Jake Bugg 'Messed Up Kids' by Andrew Douglas
David Knight - 26th Mar 2014
On Nowness, Jake Bugg and Andrew Douglas explain that the stereotypical choice of location and casting to express grittiness in music videos - namely the council estate and its inhabitants - is turned on its head in the video for Messed Up Kids.
To Jake, it's the home he has left behind due to his global success (with Bow in East London standing in for Nottingham's Clifton). And through the use of the Phantom camera, and striking tracking shots – captured by DoP Justin Brown and an Electronic Tracking Vehicle, driving around the tableaux at 25mph – a modern scene of urban life is dissected. Â
This beautifully constructed video, that brings to mind the classic 'skinhead' Guardian commercial, is also the auspicious first production out of Untitled, the new music video outfit out of JJ Stereo headed up by Natalie Arnett.
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Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Andrew Douglas
- Producer
- Sonya Sier
- Production Company
- Untitled
- Executive Producer
- Natalie Arnett
- 1st AD
- George Nelson
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Justin Brown
- Focus Puller
- Karl Hui
- 2nd AC
- Luke Cairns
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- José Ruiz
- Grip
- Ian Buckley
Art
- Art Director
- Lois Gabrin
- Production Assistant
- Amanda Tuckwell
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Lisa Zipper
- Costume designer
- Grace Snell
Editorial
- Editor
- Sam Ostrove
- Editing company
- C
- Edit Producer
- Annabelle Dunbar-Whittaker
Misc
- 2nd AD
- Steve Wingrove
Other credits
Runner
Roddy Walker
RUNNER TRAINEE
John Parry
Runner:Ryan Delahunty

ETV HEAD TECHNICIAN
Alex Pugh
ETV TECHNICIAN
Rob Herring
TRAINEE ELECTRICIAN
Dan McCormick
David Knight - 26th Mar 2014