A Tribe Called Quest 'Dis Generation' by Hiro Murai
David Knight - 31st Mar 2017
Having taken to directing TV like a duck to water with Atlanta - and helped the show to a couple of Emmys in its first season - Hiro Murai returns to music videos to reassert his mastery of the medium for hiphop legends A Tribe Called Quest.
And this really is a sight for sore eyes. In a way it's a throwback, and not because ATCQ were big in the Nineties. The irresistable propulsion of Dis Generation comes alive in a tracking shot in which visual elements repeat but also develop. It provides the basis for more of Murai's FX ideas - the giant Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes facing off with himself, and so on.
And the classic black and white look adds refinement, dignity and warmth. That feels connected to great American music videos of the past, from the likes of Romanek, Fincher and Daughters.
Good to have you back, Mr Murai, at least for a while...
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Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Hiro Murai
- Producer
- Brooke McDaniel
- Producer
- Jocelyn Webber
- Production Company
- DE
- Executive Producer
- Danielle Hinde
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Larkin Seiple
Art
- Production designer
- Hannah Espinoza
Casting
- Casting director
- Michael Beaudry
Editorial
- Editor
- Ernie Gilbert
Grading
- Colourist
- Ricky Gausis
- Colour grade company
- MPC
VFX
- VFX
- Bemo
Other credits
David Knight - 31st Mar 2017