Archive for May 21st, 2012

BBC Music Video Festival 2012 open for entries

The BBC Music Video Festival 2012 is now open for submissions. Now in its third year in its current form, the BBC Music Video Festival showcases new and emerging music acts and video director talent from around the UK and the world. The Festival is requesting music videos from artists and filmmakers which, if selected, [...]

Worship ‘Leviathan’ by Blake Claridge

Black Claridge’s promo for the alt spacerock of Worship’s Leviathan is one glorious, multi-coloured gloopy mess – in a very good way. Worship Leviathan Director: Blake Claridge Production Company: Nice&Polite Colourist: Luke Morrisson @ The Mill Hair & make up: Lucy Gibson

Mystery Jets ‘Someone Purer’ by Jem Goulding

Beautifully shot by award-winning DP Jean Louis-Schuller on 16mm film using Paillard Bolex, Jem Goulding’s interpretation of Mystery Jets’ Someone Purer delivers a new twist on the classic band-playing-in-the-desert promo by shooting in the north-west English town of Carlisle. The promo, part one of a trilogy for Mystery Jets, was filmed whilst they were on [...]

Dignan Porch ‘Picking Up Dust’ by Hayley Akins

A lovely woodcut-style animated video for Dignan Porch’s Picking Up Dust by Hayley Akins, based on artwork by Stephen Keane that was then animated in After Effects. The stream-of-consciousness, dreamlike imagery in the video loosely ties in to the lyrics of the song, which is taken from Dignan Porch’s forthcoming album. Dignan Porch Picking Up [...]

The Invisible ‘Protection’ by Mark Glenister & Joe Hunt – now signed to RUN

The Invisible video for Protection comes from Mark Glenister and Joe Hunt, who have just signed to RUN Productions, having only met at the end of 2011, and already making their first short together in January. “This is our first music video but we have loads of things in the pipeline,” says Mark. “I’ve been [...]

Circle Of Reason ‘Sea Of Voices’ by Andy Marsh

Andy Marsh’s performance based video for metalheads Circle Of Reason was shot in a ‘spooky’ abandoned military base on the South Coast. “The night shoot was freezing but going well – until we discovered a pentagram drawn on the floor in the room next to ours,” explains Andy “Hopefully no one walked over it and [...]

Candlelight Red ‘She’s Got The Look by Alex de Campi

Shot at the Kubrick Warehouses near Pittsburgh PA, Alex de Campi’s debut promo for RSM Productions is for Candlelight’s cover of Prince’s She’s Got The Look. The performance vid is intercut with a Village Of The Damned-type scenario with a nerdy kid about to be taken over by a bevvy of dead-eyed beauties… Candlelight Red [...]