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The Bohicas 'To Die For' by Nathan David Smith

Jimmy Brown - 26th Jan 2015

Essex indie fourpiece The Bohicas find themeselves dropped into a surreal operating theatre in Nathan David Smith's promo for their new single To Die For. Shot at One Red Eye Studio, it's dark, occasionally grisly, and comic - and made all the more effective by Marcus Autelli's clean - almost sterile - photography...

NATHAN DAVID SMITH:

"This was one of the most fun shoots I’ve ever worked on. There were a lot of those moments where we'd stop for a second and think, 'what on earth are we shooting just now'… because on the set there’s a surgeon pulling clown ribbons out of a torso, and you just had to laugh.

"When I first sat down with the band we all agreed we needed to make something that wasn’t your standard rock performance video, and the guys started unleashing all these surreal, dark ideas. We really aimed just to take everyone’s first impressions and turn them on their head, to juxtapose what you know with what you don’t, giving the viewer something familiar and then taking it to the ‘wrong' conclusion.

"The DP (Marcus Autelli) did a great job of mixing all these ideas together, creating a faux-medical-drama feel with all these melodramatic, sitcom-style moments. It’s a fun vibe, and it’s not what you’d expect."

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Jimmy Brown - 26th Jan 2015

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Nathan David Smith
Producer
Corin Taylor
Production Company
Colonel Blimp
Executive Producer
Nathan James Tettey
Production Manager
Tom Coley
1st AD
Tom Allen

Camera

Director of Photography
Marcus Autelli
Focus Puller
Ran Geffen
2nd AC
Gavin Overstall

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Craig Davies

Art

Production designer
Tereza Bila

Wardrobe

Make-up
Lizzie Sitford

Editorial

Editor
Nathan David Smith
Editing company
None Of That

Grading

Colourist
Holly Greig
Grading company
Finish

Commission

Commissioner
Ryan McCann
Label
Domino

Misc

Location
One Red Eye Studio

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Art Department Assistant
Larissa Defilippo

Jimmy Brown - 26th Jan 2015

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