Declan McKenna 'Sympathy' by Will Hooper
Rob Ulitski - 10th July 2023
Declan McKenna is back - and also back with regular collaborator Will Hooper to make a characteristically lighthearted and offbeat video for Sympathy, with Declan on a deserted sandy beach in the company of a piano, a metal detector, and some odd-looking seagulls.
Reuniting the creative relationship that brought the brilliant visuals for The Key To Life On Earth and Beautiful Faces, the video features a dreamlike narrative in a breezy beachside setting. Cue puppet seagulls, googly eyed-guitars and a metal detector narrative, all merging to form a trippy, hallucinatory seaside experience.
Most crucially, it's the uplifting presence of Declan McKenna himself - as twinkly-eyed and energetic as he was when he burst onto the music scene a few years ago - but arguably with a bit more knowing maturity. He brings all of his A-game charm and charisma to this one.
Safe to say that his and Will Hooper's creative relationship has resumed in brilliant fashion. They have delivered here, and then some. It's a very enjoyable addition to a growing canon of highly entertaining videos by the pair.
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Will Hooper
- Producer
- Tara Sadeghi
- Production Company
- Blink
- Executive Producer
- Patrick Craig
- Production Manager
- James Robertson
- 1st AD
- Josh Goldman Jacob
- Production Assistant
- Lara Drew
- Runners
- Justin McQuilken, Thomas Heasman, Gian-Luca
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Natasha Duursma
- Focus Puller
- Oliver Bingham
- 2nd AC
- Jack Plumbridge
- Film Scanning
- DO
- Camera Trainee
- Max Bent-Marshall
- Drone op
- Barney Clark
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Charlie
- Spark
- Brook Williams
- Spark Trainee
- Gianni Morreale
Art
- Art Director
- Tomomi Kishimoto-Eley
- Production designer
- Louis Simonon
- Art Assistant
- Rufus Genn
Editorial
- Editor
- Sam Allen
- Sound Designer
- Daniel Burch
Grading
- Colourist
- Richard Fearon
- Colour grade company
- BS
- Colour Assist
- Billy Dawson
- Colour Producer
- Jade Denne
VFX
- VFX Company
- The Mill
- 2D Lead
- Carl Norton
- VFX Producer
- Sophie McDonald
- VFX Senior Producer
- Kathryn Wigginton
- Associate Production Manager
- Anjalika Jain
- Production Coordinator
- Rahul Sasidharan
- 2D Lead
- Gautam Gulaskar
- 2D Artist
- Prajeesh E, Roto Supervisor
Agent
- Director's Representation
- M
Commission
- Commissioner
- Michael Lewin
Rob Ulitski - 10th July 2023