Schafter ft Houston X 'Need Help' by Kalina Pulit
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020
Kalina Pulit explores surveillance and observation in her promo for teenage Polish rapper Schafter, featuring London rapper Houston X.
The video for Need Help was shot in both Warsaw and in London, and is a frenetic journey through lo-fi aesthetics and fly-on-the-wall perspectives, featuring numerous TV screens in a nod to pioneering video artist Nam June Paik.
The performances are suitably offbeat and energetic, celebrating the dynamism of the concept.
KALINA PULIT:
The video features 25 TV screens, 12 CCTV cameras and 270 metres of cable.
"The video was inspired by the idea of trying to get away from something but being unable to, and perhaps enjoying the thrill of it along the way.
"Key visual influences include the work of a video art pioneer, Nam June Paik, footage of Kate Moss under surveillance, as well as a set of music videos exploring the concept of someone being observed, both knowingly and unknowingly.
"Born out of constraint of needing to capture two artists in two different countries in the midst of self-isolation, the CCTV theme provided a point of connection between two narratives.
"Shot on 16mm, in London and Warsaw, the video features 25 TV screens, 12 CCTV cameras and 270 metres of cables."
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Kalina Pulit
- Producer
- Maruška Dukić
- Producer
- EZ
- Production Company
- Papaya Films
- Executive Producer
- Kacper Sawicki, Paweł Bondarowicz
- Production Manager
- Karol Pieńkowski
- 1st AD
- Sofia Karolina Jakubowska
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Igor Połaniewicz
- Focus Puller
- Bradley Stearn, Łukasz Karbowiak
- 2nd AC
- Jakub Żukowski
Lighting/Grip
Art
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Anna Stykała, Holly Miller
- Wardrobe
- Michał Koszek, Seif Ali-umaar
Editorial
- Editor
- Kalina Pulit
Grading
- Colourist
- Fred Van Eeden
VFX
- VFX
- Rio De Post
- Post production company
- Rio De Post
- Post Producer
- Sylwia Desowska
Commission
- Commissioner
- Jan Porębski
- Label
- Restaurant Posse
Other credits
Production Assistant
Steve Charalambous
Steadicam
Jacek Drofiak
Stagehand
Dzbanek / Stagehand Collective
Graphic Design
Ieva Misiukonytė
Making Of
Natalia Adach & Kuba Bors
Film Lab
WFDiF & Cinelab London
Camera Equipment
PANAVISION & ATM System
Lighting Equipment
Feral & Heliograf
Catering
Finlay Logan & Beton
Medic
Mariusz Fornalski
Driver
David Burridge
Rob Ulitski - 14th Oct 2020