Slowthai ft Skepta 'Inglorious' by Crowns & Owls
David Knight - 21st May 2019
The brilliant Slowthai's acerbic view of Brexit Britain gets it's most overtly satirical video, referencing classic British cinema of the 70s, by directing team Crowns & Owls.
The young Northampton rapper suffers for his art too in Inglorious, putting himself through the mill in the video to make his point: dunked in a half-baptism, half-waterboarding by Establishment spooks in church, then having his eyes pinned open, echoing the brainwashing of Alex in Clockwork Orange.
The second half of the video sees Slowthai teaming up with Skepta, on a tank, with red-garbed troops arranged like arrows and bearing customised Union Jacks. And then, the definition of Inglorious, to sum up a dismal episode in British history...
CROWNS & OWLS:
"After shooting the album cover for Slowthai's Nothing Great About Britain, we were asked to direct Inglorious. With the current political backdrop in the UK feeling quite 70's again, it felt right to lean into that symmetry and embrace that with the feel of the video. We decided to undertake this one independently of a production company, with the help of an incredible producer. The whole thing was very DIY, and we're so proud of the result."
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Crowns & Owls
- Producer
- Andy Picton
- 1st AD
- Oli Falcon
Camera
- Director of Photography
- DW
- 1st AC
- Thomas Nicholson
- 2nd AC
- George Nock
- Steadicam
- Gary Kent
- Film Lab
- CD
- Motion control
- Mark Roberts
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Philip Penfold
- Grip
- Alfred Wentzel
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Daniel Pacitti
Editorial
- Editor
- Crowns & Owls
Grading
- Colourist
- Jonny Tully
VFX
- Post production company
- Big Buoy
- Post Producer
- Hannah Whitehill
Misc
- Set design
- Ciaran Beale
- Prop Maker
- Danny Froude
Other credits
Sparks
Ryan Delahunty, John Clarke, Dan Smith
Assistant Set Design
Henry Smith
Camera Trainee
Lewis Thompson
Projection Edit
Michael Laine
We’d also like to thank
CineLab London, Matthew Gundel, Chad McLean and Made London.
Massive thanks to Levis Levi & Alex Motlhabane for their trust.
David Knight - 21st May 2019