RVNG INTL.
ZACH COOPER | US
MUSIC VIDEO
Starring - Lindsey Jones | Director / Writer / Editor - Champ Ensminger | Producer - Sean Weiner | Production Design - Russell Peborde | Production Manager - Justin Drobinski | Director of Photography - Kervin Marseille | 1st Assistant Director - Vincent Allport | 2nd Assistant Director - Evan Daniels | 3rd Assistant Director - Matt Choi | Set Runner - Isak Rosen | Costume / Makeup - Andrew Muhart | Propmaster - Cristofer Adrian | Prop Vendor - Dreamscheme Productions | Costume Vendor - Theater Development Fund
The second single from Zach Cooper's album, The Sentence, "Us" is a multi-layered composition that brushes ecstatic orchestral movements atop a canvas of chamber recordings.
"I like to think of 'Us' as the cinematic equivalent to sand painting, a practice shared by many cultures for both its depiction of religious stories and its intrinsic value as a process. Particularly with Tibetan Buddhism, sand paintings are meticulously made for months at a time, only to be ritually brushed away shortly after they are completed. For monks, this meditative practice of creation and destruction is an affirmation of the impermanence of all things.
But 'Us' is as much about impermanence as it is about transformation, from the shock of the transition to an awareness and acceptance of the new state. The reward for Lindsey’s ritual dance is not what she expects, but what results is a new state of being, less fragile and more ephemeral. Like a rock that turns into sand, she’s not gone. She’s just everywhere." - Champ Ensminger, director
