Taylor Swift's Latest Music Video Comes With an Awards-Caliber Credit List
Taylor Swift's latest music video stars a recent Best Actor nominee and was shot by a three-time Best Cinematography Oscar winner, IndieWire notes — a credit list that reads less like a pop promo than like the crew of a serious feature. The outlet raises the obvious follow-up question: is this another bid for film awards? IndieWire poses it rather than answers it. What the credits do show is that the production was staffed by people an awards-minded film would want, which may be a signal about how the video wants to be received.
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The credits are the announcement. Casting a recent Best Actor nominee and shooting with a three-time Oscar-winning cinematographer is how a music video says it wants to be watched as film.
Or it's simply a well-funded production hiring the best people available. Not every strong credit list is a campaign — and the outlet itself only asks the question.