James Blake 'Big Hammer' by Oscar Hudson
Promonews - 7th July 2023
James Blake's surprising switch back to his dance music roots heralds the very welcome return to music videos by Oscar Hudson, fully exploiting Blake's new direction with a brilliantly nihilistic, sexy, beautifully made live action cartoon for Big Hammer.
Hudson's video follows the exploits of a stylish, devil-may-care criminal gang, as they crash their car into various buildings during an ongoing crime spree - or simply to have a spot of lunch - mainly from the perspective of the dash-cam, which eventually assumes a life of its own.
As with quite a few of the standout videos this year, it comes with a vague aura of nostalgia attached. it would certainly have been a great watch on old school MTV. And definitely to be enjoyed, for full explosive and comic effect, on the biggest screen you can find.
As becoming a former Best Director winner at the UKMVAs (twice), it's probably one of the videos of the year so far.
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Promonews - 7th July 2023
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Oscar Hudson
- Producer
- Rik Green
- Producer
- Archie Johnston Stewart
- Creative Director
- Crowns & Owls
- Production Company
- PF
- Service Company
- Icon Films
- Executive Producer
- Rik Green
- Executive Producer
- NN
- Executive Producer
- Davud Karbassioun
- Executive Producer
- James Sorton
- Producers ICON
- Boyko Shtonov, Gergana Kuzmova, Slav Lambrinov
- Executive Producer ICON
- Emil Rangelov
- 1st AD
- Atanas Atanasov
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Philip Penev
- Key Grip
- Atanas Stoyanov
Art
- Art Director
- Maria Vassileva
- SFX
- Nitro Media
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Silviya Markova
Casting
- Stunt Co-ordinator
- Georgi Dimitrov
- Leads
- GF Ramsay, Maëva Berthelot, Freya Edwards, Axel Gutapfel
Editorial
- Editor
- Fouad Gaber
- Editing company
- TE
- Sound
- 750MPH
- Sound design
- Jake Ashwell
- Assistant Editor
- Joey Henshaw
Grading
- Colourist
- Alex Gregory
- Colour grade company
- No.8
Other credits
Special Thanks
Nigel Paine @ SeeSense Cameras, MCX Films, Dougal Johnston Stewart & Tom O'Driscol
Promonews - 7th July 2023