Jockstrap 'Greatest Hits' by Aidan Zamiri
David Knight - 24th Jan 2023
Aidan Zamiri takes an iconoclastic leap into new territory, and shows that the stuffy British legal drama is ripe for reinvention in his wonderful video for indie duo Jockstrap.
The video for the band's splendid Greatest Hits takes on a familiar story throughout pop and rock history, when fame and success leads to in-fighting, legal wrangling, and ends up in court in a blaze of publicity. The genius of the video is how Zamiri gives this story a properly rock 'n roll treatment.
Princess Julia - DJ, writer, "beloved mother of London’s underground" (The Gentlewoman), whose first video appearance was in Visage's Fade To Grey - and actor John Foley are superbly cast as the feuding rock couple at the centre of the story, around whom a courtroom epic plays out, delivered through the prism of a lo-fi, trashy, surreal version of Court TV.
As a continuous scrolling news tickertape relays details of the somewhat incomprehensible legal case, witnesses arrive and testify and legal officials of the courtroom mouth lyrics of the song. And the portrait by the courtroom artist bursts into full animation.
With an unfeasibly large cast of characters and cameos - including Don Letts as a witness and Jamie xx on a legal team - this is a satire on fame and media frenzy that hits the mark without ever losing its sense of fun or cool.
In fact, in our judgement, it's supercool.
David Knight - 24th Jan 2023
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Aidan Zamiri
- Producer
- Ella Woollgar
- Production Company
- OA
- Executive Producer
- Morgan Clement
- Production Manager
- Sofia Wilkinson-Steel
- 1st AD
- Rose Lucas
- PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
- Harvey Moore
- 2ND AD
- Oliver Hill
- RUNNERS
- Abra Thompson, Katey Jackson
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Jake Hunter
- 2ND AC
- George Power
- 3RD AC
- Mac Christie
- ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE FROM
- Eva Rogelj
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Connor Adam
- SPARKS
- Leyt Said, Simona Pranulytė
Art
- Production designer
- Louis Simonon
- ART ASSISTANT
- Selina Abdul Kareem
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Hamish Wirgman
- Hair
- Benjamin David
- Make-up
- Grace Sinnott
- MUA ASSIST
- Ruby Yu
Casting
- Lead actor
- Princess Julia
- Lead actor
- John Foley
- CAST:
- Judge Jean Lee
- Julia's Barrister Mr Baby Nick
- John's Barrister Bitu Thomas
- John's Legal Team James Hankins
- John's Legal Team Jamie XX
- Julia's legal Team Tahnee Kaya
- Julia’s legal Team Aggie Mac
- Courtroom Sketch Artist Deelo Arizona
- Witness Don Letts
- Witness Denise Kaya
- Witness Paul Jones
- Witness Philip Pasquel De Lee
- Witness Rosie Marks
- Court Personnel Ian Bourne
- Court Personnel Gita Bourne
- Court Personnel Sophie Chinner
- Court Personnel Konstatina Tsagianni
- CROWD
- Liwenxuan Xu
- Eva Rogelj
- Saheed Kazeem
- Doriella Weiga
- Gustas Butkas
- Konstatina Tsagianni
Animation
- Animation
- Lucy Wei
Editorial
- Editor
- Jack Foster
- POST PRODUCERS
- Grace Conway, Thomas Viney
Grading
- Colourist
- John O’Riordan
VFX
- Post production company
- Pundersons Gardens
Commission
- Label
- Rough Trade Records
Misc
- 2nd Unit DoP
- Saskia Dixie
- Graphics
- Alex Poles
David Knight - 24th Jan 2023