Mumbai Science 'Déja Vu' by Ehsan B.
David Knight - 24th Apr 2014
As you may have noticed, this guy is a bit different. And having a face like a hanging basket is seriously getting him down. Especially when he gets the weed-killer treatment from a girl he likes.
Ehsan B's very watchable video for Mumbai Science's Déja Vu combines fantasy with gritty psycho-drama, as this herbaciously-challenged anti-hero tears up around East London, taking out his anger-management issues on the local populace, from street market goons to Porsche drivers - and then scores some 'fertiliser'.
He's quite a character, and Ehsan's done a great job. Or grape job...
EHSAN B:
"We follow our grape-faced dude letting off some steam, creating a bit of a stir with every corner he takes. Misunderstood or a bit of menace - even though his actions prove otherwise he refuses to believe he’s a monster - if only someone would take the time to understand him!
"The idea behind Deja Vu was centered around injecting a little mayhem into the mundane. An off-the-cuff semi-improvised story centered around an odd-ball dude with a beautiful deformation, good intentions but a bad attitude. We interpreted the track as a feeling of letting go and losing self-control - even if that meant getting into trouble (over and over again).
"Our heartbroken, misfit is just pushed too far - the unsuspecting passers by have no idea what hit them as 'beauty and the beast' hits Ridley Road market on a whirl-wind of fast cars, fights and ‘fertilizer’ - someone is bound to wake up with a headache!"
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David Knight - 24th Apr 2014
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Ehsan B.
- Producer
- Melodie Roulaud
- Production Company
- Wanda Productions
- Executive Producer
- Celine Roubaud
- Production Coordinator
- Luke Preston
- 1st AD
- Caleb Wissun Bhide
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Luke Jacobs (DoP)
- Focus Puller
- Chris McGaughey
- 2nd AC
- Paul Mauray
Art
- Production Assistant
- Douce Ogier d’Ivry
Wardrobe
- Costume designer
- Jessica Dance
Editorial
- Editor
- Sam Ostrove
- Editing company
- C
- Sound design
- Sam Robson @ Factory
Grading
- Colourist
- Houmam Abdallah
VFX
- Post Producer
- James Drew
Commission
- Commissioner
- Tim Beuckels
- Label
- Lektroluv / N.E.W.S
Misc
- DIT
- Daniel Turner
- Runner
- Lucile Bornot
- Artist management
- Vincent de Boeck
Other credits
Monster
Graham Dickson
Dream Girl
Louise Williams
Woman in the street
Abigail Drummond
Elderly Man
Peter Pickering
Security Guard
Martins Imhangbe
Drug Dealer
Edwin De La Renta
Rube boy 1
Luke Preston
Rube boy 2
Ayoola O.Ogunrekun
Rude boy 3
Kenneth Okisor
Sound design Producer
Jack Hallett
Sound designer (monster voice)
Toby Thirling
Special thanks to Eldica shop, Dalston Costa caffe, Liam Campling, Hackney Gazette, Rio cinéma, Factory and all the lovely people of Dalston.
David Knight - 24th Apr 2014