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Skepta ft Nafe Smallz 'Greaze Mode' by Matthew Walker

Promonews - 6th June 2019

Matthew Walker's longtime collaboration with Skepta resumes with their most ambitious outing yet for Greaze Mode, from Skepta's new album Ignorance Is Bliss. It's a big bank job.

Skepta, decked out as a very superfly bank robber, never misses a line as he and accomplice Nafe Smallz breeze into a bank, armed and dangerous, and proceed to cause some havoc.

Matt Walker has channelled a bit of Tarantino as well as the 70s Blaxploitation-era with the well-choreographed mayhem, threat of violence, fastmoving action - and comedy - which quickly moves from the initial heist to the standoff with the police, and a hostage situation.

And the twist is that Skepta is less interested in the cash stored in the bank vaults, than a set of photos... 

 

 

MATTHEW WALKER:

"The video was about us just having fun with the 70's Blaxploitation style of film making, while still keeping it in the 'music video' world. We decided that this should play like a film but should incorporate performances that weren't jarring and took us out of the narrative.

"As if by an act of God, there were so many lyrics that went with the "Bank Robbery" theme that it they worked well as 'dialogue' moments in the chosen scenes. We are all pretty gassed over how it turned out."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Matthew Walker
Producer
Antoine Dixon Bellot
Production Manager
Kem Ekundayo
1st AD
Steven Eniraiyetan

Camera

Director of Photography
Stefan Yap
Focus Puller
Philip Heron
2nd AC
Jack Plumbridge

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Mark Stewart

Art

Art Director
Ash Halliburton

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Leah Johnston
Hair
James Catalano
Make-up
Jade Stewart

Editorial

Editor
Matthew Walker

Grading

Colourist
Lewis Crossfield
Grading company
Time Based Arts

Commission

Label
Boy Better Know

Other credits

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

ROXANE TABATABAY

TRAINEE LOADER

ERNIE GRIFFITH

GAFFER (DAY 1)

WILL POPE

1ST AC (DAY 1)

ALI BAINES

LOADER (DAY 1)

JOSH TILLEY

TRANIE LOADER (DAY 1)-MAGGIE STAN

SPARK(DAY 1)

MATT SIMMONS

SPARK(DAY 1)

AMIR MOULFI

SPARK ROB

SHEARS

SPARK

OLA AWORETAN

TRAINEE SPARK

WILL JESSEL

STANDBY ART DIRECTOR

CONNOR O’HAGAN

ART ASSISTANT

TOLEANA

ART ASSISTANT

FRANCESCA NWOKEOCHA

ART ASSITANT

JIM KNIGHT

2ND AD

DANIEL AREMU

3RD AD

CHRIS PHOUPHOULLIDE

RUNNER

DYLAN ANGOL

RUNNER

ARCHIE

RUNNER

JOEY PHILIPPE

RUNNER -JAMES HALL

RUNNER -SAM SAMVURA

RUNNER

TENOLA KING

CASTING BOBBY MITCHELL

STYLING ASSISTANT

SOPHIE MAI

MUA ASSISTANT

GERRI KITENGE

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