George Moir 'Patio' by George McCallum
Promonews - 22nd June 2021
George Moir is the ice cream van man with his own weird, wonderful range of ice lollies, in George McCallum's video for Patio - arguably the staycation anthem of the summer.
The West Country-based singer-songwriter's sweet, catchy song will ring true with nearly everyone this year - it's all about not being able to go on a foreign holiday, and having to make the best of it at home. Instead, its about working (mostly), and saving up 'to go next summer'.
First-time director McCallum visualises this idea with inventiveness that owes something to his day job as an ad agency creative, and also to his 'side-hustle' - as a baker of cakes disguised as very unlikely things - like a cigarette-filled ashtray.
So Moir is not just a regular ice cream van guy, toiling through an English summer of variable weather - but also selling eccentric ices at odd prices, that are advertised on the side of the van, as you might expect, but which also come alive as animated characters throughout the video. And then, some are real - like a baked bean ice lolly, or one made out of loose change, or a diamond-studded ice cream.
George Moir himself has a background as an animator, and this is his first video he has not directed himself. But McCallum has impressively built upon those previous DIY efforts, and allowed the singer's unassuming character to shine. And the attention to detail with the product range - designed by McCallum, animated by Jack Bailey - are the sprinkles and chocolate sauce on the 99.
GEORGE McCALLUM:
I tried to create something that felt authentic to the Great British Summer.
"The song is super-timely so the brief was to make something that represented that.
"I tried to create something that felt authentic to the Great British Summer. Something full of contradictions, a bit of wit, and a tinge of childhood nostalgia. Upbeat but a little rough around the edges. Positive, but not aspirational - rusting ice cream vans in car parks by beaches... definitely not postcard-pretty.
"It was fun taking George's humour and running with it to keep the viewer guessing what was coming next though micro reveals.
“I've been doing food stuff - like ashtray cakes and Butter knives - alongside my full-time job as a ACD in advertising for a few years, but making music videos has it has been something I've wanted to do since the days of watching Skuzz, MTV and Kerrang! at mates’ houses after school. Now that I've done it, I'm kinda hooked. I want to make more films with strong themes and unusual worlds."
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- George McCallum
- Producer
- Sam Page-Jones
- Production Company
- Patio Productions
- Executive Producer
- NS
- 1st AD
- Freddie Wright
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jan Vrhovnik
- Focus Puller
- Devan Clarke-Sheward
Art
- Art Director
- Ieva Petravičiūté
- Art Department Assistant
- Jorinta Zarembaite
- Art Department Assistant
- Andrew McNeil
Wardrobe
- Hair & Make-up
- Rocio Cuenca
Animation
- Animator
- Jack Bailey
Editorial
- Editor
- Chris Wilson
- Editing company
- H
Grading
- Colourist
- Andi Chu
- Colour grade company
- BS
Commission
- Commissioner
- DK
- Label
- Infectious
Misc
- Camera Trainee
- Dan Howe
- Runner
- Oscar Stewart
- Runner
- Sam Knight
Other credits
Additional Animation
Luke Freeman
Promonews - 22nd June 2021