Director Neil Gorringe from Moxie Pictures whipped up this 60-second Season 5 promo for the UK television series, Skins, produced by network/agency E4, London. Gorringe has been the director of choice for the Skins trailers since the show premiered in 2007.
Here, Arcade Fire’s “Ready to Start” sets the mood as naked cast members slowly descend through empty space, eventually finding their hipster attire as they plummet (we never get to see them land, unfortunately). The trailer is an example of how studios are shifting to more contemporary, artful promotion of shows rather than simply compiling a dismal collage of the previous seasons and mashing it into a trailer.
And continuing in the trend of U.S. producers pillaging U.K. shows, MTV will be launching the Stateside version of Skins on the 17th. Obviously, you can expect a much tamer, watered-down version of the original.