Django Django 'Kick The Devil Out' by Jack Barraclough
Rob Ulitski - 25th May 2021
Django Django frontman Vincent Neff takes the lead role in Jack Barraclough's video for Kick The Devil Out - playing Satan as the annoying lodger in an ordinary British family.
In the same vein as low budget, oddball comedy films and old Beastie Boys videos, we find the red-hued Horned One welcomed into the bosom of the family by Mum - but eyed suspiciously by Dad, who's worst fears are confirmed by the guest's niggling bad habits: he misbehaves at the table, cuts his fingernails on the sofa, mixes his colours with whites in the wash... all clear signs that he has to go.
Mixing in lo-fi greenscreen dancing footage and a skaterboy mini-DV fantasy, the aesthetic is charmingly DIY, and leans into the absurd concept. Amongst all of this madness, the performances are grounded in reality, and act as a conduit for viewers to understand the frustration and pain of this unwanted house guest
Barraclough's energetic and fastmoving screwball comedy is a departure for the alt-rockers, who often embrace visual experimentation and whimsical humour in their videos, but it's a welcome one.
JACK BARRACLOUGH:
It was fun to take on the screwball comedy genre...
"As soon as I read the Django’s brief for this I was like, YES! Apart from having to get fifty-plus shots done in one day, this is the kind of thing I love directing and planning out.
"It was fun to take on the screwball comedy genre and cram lots of details into the video, so it rewards repeat viewings and you can enjoy spotting the continuity errors.
"Even though it’s a ‘silly’ concept, it is a hard thing to get right and make work. There’s a well-established visual language to the genre that we were drawing upon and everyone - the cast and all the crew - did an amazing job pulling this together."
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Rob Ulitski - 25th May 2021
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Jack Barraclough
- Producer
- Amara Rossell
- Production Company
- GF
- Executive Producer
- Kareem Adeshina
- 1st AD
- Paolo De Battista
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Toby Leary
- Focus Puller
- Marcus Albertsen
- 2nd AC
- Charlie Knight
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Eliot Morris
Art
- Art Director
- Lottie Toon
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Natasha Lawes
- Make-up
- Natasha Lawes
- Wardrobe
- Rhona Ezuma
Editorial
- Editor
- Jack Barraclough
Grading
- Colourist
- Caroline Morin
- Colour grade company
- W
Agent
- Director's Representation
- LB
Commission
- Label
- Because Music
Other credits
Art Assistant
Tolu Revlon
Wardrobe Assistant
Mao Miyakoshi
Assistant Hair & Makeup
Jane Emily Arnold
Camera Trainee
Kieran Conye
Spark
Evance Breteuil
Runner
Teoman Han Namli
Runner
Samia Conteh
Rob Ulitski - 25th May 2021