Octavian 'Take It Easy' by David M. Helman
Ned Botwood - 6th Aug 2019
David M. Helman strips it all the way back for this gritty, instinctive performance video, starring French-British rapper Octavian and Smoke Purpp in a throng of phone-waving supporters.
Last seen directing an ambitious four-part video project for shey baba, Helman has gone back to basics for this visual, designed around the simple social dynamic of a filmed performance. The video is shot on 35mm, but it takes cues from the rough-and-ready style of old school SBTV freestyle videos - lit entirely by phone torches.
In spite of this lo-fi process, the video looks luminescent, thanks to inky photography by Hayden Mason and a nuclear grade by Houmam Abdallah.
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Production/Creative
- Director
- David M. Helman
- Producer
- Jared Lundy @ Checkmate Films
- Production Company
- Noco
- Executive Producer
- Jean Mougin
- 1st AD
- E-Class
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Hayden Mason
Art
- Art Director
- Olesya Golub
Editorial
- Editing company
- Zaldy Lopez
Grading
- Colourist
- Houmam Abdallah
- Grading company
- Velem
VFX
- Post production company
- Exile Edit
Agent
- Director's Representation
- Laura Jones @ Representt
Commission
- Label
- Black Butter
Ned Botwood - 6th Aug 2019