Conducta 'Only U' by Lewis Rose
David Knight - 14th Mar 2018
Conducta goes from London to Paris to meet a girl, and ends up meeting another one, in Lewis Rose's breezily entertaining video for Only U.
It's a wonderful ad for Anglo-French relations, with a bittersweet ending that could be seen as a symbol of our ending partnership with one of our main partners in the EU, like a metro ticket disappearing into a machine...
LEWIS ROSE:
"Conducta was keen to shoot in Paris from the off. We thought this would be fun, but were all conscious that the video didn't become a typical cheesy Paris love story. So we set out to find unusual locations that showed a non-tourtisy side of Paris. Our brilliant French location manager Jean Paul delivered in a big way and we got some great spots.
"Emma Dalesman (DOP) and I then looked at some film references, settling somewhere between La Haine and Before Sunrise. We wanted to capture a romantic vibe to some extent, given that it's a bubbly garage tune – we got lucky with a beautiful winter sunset on a car park rooftop for the final scene...
"But we made sure that we kept a bit of edge in the locations, the shooting style and the edit, as well as ending the video, with a bit of comedy to keep it entertaining... Hopefully it worked!"
David Knight - 14th Mar 2018
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Lewis Rose
- Producer
- Ben Mealing
- Production Company
- PV
- Executive Producer
- Kirstin Cruickshank
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Emma Dalesman
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Chetan Jassar
Casting
- Lead actor
- Elina Saleh
Editorial
- Editor
- Lewis Rose
Grading
- Colourist
- Susumu Asano
- Colour grade company
- Final Frame
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Lock It In
Commission
- Commissioner
- Nathan Tettey
Misc
- Location Manager
- Jean Paul Girbal
Other credits
Runners
Jake Parker, Kieron Musicka
David Knight - 14th Mar 2018