Saam Farahmand ventures into short film territory with this elliptical narrative that has been “inspired by the music and magic of Daughn Gibson”.
Daughn is a singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania (he was previously the drummer of stoner metal outfit Pearls And Brass) who released his acclaimed debut album All Hell last year. His brooding, silent A-male presence dominates this film – he’s a bit of an old-fashioned hunk for sure – as the outsider in a midwestern farm, and the hero who must hold the forces of doom at bay.
Several tracks from All Hell are featured in Another Hell – an occasion where Saam has gone for straight Mallick-style cinematic beauty.
Another Hell
Director: Saam Farahmand
Artist: Daughn Gibson
Tracks: Bad Guys, Old Man In A Young Girl’s World, In The Beginning
Prod co: Furlined, Rogue Films
Producer: Nathan Atkinson
Assistant producer: Tommy Cannon
DoP: Larkin Sieple
Editor: Tom Lindsay
VFX Supervisor: Martin Karlsson
Art director: Cynthia Leda
Wardrobe: Angie Thomas
Hair and makeup: Phoebe Dawson
Colourist: Aubrey Woodiwiss
Label: White Denim
The Saturdays hit Wisteria Lane to star in their very own version of Desperate Housewives in Trudy Bellinger’s enjoyably camp and very stylish promo for their new single Gentlemen.
The promo, which also sees the girls dress up as their card-playing male alter egos, is sporting a particularly vivid colourful grade…
The Saturdays
Gentlemen (Polydor)
Director: Trudy Bellinger
Producer: Leanne Stott
Exec Producer: Sean Stuart
Production Co: Nothing To See Here Productions Ltd
Production Manager: Drew Morten
DOP: Tony C Miller
Choreographer: Glenn Ball
Makeup: Celena Hancock
Rep: Jen Herrera at Las Bandas Be Brave
Commissioner: Semera Khan
An enigmatic and somewhat disturbing video for French outfit As Animals by Maxime Bruneel, who has directed a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes, connected by a common thread of unease and melancholy.
Women undress in the street, demonstrate, and men fight and even kill. Shot in Paris, LaRochelle and Brighton, its not the easiest watch, but quite compelling.
As Animals
Ghost Gunfighters
Director: Maxime Bruneel
DoP: Luis Arteaga
Prod co: Kidam Prod in Association with Chez Eddy
Producer: Pascal Barneville
DoP Assistant : Edoardo Matacena
Make Up Artist : Odet Barriere
Editing : Manuel Coutant
Grade: Luis Arteaga
Camera: Eye Light
Grip : Stephane Monaury & Gisela Remolins
Brighton Team, Casting & Thanks: Gabriel Pitcher, Aaron Krienhoff & Friends, Jessica Deslandes, Amy & Gabby
La Rochelle Team, Casting & Thanks: Julian Helene, Theophile Couderc, David Triki, Guillaume Pierre Mias, Fred Chapron
Paris Team And Thanks Casting : Anne Elodie Sorlin & Robert Hatisi, Julie Bremond, Emilie Mailliet & Thomas Hardy, Bruno (Boxe) & Odet Barriere, Lola Norda, Helene Foin Coffre, Emilie Vandenameele, Juliette & Friends, Alexandra Cismondi, Jeremie Lippmann, David Hu, Anne-Sophie Neel
Special Thanks To : Bastien Ehouzan, Andy Gillet, Laura Leonard, Yoan Marciano (L’hotel Du Temps), Martin Tronquart, Theodore Fivel, Jerome Clement-Wilz, Maud Deschambres, Coline Jouvenot, Elise Lissague, Brice Michelini, Jonathan Reyes, Olivier Bonneau, Hugues Baudet, Youssef El Mouddakhir (Eye-Light France)
Label: Atmosphériques
Following iTunes Top 10 placings for his first three EP releases, UK singer-songwriter Lewis Watson gets set to release his fourth Four More Songs and teams up with director Samuel Craven for the promo to lead track Calling.
Shot in London, we see Lewis hanging out with his mates in a cafe, then getting up to no good after they leave. As you do…
Lewis Watson
Calling (Warner Music)
Director: Samuel Craven
Production Company: Fresh Light
Executive Producer: Sonya Sier
Production Assistant: Jessica Jay Thomas
1st SD: George Nelson
DP: Brian Fawcett
Focus Puller: Jennie Paddon
DIT: Chris Belcher
Camera Assistant: Roland Philips
Gaffer: Julian White
Art Director: Lois Gabrin
Art Department: Jonathan Evans
Hair & Make-up: Lisa Zipper
Stylist: Emily Jerman
Stylist Assistant: Claire Thorp
Runners: Luke Smith And Joe Salkey
Cast: Lily Newark, Michael Kalaf, Amy Cook, Sarah Lamesche, Francis Hemming And Kirsten Wilson
Editor: Chris Roebuck @ Cut+Run
Colourist: Claire Cullen @ Smoke And Mirrors
Post Producer: Rachel Cohen @ Golden Square
Online Editor: Sole Martin @ Golden Square
Directors Rep: Chris Abitbol @ Ob Management
With Thanks To: Jeff Brown @ Brownian Motion, Panalux And Golden Square
Commissioner: Yoni Lappin
Emile Rafael directs a pure, very atmospheric performance video of Catfish and The Bottlemen’s Homesick – shot at The Backstage Centre in Purfleet.
Says Emile: “The track is a powerhouse of explosive energy, both simple, immediate and raw. The guys have built a reputation for their strong performances on stage: all we needed to do was capture that.”
He was very ably aided and abetted by DoP Charlie Herranz, with the grade by Dave Ludlam at Framestore.
Catfish and The Bottlemen
Homesick
Director: Emile Rafael
Production Co: Offkey Creatives
Producer: Steve Whiteley
DOP: Charlie Herranz
Editor: Izzy Curry @ Stitch
Gaffer: Richard Burnell
Art Director: Emily Meech
1st AD: Sammy Levine
2nd AC: Junia Bashiru
Spark: Joe Gainsborough
Runner: Sam Aminzadeh
Grade: Dave Ludlam @ Framestore
Location: The Backstage Centre
Special thanks: Kelly Amundsen @ Panalux
Label: Communion Records
After their brilliant video for Passion Pit’s Carried Away, the Brewer brothers Ben and Alex’s new one for Skylar Grey’s Final Warning is a more sombre, gritty affair – and also compelling.
It’s a classic narrative where a mysterious girl, having clearly escaped a terrible fate, makes an unscheduled appearance at a well-to-do family’s birthday celebrations for their favoured son – quietly directing his girlfriend to the truth about him. Which perfectly suits the theme of Skylar Grey’s song. It’s all about exacting revenge.
Skylar Grey
Final Warning
Director: Brewer
Producer: Braxton Pope
Production Company: PRETTYBIRD
Director of Photography: Jackson Hunt
Editor: Brewer
Colourist: Brewer
Executive Producer: Candice Ouaknine
Commissioner: Alexa Dedlow & Brandon Lee Stratton
Label: KIDinaKORNER/Interscope
Watch: here
Thomas Tyman directs this filtered, first-person frolic following a man and his two female companions. Filmed from the man’s POV, we see the crew roadtrip through America, hitting funfairs, diners and the bowling alley along the way, before eventually ending up in the same motel room.
The British summer isn’t shaping up to much in 2013, so why not drift away with this summer caper?
Juno
Stuck Around It (My Major Company)
Director: Thomas Tyman
Production co: Wanda Paris
Executive producer: Céline Roubaud
DoP: Sylvain Freyens
Production Manager: Maxime Hervé
Watch here
Marrying the powerful lyrics – a ‘metaphor of the Dresden bombing and a beautiful relationship ruined’ with strong graphic animation, Robisrob’s promo for OMD takes its lead from classic James Bond title sequences.
“The rotoscoped style seemed to fit the illustrated look of OMD’s visual output and the slow-motion movements and fighting narrative were a perfect fit for the aggravation I could hear in Andy’s voice” explains the director. “I replaced the knife and fistfights for a couple fighting and pieced it together to tell the story of a devastating break-up.”
OMD
Dresden
Director/Editor/VFX: Robisrob
Producer: Douglas Pye
Production Company: Gas&Electric
DP: Matt Shaw
Camera Assistant: Alex Stone
Props: Isabel Chandler
Special makeup FX: Moneet Heyer
Runner: Phillip Tang
Cast: Andris Goris & Jemma Jane Cozens
Record Label: BMG
Commissioner: Ailsa Robertson
Director’s Rep: YI London
Watch: here
Minneapolis 4-piece Atmosphere team up with Carmela Makela for this surreal and curious promo to Ain’t Nobody, taken from their Family Sign album.
Centred around a pair of scantily clad similar looking ladies who get up to all kinds in the kitchen, the bathroom, a bowling alley… its heavy on suggestive erotica – almost comedically so – perfectly partnering the jolly and loose nature of the soundtrack…
Atmosphere
Ain’t Nobody (Rhymesayers)
Director: Carmela Makela
Executive Producer: Geoff Mclean
Producer: Sarah Park
Prod Co: Vision Film Co
1st AD: John Nasraway
Cinematographer – Michael Ragen
1st AC: Joseph Canon
2nd AC: Andre Raygoza
Gaffer: Will Elder
Production Design: Mandy Chang & Jay Hougaard
Make-up: Miki Chang
Wardrobe: Natasha Newman-Thoman
Editor: Terry Huynh
Coloring: Arnold Ramm
Starring: Melissa Kimbro, Nix Mione, Falou Biteye, Thomas Davis
Leone, an Italian director with a strong background in music videos who has gone on to make commercials for the Italian, French, German and Portuguese markets, has now joined HSI London.
Whilst a student in Milan, he started working as an editor and photographer with major music magazines. He has continued with his photography, which has seen him work extensively in fashion and publish his first illustrated book entitled ‘Friendly’. He has also continued making music videos, recently completing his video for Motel Connection’s Less Is More.
Leone’s advertising clients have including BMW, Lexus, Levis, Ford, Sky, Edison, We Bank, Oxfam, Vodafone, Diesel.
Saam Farahmand ventures into short film territory with this elliptical narrative that has been “inspired by the music and magic of Daughn Gibson”.
