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Bastille 'Fake It' by Crooked Cynics

Luke Bather - 25th Aug 2016

Crooked Cynics fake it with Bastille in this deceptively simple piece of political commentary. Primarily featuring one charismatic speaker, we watch an impassioned international broadcast that appears jovial at first, before the cracks start to show.

The more we delve into this video, the more it seems as if we're looking into a window of our dystopian near-future. Depending on your political leanings and where you are in the world, you can project your feelings directly onto the protagonist. You only have to look as far as the YouTube comments to see that ("it's Trump. No, it's David Cameron. NO it's Angela Merkel!", etc).

The use of coloured lights and various studio monitors really help to shape a purposefully confusing message, where perception and reality go head-to-head. Ah, politics...

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Luke Bather - 25th Aug 2016

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Crooked Cynics
Producer
Hannah Shipley
Production Company
My Accomplice
Executive Producer
Jamie Clark
1st AD
Dani Castro

Camera

Director of Photography
Charlie Goodger
1st AC
Mike Hannides
1st AC
Harry Goodger

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Damien Ansell

Art

Art Director
Felix Coles

Wardrobe

Hair & Make-up
Kate O'shea

Grading

Colourist
Mark Meadows
Colour grade company
Smoke & Mirrors

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
James Hackett
Label
Virgin Records

Misc

Electrician
Rory Hardborne
Costume Supervisor
Gabi Malewska
Runner
Rob Deacon

Other credits

Cast

Simon Hepworth, Izabella Malewska

Luke Bather - 25th Aug 2016

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