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Frank Ocean 'Nikes' by Tyrone Lebon

Frank Ocean 'Nikes' by Tyrone Lebon

Cat Velez - 9th Sept 2016

Tyrone Lebon has created this patchwork of visuals for Frank Ocean's new track Nikes, which sees an enterpretation of the song with snippets of footage in various degrees of filmic quality. 

Including grainy handicam clips of casting calls, strippers and parties full of glitter, as well as more composed, considered imagery, the video stages conventional video tropes and then breaks the illusion by revealing their artifice through BTS clips. 

Heavy on the neon-tinged nighttime atmospherics, it's a video to accompany an occasionally sparse, evocative track, culminating in a self-immolation sequence where Frank is set on fire...

"I interpreted the song as a stream of Frank’s consciousness - rich with snippets of stories, emotions and ideas," Lebon explains, "The visuals came immediately when I first heard the song - they all follow from the music and Frank’s lyrics." 

Watch 'Frank Ocean 'Nikes' by Tyrone Lebon' here

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Tyrone Lebon
Producer
Tom Birmingham
Production Company
Production Manager
Lana Salfiti
1st AD
George Nelson

Camera

Director of Photography
André Chemtoff
1st AC
Tim Allan
2nd AC
Jenny John Chuan

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Danny Hayward
Grip
Tom North
Grip
Jamie Monks

Art

Art Director
Ed Quarmby
Production designer
David White

Wardrobe

Stylist
Max Pearmain
Hair
Cyndia Harvey
Make-up
Isamaya French

Editorial

Editor
Adam Biskupski

Grading

Colourist
Aubrey Woodiwiss
Colour grade company

Misc

Post Production Executive
Hannah Turnbull-Walter
2nd AD
John Robinson
Director's Assistant
Holly Gore
2nd Unit
Deepa Keshvala
2nd Unit
Frank Lebon
2nd Unit
Hanna Moon
2nd Unit
Merlin Massara

Other credits

Exec Producer

Tash Tan, Tim Nash, Sally Campbell

Cat Velez - 9th Sept 2016

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