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Kaiser Chiefs 'Coming Home' by James Slater

David Knight - 25th Feb 2014

James Slater took the songtitle to heart in his latest video for Kaiser Chiefs. The promo for Coming Home was shot in the Yorkshire Dales, not far from the band's hometown - and his own.

But the location also suits an idea that makes the most of frontman Ricky Wilson's quality as a performer, embraces the band's laddish humour, and adds a welcome measure of theatricality to the whole affair. 

And as James says, it required a star turn from Ricky, but has paid off handsomely. And the Yorkshire Dales look gorgeous. Well, nearly...

James Slater: "We shot the video in a jovially named place called Blubberhouses which is right on the southern cusp of the Yorkshire Dales, and not too far from where I'm from. Its also just up the road from where the band hail. I think we all just hankered after a bit of home cooking.

"I've never shot in Yorkshire before, I should do it more often. The landscapes are great and as soon as DOP Jonathan Isles put the anamorphic lens on, it looked like a Western setting (if you ignore the rain, the wind, the grey skies and the lack of desert and Cacti).

"The strip of land we shot on leant itself well to the one shot idea and thanks to the fantastic cast, crew (who all seemed to know each other from Heartbeat) and a really strong performance from Ricky, we had the take we needed after about ten attempts.

"That meant back home for tea at Mum and Dads. Shoot in Yorkshire folks!" 

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David Knight - 25th Feb 2014

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
James Slater
Producer
Harvey Ascott
Production Company
My Accomplice
Executive Producer
Jamie Clark
1st AD
Neil Shand

Camera

Director of Photography
Jonathan Isles
Focus Puller
Heather Crompton
2nd AC
Borja Berrosteguieta

Lighting/Grip

Grip
Kev Marchant

Art

Art Director
Hannah Sibai

Wardrobe

Make-up
Natasha Lawes
Make-up
Cyrielle Pailloux
Wardrobe
Terry Herfield

Grading

Colourist
Toby Tomkins
Colour grade company
TJTFilm

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
Semera Khan
Label
Universal Fiction
Label
Polydor

Misc

2nd AD
Nicola Dooling
DIT
Ross Neil
Art Department
Sarah Boustead
Art Department
Georgina Mack

Other credits

Runners

Hollie Ibson, Amy Bissell, Amy Dixon, Georgia Dalton

David Knight - 25th Feb 2014

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