London’s Black Kite Studio provides the drive-by VFX in this music video for the Stones’ new single featuring actress Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, The White Lotus) by Riff Raff director Francois Rousselet (who designed all 109 billboards).

From the team at Riff Raff: “Before the music video era, there was a rock billboard scene in LA, a few independent minds in the music industry posted giant, temporary monuments to rock icons that said it all.

“These were larger than life, hand-painted homages and it goes without saying The Rolling Stones had theirs. And so, a seed of an idea was born; what if we could bring The Stones to life performing ‘Angry’ using their archive from live gigs, old videos, album iconography, oh and throw in a famous actress singing the song as she drove down Sunset Boulevard!”
 

“This is a music video idea that I’ve always wanted to make and kept closely guarded, waiting for a track like “Angry” to show up. And it’s The Rolling Stones for f**k Sake!”

 
George Brunt, VFX Lead at Black Kite: “The lyrics of the track were matched to the footage using a combination of lip-syncing and AI. We used 3D lighting to match the plates and replicate the quality and sheen of a classic billboard. The result had to look slick and working with different resolution types was challenging. The devil really is in the detail with this type of work.”

Francois Rousselet “This is a music video idea that I’ve always wanted to make and kept closely guarded, waiting for a track like “Angry” to show up. And it’s The Rolling Stones for f**k Sake!”
 
 

 
Artist: Rolling Stones
Label: Polydor
Creative Director: Semera Khan

Production: Riff Raff Films
Director: Francois Rousselet
EP: Matthew Fone, Jane Tredget

Production Service: 2×2=5
Producer: Josh Sondock
Production Manager: Brooke Eliot
Production Coordinator: Debby Tickenoff
Director of Photography: Chris Ripley

Post/VFX: Black Kite
Shoot Supervisor: Jonny Freeman
VFX Lead: George Brunt
Colourist: Rich Fearon
EP: Julie Evans
Producer: Abi Klimaszewska: Hannah Ruddleston
Coordinator: Lewes Bridson

Editorial: Marsheen
Editor: Dominic Leung
Producer: Harriet Cawley

Cast: Sydney Sweeney