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Bastille 'Bad Decisions' by Zac Ella & Emile Rafael

Rob Ulitski - 3rd Oct 2019

Zac Ella and Emile Rafael get together to explore a series of Bad Decisions in Bastille's latest video. 

In a series of violent vignettes, Dan Smith from Bastille kills another version of himself over and over, as his previous incarnation makes bad decision after bad decision. Funny and irreverent, the series of characters Dan plays are over the top, extreme and surprisingly incapable at doing the right thing. 

Shot with a public access television aesthetic, the main guru character is especially relevant in the current zeitgeist, where anyone can claim they are specialists without any kind of fact-checking. The juxtaposition of the TV persona and the guy we see eating in a run-down dive bar is hilarious and ironic, and each character following seems to get crazier and more absurd. 

Executed perfectly, Dan's strong performances bolster the project, and help turn a very good concept into a great final video - a one-off collaboration between Agile Films' directors Ella and Rafael. 

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Zac Ella
Director
Emile Rafael
Producer
Ailsa Vanessa Tapping
Production Company
Executive Producer
Hayley Williams
Production Manager
Savvas Stavrou
1st AD
Chris Malin

Camera

Director of Photography
Nick Morris
Focus Puller
Philip Herron
2nd AC
James Malamatinas

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Bill Rae Smith

Art

Art Director
Wayne Wolfgram

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Natasha Lawes
Wardrobe
Taff Williamson

Editorial

Editor
Dan Sherwin

Grading

Colourist
Caroline Morin
Colour grade company

Agent

Director's Representation
OB Management

Commission

Commissioner
James Hackett
Commissioner
Ian Carew
Label
Virgin EMI

Other credits

Body Doubles

John Southgate, Neizan Fernandez

Voice-over Artist

Matthew Wood

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