Synopsis

In a stark black-and-white future, a woman moves through a hostile world of holographic imagery, masked figures and sudden violence. A confrontation with a cloaked double unfolds like a fractured memory, with the same battle appearing to produce different outcomes. As the imagery shifts between combat, collapse and apparent space exploration, the video builds an unsettling meditation on identity, control and the fear of becoming someone else's puppet. Its stripped-down visual language lets light, shape and movement carry the narrative.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video's visual concept was built around an extremely reduced futuristic world, using light, shape and isolated moments rather than detailed sets or conventional world-building.

• The creative influences cited for the project included *Ghost in the Shell*, the Phantom Zone from *Superman*, Akira Kurosawa's films, Man Ray's photography and the light-based work of James Turrell.

• The repeated fight sequence is designed to feel unstable: the outcome changes, encouraging readings centered on identity, duplication and the possibility of being controlled.

• The production used a deliberately monochrome, high-contrast look that matches the track's tense electronic atmosphere and Phlo Finister's dramatic vocal performance.

• The video featured stunt performer Caitlin Dechelle as the "lead girl who kicks ass," alongside Sara Cummings, Marc Canonizado and Clarence Leonard.

• Visual-effects work included the design of a reactor and additional effects, while the editor also handled further VFX work.

• The video was released in 2014 through the Bromance Records campaign for "Clockwork." The single itself was issued in May 2014.

• "Clockwork" began as an internet collaboration between Illangelo and Phlo Finister. Working together in person later led to the formation of their collaborative project Youthquaker.

• The video received a Vimeo Staff Pick distinction, helping it reach audiences beyond the electronic-music release itself.