
Shaya
Rick Charnoski
Thank you
Christopher Blauvelt
Josi Zeigler
Stephen Zeigler
Andy Roy
Malia Spanyol