Ed Sheeran ft Stormzy, Jaykae & Aitch 'Take Me Back To London (Sir Spyro Remix)' by KC Locke
Rob Ulitski - 28th Aug 2019
Take one of the biggest artists in the world, the man to take the London sound to the mainstream, and place them alongside two artists putting the Midlands and the North on the map. Then you add up and coming director KC Locke, and you get the irresistable force of Take Me Back To London.
The visuals focus on everyday locations such as council estates, cafés and the countryside, and elevate them with energetic performances and set pieces, including Stormzy and Ed drifting through a field in a Rolls Royce. The song and video are a love letter to the city – and this extends to the North and Midlands respectively, with the addition of Jaykae and Aitch.
The concepts within the video are quite different stylistically, but work together as a whole because they represent what it means to be young in modern Britain. Sam Meyer confidently ties everything together with his cinematography, keeping a stark natural feel and almost gritty texture throughout, capturing the locations as we see them in everyday life as opposed to trying to make anything too glossy.
This is England. Youngsters on the come up doing what they do best - and having fun as they tear up and down the country.
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- KC Locke
- Producer
- Samona Olanipekun
- Producer
- Manoela Chiabai
- Production Company
- Odelay Films
- Executive Producer
- Gwilym Lewis-Brooke
- Production Manager
- Ersan Beskardes
- Production Manager
- Julie Vergez
- 1st AD
- Daniel Smith
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Sam Meyer
- Focus Puller
- Louis Vella
- 2nd AC
- James Huthwaite
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Mark Stewart
Art
- Art Director
- Jenny O’Sullivan
Editorial
- Editor
- Jamil Shaukat
Grading
- Colourist
- Thomas Mangham
- Colour grade company
- The Mill
Agent
- Director's Representation
- MA
Commission
- Commissioner
- NS
- Label
- Atlantic Records
Other credits
PA
BRUNO LOUREIRO, MIKE MERRITT
2ND AD
GABRIEL ODONOHOE
3RD AD
LEWIS NICHOLSON
STEADICAM
MATT ALLSOP
ELECTRICIAN
JON PRENTICE, NATASHA DUURSMAN, FIONN HUTTON, JOEL RAINSLEY, JACK SKIPPER
GRIP
AARON PORTER
FOCUS PULLER (Additional)
Jacob Gerrard
TRACKING VEHICLE
WAYNE RIDAL
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
POPPY RIDDELL, ROSIE WATHALL
TAILOR/ ART DEPT
JAMES SLEATER
STYLIST (EXTRAS)
TERRY HIGGINS
HMU (EXTRAS)
TYRON SWEENEY
WINNIE 1
GEOFF HOOK
WINNIE 2
JOZSEF SZELPAL
CREW MINIBUS DRIVER
CHIRAG PATEL, LAWRENCE WILSON
STUNT DRIVER
JIM DOWDALL
RUNNER
ARAN MCCARTHY, SIMONE DAWKINS, SEAN WARD, ILIYA MAJER, DAVID BURRIDGE
RUNNER (ART DEPT)
OONAGH SHAW
Rob Ulitski - 28th Aug 2019