'The Ballad of Keiko' Music Video | The Good Whale by Serial Productions
December 12, 2024
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as posted by the channelAfter the movie “Free Willy” became a hit, word got out that the star of the film, a killer whale named Keiko, was sick and living in a tiny pool at a Mexican amusement park. Fans were outraged and pleaded for his release. “The Good Whale” tells the story of the wildly ambitious science experiment to return Keiko to the ocean — while the world watched. An epic tale that starts in Mexico and ends in Norway, the six-episode series follows Keiko as he’s transported from country to country, each time landing in the hands of well-intentioned people who believe they know what’s best for him – people who still disagree, decades later, about whether they did the right thing.
In Episode 5 of “The Good Whale,” Keiko disappears in Icelandic waters, swimming east for four weeks. Unobserved, with no human contact. Since nobody knows what happened to Keiko during that mysterious time, we decided to recreate it — as a musical. From Keiko’s perspective, naturally.
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CREDITS
Song:
Primary Artist: Jordan Fisher
Feat. Artists: Quentin Earl Darrington, Brian d’Arcy James, Paul Alexander Nolan
Writers: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Mark Sonnenblick
Producers: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen
Co-Producers: Daniel Alarcón, Ira Glass, Jen Guerra
Recording Engineer & Mixer: Derik Lee
Recorded at Power Station at Berklee, New York
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano, Zampol Productions
Video:
Directors: Carlos López Estrada and Anna Moskowitz
Producer: Elle Keseley
Executive Producers: Valerie Bush, Alissa Shipp, Jen Guerra, and Ndeye Thioubou
Production Company: Antigravity Academy
Directors of Photography: Gabe Knoos-Newton and Joshua Echevarria
Puppets by Viva La Puppet
Puppet Captain: Michelle Zamora
Editor: Maky Rupert
VFX: Justin Nguyen
Puppeteers: Audrey Densmore and Chris de la Cruz
Puppet Fabricators: Michelle Zamora, Audrey Densmore, and Gabriella Padilla
Colorist: Elliott Powell
1st AC: Maceo Brinkerhoff
Gaffer: Monty Sloan
Key Grip: Austin Speakman
Set Painter: Lily Kachikis
2nd Unit Gaffer: Garland Berenzy
2nd Unit Swing: Jake Shapiro
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