Archive for May 4th, 2012

The Zax ‘Nothing To Celebrate’ by Ben&Julia

For The Zax’ Nothing To Celebrate, Ben&Julia unravel this rather odd tale of a mature lady and Peake – her pekinese dog – living it up in their lurid pink apartment, drinking pink champagne… “We stopped doing music video two years ago to focus on our art,” explain the directing duo “Then, last October we [...]

Hadouken ‘Parasite’ by Aubrey Woodiwiss

The video for Hadouken’s Parasite focusses on a man gripped by something – or things – that are driving him to distraction. It features a riveting performance by Lee Oakes, but this is also notable as the directing debut of someone who’s a familiar name in another field: Aubrey Woodiwiss, top colourist at The Mill. [...]

Boxes ‘Red Skies’ by JonJai

In their third video for the London band, JonJai deliver an inventive and cool slice of ‘iPad mayhem’ for Boxes’ new track Red Skies. “A simple concept, costing less than £400 (the iPads were borrowed) and produced from inception to edit in less than 10 days by a very small crew,” explain JonJai. “The video [...]

Keane screen Bayona and Sanchez-directed video for Disconnected in London

Members of Keane and Spanish movie directors Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio G. Sanchez were present at the Electric Cinema in Notting Hill in Wednesday (May 2) for the screening of their music video for Disconnected, featured on Keane’s new album Strangeland, released on May 7. The video directed by Bayona and Sanchez – respectively [...]

Aesop Rock ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ by Isaac Ravishankara

In his first solo album for five years, indie rapper Aesop Rock teams-up with director Isaac Ravishankara for the promo to the first single Zero Dark Thirty. Ravishankara gets impressive results with a nifty mural painted in time-lapse behind the singer as he relaxes against a wall… Aesop Rock Zero Dark Thirty Director: Isaac Ravishankara [...]

‘IV.10′ by Beeple

Another gem of open-source animation from the rather wonderful Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple – the man who came up with the amazing Kill Your Friends video for Flying Lotus last year. MIke’s motto appears to be ‘animate everything’, and then he lets you have a go. You can download the entire Cinema 4D project file [...]