Harry Styles 'Kiwi' by Us
David Knight - 9th Nov 2017
Chris Barratt and Luke Taylor - aka directing duo Us – return to music videos after a very long hiatus with a big, messy video for Harry Styles.
It starts with kids and cakes - lots of them. And in a kind of an anti-Great British Bake Off, the purpose of the exercise is clearly cake destruction, in a massive pastry, pie and sponge dust-up in the school hall. When a boy enters the fray in a resplendent rose-patterned suit we can assume this is Harry's mini-avatar, about to rule supreme in the cake war.
Well, actually that would be quite wrong. We haven't reached the ultimate level of mayhem yet. That only happens when, finally, Harry himself arrives - carrying armfuls of puppy dogs...
Barratt and Taylor somehow orchestrate all this chaos into a visual treat, ably assisted by DoP Ben Fordesman's typically cinematic photography and a great grade by Simone Grattarola. And whoever baked all those cakes deserves a medal too.
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David Knight - 9th Nov 2017
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Us
- Producer
- Steve Overs
- Production Company
- AF
- Executive Producer
- Morgan Clement
- Executive Producer
- Sheira Rees-davies
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Ben Fordesman
Art
- Art Director
- Dan Betteridge
Wardrobe
- Stylist (Artist)
- Harry Lambert
- Wardrobe
- Sharon Long
Casting
- Casting director
- Hammond & Cox
Editorial
- Editor
- David Stevens
- Editing company
- The Assembly Rooms
Grading
- Colourist
- Simone Grattarola
- Colour grade company
- Time Based Arts
Agent
- Director's Representation
- AF
Commission
- Commissioner
- Bryan Younce
David Knight - 9th Nov 2017