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STONE 'I Gotta Feeling' by Max Mclachlan

Rob Ulitski - 26th July 2023

The local pub turns into a nightmarish ground zero in Max Mclachlan's entertainingly ghoulish promo for Liverpool rock band STONE. 

The video for I Gotta Feeling is a fun gross-out trip, following a group of patrons in a pub who morph into zombified monsters, once they have partaken in the pub's interesting range of mood-altering ales.

As lead singer Finlay Power bemoans the state of toxic masculinity - with biting lyrics such as 'Shout out to the writers of Peaky Blinders/You inspired the new age of wankers' - Mclachlan draws from a love of old horror movies, the practical effects literally come spewing out of the cast and band.

There are noteworthy performances all round - but main character Hugo Hamlet is a true standout, completely embodying the concept and the spirit of drunk-zombie madness. 

This is made all the more visceral with the grainy, saturated look captured on 16mm by Owain Morgan, harking back to old Romero films and the zeitgeist that these events captured.

In the end, the barmaid, who is clearly no stranger to dealing with monstrous men, splashes the one thing that can set everything straight: a glass of water.

"I wanted to take the concept of toxic behaviour and make it physical," explains Mclachlan. "Show it growing out from the inside of one drunk lad and spread, possessing a pub."

Rob Ulitski - 26th July 2023

Tags

  • Comedy
  • Director's notes
  • Narrative
  • UKMVAs 2023 nominee
  • Rock
  • Indie
  • Performance
  • Zombie
  • Alcohol
  • Pub
  • Lads
  • Monster

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Max Mclachlan
Producer
Mike Upson
Production Company
Partout
Executive Producer
Nicolai Soderqvist
Executive Producer
Henric Hemmerlind
Production Manager
James Sinton
1st AD
Chris Upson

Camera

Director of Photography
Owain Morgan
Focus Puller
Etai Shomri
2nd AC
Dimi Vakrilov
Camera Trainee
VAIVA BOTYRIUTE

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Gian-Claudio Calipa
Spark
MEG SHARP

Art

Production designer
Clump Collective

Wardrobe

Stylist
Suzie Walsh
Make-up
Mathilda Mace
Make-up Assistant
Chase Hayden

Choreography

Movement Director
Celine Celessi

Casting

Lead actor
Hugo Hamlet

Editorial

Editor
Eden Read
Editing company
The Assembly Rooms

Commission

Commissioner
Joanna Szyczewska
Label
Polydor Uk

Rob Ulitski - 26th July 2023

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