Puppet Master Music Video
Music Video
Non Union
Chicago
This music video is a visual metaphor for the "illusion of freedom." We're filming stylized sets that represent larger social structures (school, work, prison), tied together by a recurring figure of liberation (the artist) that turns out to be a dream. Filming Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026.
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Worker symbolizes modern productivity culture — endless repetition, no identity beyond output. Their movements are rhythmic, efficient, almost machine-like. When freed, the Worker is the most emotional. They move wildly in the field, laughing, collapsing into the grass, overwhelmed by the sensat... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Student represents early-stage social conditioning — curiosity slowly being replaced by compliance. They begin disengaged, robotic, staring forward as if reciting information rather than learning. When You appears, the Student becomes visibly alive for the first time. Their body language shifts ... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Prisoner represents the most literal form of control: punishment, surveillance, and loss of agency. They are physically trapped but emotionally numb — not fighting the system, just surviving inside it. You becomes a hallucination of escape. When their strings are cut, the Prisoner experiences fr... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Puppet Master represents the invisible forces that shape and restrict human behavior: institutions, power structures, algorithms, capitalism, fear, tradition. They are not emotional or expressive, but cold, methodical, and omnipresent. Visually, they exist in an abstract workshop filled with str... [See More]
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Worker symbolizes modern productivity culture — endless repetition, no identity beyond output. Their movements are rhythmic, efficient, almost machine-like. When freed, the Worker is the most emotional. They move wildly in the field, laughing, collapsing into the grass, overwhelmed by the sensat... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Student represents early-stage social conditioning — curiosity slowly being replaced by compliance. They begin disengaged, robotic, staring forward as if reciting information rather than learning. When You appears, the Student becomes visibly alive for the first time. Their body language shifts ... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Prisoner represents the most literal form of control: punishment, surveillance, and loss of agency. They are physically trapped but emotionally numb — not fighting the system, just surviving inside it. You becomes a hallucination of escape. When their strings are cut, the Prisoner experiences fr... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
02/04/2026
The Puppet Master represents the invisible forces that shape and restrict human behavior: institutions, power structures, algorithms, capitalism, fear, tradition. They are not emotional or expressive, but cold, methodical, and omnipresent. Visually, they exist in an abstract workshop filled with str... [See More]
