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Band Of Skulls 'Nightmares' by Greg Davenport

Jimmy Brown - 13th Feb 2014

For Band Of Skulls' rocker Nightmares, Greg Davenport delivers this large-scale producion oscillating between a band performance in Essex and a narrative set 6000 miles away - making a seamless transition.

Shot in Dagenham and California's Lucerne Valley, Greg Davenport portrays his story-telling skills and performance director as he takes us through a turbulent relationship out in the desert...

GREG DAVENPORT

"The band wanted to look at the idea of fear in an impactful, dreamlike way. And a combination of me having just re-watched Paris, Texas and also mishearing the lyric ‘desolate night’ as ‘desert at night’ I started to visualise a film about a couple in the desert.

"I wanted to investigate our fears within a relationship; fear of not being good enough, fear of not being able to provide or satisfy and conversely the fear of being trapped. Paranoia and jealousy can fester and cause people to act in ways they never imagined. The film had to feel at the same time completely authentic but also darkly surreal. Setting it in a small desert town only added to that.

"We shot in the Lucerne Valley outside of LA, getting to know the residents, using them as extras and coming and going in various locations. The band were shot at the old Ford factory site in Dagenham. About as close as we could get to the desert in London". 

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Jimmy Brown - 13th Feb 2014

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Greg Davenport
Production Company
Epoch Films
Executive Producer
Oliver Hammerton
Production Coordinator
Anisha King
1st AD
Alicia Zaragoza

Camera

Director of Photography
Benjamin Kitchens
Director of Photography
Nic Booth
1st AC
Leonard Walch
Focus Puller
Anthony Mchugh
2nd AC
Harry Wheeler

Art

Production designer
Dustin Blankenship

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Brooke Hill
Make-up
Katie Coward

Editorial

Editing company
Cut+Run

Grading

Colourist
Edwin Metternich

VFX

Post production company
Framestore
Post Producer
Annabelle Dunbar-Whittaker

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
John Moule
Label
Electric Blues Recordings

Misc

US Producer
Sacha Smith
UK Producer
Rosie Wells
UK Producer
Gareth Thomas
Best Boy Electrician
Spencer Scranton
Best Boy Electrician
Harry Gay
Location Manager
Steve Vader
Offline
Chris Roebuck

Other credits

Special Thanks

Ductin Blackburn, Rob Godbold, Dave Knox, Hugh Rochfort, Claire Adcock, Huw John Sam, Kim Jarrett, Panavision, Epoch LA, Millie Munro, the residents of Lucerne Valley, Y-Saloon

Jimmy Brown - 13th Feb 2014

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