Plan B’s Prayin’ by Daniel Wolfe
Thursday, 3. June 2010 - 12:30 pm
After Stay Too Long and She Said the final part of Plan B/Ben Drew and Daniel Wolfe’s Strickland Banks trilogy brings it all together – and is arguably the most impressive of the lot.
Following on from the courtroom drama-musical of She Said, Prayin’ finds the South London rapper slung in jail. It’s brutal and frightening, grittily real – but also shifts, quite brilliantly, to moments of fantasy.
Ben Drew does, of course, have acting chops, having worked with Michael Caine on Harry Brown, and he gives another sterling performance here. But what an achievement by Daniel Wolfe. This stands alone as a great video, but it’s also the finale to a genuinely coherent music video trilogy. That was always hard to do, even in the ‘good old days’. To do it now almost seems miraculous.
Plan B
Prayin’ (679/Atlantic)
Label: 679 Recordings/ Atlantic
Director: Daniel Wolfe @ Partizan
Producer: Tim Francis
Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
1st AD: Hayley Williams
DoP: Robbie Ryan
Production Designer: Sam Tidman
Costume Designer: Hannah Edwards
Hair & Make Up: Almut Gramer
Choreography: Quinny Sacks / Kenrick Sandy
Location Manager: Rosy Laugharne
Editor: Tom Lindsay
Telecine: Simon Bourne
Post Producer: Andrew McLintock @Framestore
Sound Designer: Saul Richards
Commissioner: Tim Nash
Watch: Quicktime Movie
3. June 2010 - 12:42 pm
Absolutely killin it.
Again.
3. June 2010 - 1:41 pm
boxy loves the glorification of violence and thinks there should be more knives in music videos. he especially likes the throat cutting gestures…bravo
3. June 2010 - 2:00 pm
Ultra-violence, oh no that was Stanley, aside, loving the performance and cinematic narrative.
4. June 2010 - 9:52 am
Proper quality. Brave, beautiful and a nice McGuigan cameo too!
4. June 2010 - 12:16 pm
Fine and brilliant work from Mr Wolfe. Now Plan B the movie. Plan B for Prime Minister.
4. June 2010 - 1:18 pm
HAT TRICK WOLFE!!!
4. June 2010 - 1:31 pm
Top direction from Daniel and a a sick look from Robbie.
Who’s the Daddy now ?
4. June 2010 - 5:07 pm
Dan never puts a foot wrong.
7. June 2010 - 3:10 am
@ Adam – Agree 100%