Phfat X Mac Motel 'Keep You Safe' by Rob Smith
Cape Town director Rob Smith returns to music videos and brings the craft of several years making award-winning ads to bear on this alluring piece of work for rapper PHFAT and Mac Motel.
It's a sticky day by the pool when PHFAT reflects nostalgically upon his lost teen years and past crushes - symbolised by the gamine girl in a swimsuit. But as it turns out this is no ordinary pool.
PHFAT says the track is "an ode to all my high school crushes, you know? Like an ode to making mixtapes, and buying two tickets to a dance, and playing out whole lifetimes in your head while you daydream in maths class. There’s also an elusiveness to that high school crush and a loss of naivety that happens as a person works through it and grows up. I wanted to capture all of that.”
Credits
| Director | Rob Smith |
| Producer | Anco Henning |
| Production Company | Velocity Films |
| Executive Producer | PHFAT |
| Line Producer | Lauren Seymour |
| Director of Photography | Pierre De Villiers |
| Gaffer | Tyron Mountjoy |
| Art Director | Jade Skully |
| Wardrobe | Kaley Meyer |
| Hair & Make-up | Kaley Meyer |
| Editor | Paul Speirs |
| Editor | Rob Smith |
| Editing company | New Creation Collective |
| Colourist | Kyle Stroebel |
| Grading company | Refinery |
| Post production company | New Creation Collective |
| VFX | Andrew Kerr |
| Commissioner | PHFAT |
| Other credits | CAST: Franchesca Steenkamp, Louie Oosthuizen, Pierre Lurhukwa, Jesse Bredankamp, Jayden Ocks, Tharwaat St. Clair, Ann Wilson Production Coordinator : Mvelisi Mvandaba 2nd Camera : Fabian Vettiger 2nd Camera Focus Puller : Jake Levy Best Boy Grip: Karl Friedrich Techno Crane Operator : Ibrahim Mia Remote Head Tech: Sean Eddy Spark : Liam Drake Spark : Don Hoffman DIT : Rusty Ruthven AD : Nic Eve Unit Manager : Brian Landu Unit Assist : Stefan Henning Stylist Assistant : Monique Du Toit Casting Director : Mvelisi Mvandaba Sound Design : Keith At Pressure Cooker Studios, Cape Town PA : Sune Van Heerden, Fritz Bucker & Joe Vettiger Catering: Yummy Basket Special Thanks To : Velocity Films, Panavision Cape Town, Panalux Cape Town, MyFriendNed, Big Bird Films, New Creation Collective And Sea Point Swimming Pool |
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