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Undertow

A floating performance for Ines Vale, shot in one long day on the lake.

Music Video · 2026

Under The Lilies

Ines Vale floating among lily pads
The singer's face among the pads
The singer drifting on dark water
A white water lily on a dark pond
Two arms rising out of the lake

Credits

  • ClientInes Vale
  • TypeMusic Video
  • DirectorElias Brandt
  • CinematographyTheo Marchetti
  • EditorLucia Reyes
  • ColouristNoor Haddad
  • CameraCinema camera, 2x anamorphic
  • Format2.39:1
  • Running Time3:56
  • Shoot1 day
  • LocationLake Minnewaska, New York
  • Year2026

One Long Day On The Lake

Ines wanted the song to feel like holding your breath. We put her in the lake at Minnewaska at five in the morning and kept her there, between takes, until the light went.

The camera sat on a floating platform with the anamorphic primes, so the pads stretch at the edges of the frame. The underwater shots were the last of the day, in warm suits, with Jonah's LED tubes sunk in clear housings.

  • 1Shoot Day
  • 3:56Running Time
  • 2.39:1Anamorphic
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Behind The Scenes

How It Was Made

The camera operator on the set
05:10 The float rehearsal, dry, on the dock.
A camera raised against the light
07:40 First light, and the take everyone remembers.
Checking a frame in the late light
18:55 The last setup, underwater, as the sun went.