This video was directed and produced by Tallulah Rendall.

In November Tallulah took up the challenge of learning a early 19th century Russian song (having never spoken russian before) and then embarked on the journey of writing and producing the music to accompany her vocal. The result is a wonderful version of Kaltika. Tallulah’s adventure continued as she was then asked to direct and produce a video to accompany her song.

We drove through the night to get there…… a wee village in north wales.. slept but a few hours and then up for the first of our 14 hour days. Theo Shaw who was the cameraman on my EPK put together a crew from all round the world to shoot a video for Black Seagull including Steve Teers (Diva Pix) and Cristian Castelnuovo two of the most incredible cameramen and stills photographers. Theo also managed to get hold of two amazing cameras that have only been available for filming for the last 2 months ….. ooooohhhhhhh

For the narrator we climbed barefoot down sheer faces, I sung in the base of waterfalls, in trees, gullies and run through the early morning light. Chin Yere made me the most incredible dress out of white bin bags..

For the second character, the sprite, clothes were changed and more weird and wonderful make up was painted on by Chin. This top was from The House Of Blue Eyes. For this wee nymph we drove up hill and dale to a new forest high on the hills at the magic hour. We shot this section on super 8 as i scampered up trees and danced with the little mirrors that spun off the shards on my top.

The last character, The Black Seagull herself was shot in the scariest of places, as the evening light began to fade away and we were left with the smoke from the embers and the pools of light that gathered at the base of the tall bare trees. I spun and ducked in the darkness. In one of the locations in the background sat three child size newly dug graves….. very very eerie.

We are editing the video now and you will be able to see the finished piece exclusively on the 3rd June at… yup you guess it Cafe De Paris at The Festival Of Libellus..

Tickets are fast running out so if you have yet to purchase yours….. follow this link…. time is running out.
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On June 3rd 2009 London’s iconic temple of decadence, Café de Paris and Tallulah Rendall, will play host to a night of colourful festival magic, burlesque grandeur, mischievous mayhem, divine dancers, dj’s, fancy dress, beat poets, Andrew Logan of Alternative Miss World, interactive games of mystery and intrigue and much much more all for the launch of Tallulah’s Album LIBELLUS.

Appearing alongside Tallulah on the night are Empress Stah, Fran Landesman, Gwendoline Lamour, Colin Greenwood, Trol 23, Anshelm Guise (Glade Festival), Ben Zaven Crane, fantasy nymphs and fancy dress characters plus insallations and games from Bearded Kitten and Hunga Munga, and more surprises on the night.

Twist your memories of summer festivals and midsummer nights into a mix of delirious adventure and drink it all up in this night wonderland of adventure and surprise. It’s a festival for the senses, the essence of summer freedom distilled into a magical urban oasis, and you’re invited.

To buy your ticket please click on the below link. You can also pre-order a signed limited edition copy of Tallulah’s DEBUT ALBUM/BOOK LIBELLUS

by
Emmanuel Clemenceau