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A$AP Rocky ft A$AP Nast & Skepta 'Money Man /Put That On My Set' by Dexter Navy

Luke Bather - 25th Oct 2016

Dexter Navy's epic 12-minute short film for A$AP Rocky is an intense piece of social realism mixed with magic realism - set in London, but with universal resonance.

A double video for the tracks Money Man and Put That On My Set, this is an impressionistic take on the thug life, where the drug being dealt are the butterflies that fill the city air. The cast includes actor and screenwriter Said Taghmaoui - from La Haine – as well as A$AP Nast, Skepta, Section Boyz and Sicilian Tina Kunakey, who plays Said's precious sister, and the object of Rocky's affections.

Dexter Navy was inspired by seeing a friend's bags of butterfly wings to jump on the phone to Rocky to convince him that the drugs in the video should be butterflies. Days later Navy was shooting in Ladbroke Grove, transforming that idea into a harrowing, violent, yet visually stunning story.

Everything was shot on black and white 16mm Arri (by Pau Castejon), and 16mm Bolex (by Mark Adcock), with visual effects work at Absolute Post - with a brilliant edit by Navy himself.

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Luke Bather - 25th Oct 2016

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  • Narrative
  • Hip Hop

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Dexter Navy
Producer
Natalie Wetherell
Producer
Lucy Hayes
Production Company
Executive Producer
Claire Stubbs
Executive Producer
Madeleine Sanderson
Production Manager
Lucy Rogers
Production Manager
Emma Stone

Camera

Director of Photography
Pau Castejón
Director of Photography
Mark Adcock
Focus Puller
Fran Western
2nd AC
Dan Wombell
2nd AC
Jomar O'Meally

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Julian White

Art

Art Director
Will Field
Production Assistant
Tara Bartlett

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Aj Juttla
Hair
Leema Williams (Tina)
Wardrobe
Holly MacDonald

Editorial

Editor
Dexter Navy
Editing company

Grading

Colourist
Matt Turner
Colour grade company
Absolute Post

VFX

VFX
Zdravko Stoitchkov
Post production company
Absolute Post
Post Producer
Belinda Grew

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
Chace JOHNSON
Label
Polo Grounds Music Inc

Other credits

Cast

Said Taghmaoui, A$ap Nast, Skepta, Section Boyz, Tina Kunakey, among many others

Luke Bather - 25th Oct 2016

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