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
- AF
- 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
- W
VFX
- VFX
- Theresa Gasco
- VFX
- Freddie Hottinger
- VFX
- Kevin Marien
- VFX
- Zac Ella
- Post production company
- Agile Films (in House)
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
Rob Ulitski - 3rd Oct 2019