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Elderbrook & Rudimental 'Something About You' by Luke Davies

Rob Ulitski - 20th Aug 2019

We know men aren’t brilliant at talking about feelings, so instead of talking... Luke Davies's clever and poignant video for Elderbrook & Rudimental takes us into a form of therapy explored through the medium of dance.

All of the characters in the film for one reason or another, have lost their confidence, their mojo, their feeling of being a man - whatever that is. They’re all somewhat ashamed and scared to be vulnerable, but through the course of this self-help group, and in turn the dance.... They rebuild together.

LUKE DAVIES:

We shot this on the hottest day of the year...so sorry to Dean for making him wear double denim

"The feeling I was trying to capture here, the theme we built the entire video around, is this idea of how fragile masculinity can be. We wanted the film to act as a portrait of the dismantled male ego, sheepishly coming together for this beautiful, somewhat clunky dance video.

"The social standards of what being a man entails drips into the subconscious of every young boy whether they know it or not. And you only need to glance over the mental health and suicide numbers in young men to see how much of a problem it is.

"We shot this on the hottest day of the year when temperatures reached 39 degrees so I wanted to say a particularly huge thanks to our cast and crew who kept the vibes high throughout and worked incredibly hard... And a big sorry to Dean for making him wear double denim for the day!"

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Rob Ulitski - 20th Aug 2019

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Luke Davies
Producer
Georgina Smith
Production Company
Executive Producer
Leah Joyce
Executive Producer
Medb Riordan
Production Manager
Ella Girardot
1st AD
Jack Meredith

Camera

Director of Photography
Krzysztof Trojnar
Focus Puller
Mark Gee
2nd AC
Jonny Lewis

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Phil Penfold

Art

Art Director
Kelly Sinclair Smith

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Hannah Hopkins
Hair & Make-up
Holly Miller

Casting

Lead actor
Michael Socha

Editorial

Editor
Charlie Von Rotberg
Editing company

Grading

Colourist
Thomas Mangham
Colour grade company
The Mill

Commission

Commissioner
Sam Seager
Label
Parlophone Records

Other credits

2nd AD

Jack Green

DIT

Will Gardner

GRIP

Juan Bueno

ELECTRICAN

Richard Holbourgh

ELECTRICIAN

Zack Kassapi

SOUND RECORDIST

Paul Parsons

ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT

Louis Simonon

ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT

Sakhile Shann

WARDROBE ASSISTANT

Dahlia Ichaou

HAIR & MAKE-UP ASSISTANT

Sarah Buitelaar

HAIR & MAKE-UP ASSISTANT

Olivia Taylor

MEDIC

Frank Bottomley

CAST

Nicholas Marvel, Christopher Hardcastle Robbie Curran Stefan Race Dean Street Ishmail Aaron Kevin Mcgreevy Steven Pascua Mason Connolly

Rob Ulitski - 20th Aug 2019

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