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Sad Night Dynamite 'Killshot' by Sam Davis

Rob Ulitski - 23rd Sept 2020

Sam Davis plays upon the strange world of CCTV and surveillance in his video for Sad Night Dynamite. 

The video for Killshot explores how the use of surveillance can cast a guilty shadow on those it observes. As the narrative develops, the cameras start to seek out more and more obscurity in dark pockets of the city.

To bring the voyeuristic world to life, Sam played around with pre-programmed camera moves, super long zooms, face tracking and thermal imaging, combining elements of each to create a haunting and shockingly relevant snapshot of society. 

SAM DAVIS: 

Carting around a 12 ft CCTV pole and camera got plenty of strange looks.

"I got the idea after a chat in the pub with my mate who runs a CCTV company. For a while I'd been wanting to make a video around the eeriness and weirdness of CCTV, and Sad Night Dynamite were up for making something a bit different, so seemed like the perfect opportunity.

"It was a logistically interesting project, having to cart around a 12 ft CCTV pole and camera around South London got plenty of strange looks."

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Rob Ulitski - 23rd Sept 2020

Tags

  • Alternative
  • Indie
  • CCTV
  • Surveillance

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Sam Davis
Producer
Jack Bingham
Production Company
Executive Producer
Rob Wildsmith

Camera

Director of Photography
Yannick Hausler
Focus Puller
Kieran Miller

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Suzie Walsh

Editorial

Editor
Sam Davis

Grading

Colourist
Connor Coolbear
Colour grade company

VFX

VFX
Mark Chapman
Post production company
Post Producer
Alasdair Patrick

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
Sam Seager
Label
Parlophone Records

Rob Ulitski - 23rd Sept 2020

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