Archive for March 30th, 2012

The Kooks ‘Saboteur’ by Surrender Monkeys

That waitress has a very infectious smile… and the result is sheer mayhem. A hilarious video for The Kooks’ Saboteur, by new directors Surrender Monkeys, with distinctive work by DoP Cosmo Campbell. The Kooks Saboteur Director: Surrender Monkeys DoP: Cosmo Campbell Production: El Nino

Tenacious D ‘To Be The Best’ by Jeremy Konner

Jeremy Konner delivers this quite epic and hilarious six minute promo for the return of Tenacious D (aka movie star Jack Black and Kyle Gass). With brilliant cameos from Val Kilmer, Dave Grohl, Tim Robbins, Jimmy Kimmel and Josh Grobin, the video, set up as a type of reunion, is part of the campaign to [...]

Context ‘Drowning’ by Louis Ellison

Shot at the Action Underwater Studios facility in Essex, Louis Ellison directs this extraordinary and unique promo for ambient dubstepper Context. Louis explains: “As Context is unsigned, we had an absolutely micro budget so we got a great deal for the studio and everyone else worked for free. In fact we had people queueing up [...]

Izabo ‘I Like It’ by Adam Bizanski

Featuring a pair of dancers from the Bat Sheva Dance Company, Adam Bizanski delivers this nifty exhaustively-choreographed promo for Izabo’s I Like It. “The idea is to shoot the same exact dance routine over and over again, only with slight differences in choreography, attire, etc, and later sewing up the different pieces,” explains Bizanski. “The [...]

Emily Kai Bock signs to Somesuch & Co

Emily Kai Bock, director of the acclaimed video for Grimes’ Oblivion (right), has joined Somesuch & Co for music video and commercial representation in the UK. Hailing from Toronto, Emily moved to Montreal, where she co-curated a loft/venue which functioned as a hub for local artists and musicians – and where she met Claire Boucher [...]