Stormzy 'Mel Made Me Do It' by KLVDR
Promonews - 27th Sept 2022
KLVDR's 11 minute epic for Stormzy's big return with Mel Made Me Do It is remarkable in a number of ways, and not least of course due to the star quality and sheer number of the cameo appearances. And yes, that does include the Special One...
More to the point is the ambition of the piece. Fom the chatshow hosted by Jonathan Ross and ZeZe Mills, with Stormz sharing the sofa with Louis Theroux and Dina Asher-Smith - watched by Usain Bolt, at his home in Jamaica - to performance elements in the studio and the meeting with Jose Mourihno, to the momentous final chapter bringing a couple of generations of Black British talent together that includes a tribute to the late Jamal Edwards.
At that point, Stormzy hands over duties to provide the spoken-word piece called Greatness - written by Wretch 32 and read by Michaela Cole. It's a quietly powerful climax of an impressive and entertaining production - this was a five day shoot, plus shooting Bolt in Kingston - that amounts to a big statement of intent by Stormzy - and reminds us of his unmistakeable charisma.
And of course, the eponymous Mel, stylist Melissa Holdbrook-Akpose, namechecked by Stormzy in the songtitle, is there too, both behind and in front of camera - with her lint roller.
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- KLVDR
- Producer
- Joseph J Goldman
- Production Company
- PF
- Executive Producer
- Nnena Nwakodo
- Executive Producer
- Rik Green
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jeremy Valender
- Director of Photography
- Hunter Daly
- Director of Photography
- Pieter Snyman
Art
- Art Director
- James Soldan
- Production designer
- Louis Simonon
- Production designer
- Ollie Hogan
Wardrobe
- Stylist (Artist)
- Melissa Holdbrook-Akpose
- Stylist (Artist)
- Leah Abbott
Editorial
- Editor
- Jamie Hodgson
- Editor
- Ellie Johnson and Blaine Pearson
- Editing company
- Work Editorial
- Editing company
- TenThree
- Edit Producer
- Lola Cookman
Grading
- Colourist
- Jason Wallis
- Colour Producer
- Olivia Jessop
- Colour grade company
- EC
Agent
- Director's Representation
- H
Commission
- Commissioner
- Jacqueline Eyewe
- Commissioner
- Nicola Sheppard
Promonews - 27th Sept 2022