Dog Is Dead ‘Do The Right Thing’ by Franklyn Banks
Friday, 8. February 2013 - 2:45 pm
For the jaunty alt-pop of Dog Is Dead’s Do The Right Thing, director Franklyn Banks invites you to a bit of a happening/band party full of interesting and odd characters.
Banks takes us on a tour of the band’s house – actually production company Shameless’ office – with some excellent work by DP Thonke and Thomas English’s AR rig.
“I’ve worked closely with the band for a few years now producing content documenting their progress, so it was amazing to finally get to do a proper video,” explains Franklyn.
“The idea came about from Rob in the band really, in which we’re floating around a weird house party where everywhere you look someones doing something strange. So with the floatyness came the amazing AR rig and Mr Thomas English. We wanted to nudge it a little further than the run of the mill house party so we shot it at Park Village, home of Shameless. In the forty years that it’s been going literally thousands of shoots must taken place in the studio but this is the first (and I’m told last) to take place in the other rooms around the building.
“The band’s performance is my favourite bit. It’s kind of an ode to the Weezer Sweater Song vid, which myself and the band are massive fans of…”
Dog Is Dead
Do The Right Thing (Atlantic)
Production Company: Shameless
Director: Franklyn Banks
Producer: Joe Walker
Director of Photography: Thonke
AR Rig operator: Thomas English
Gaffer: Mark Holownia
1st AD: James Dyer
Art Director: Mikey Hollywood
Hair and Makeup: Alexis Dolman
Editor: Claire McGonigal @ Final Cut
Grade: Catherine @ Halo
UK rep: Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK
