Archive for June 11th, 2012

Bring Me The Horizon’s Alligator Blood wins best video at 2012 Kerrang! Awards

The Stuart Birchall-directed video for Bring Me The Horizon’s Alligator Blood has won Best Video at the 2012 Kerrang! Awards. The Alligator Blood video, completed last year by Birchall and his team at production company You Know – and released on Halloween’s Night – is a David Lynch-inspired nightmare involving sexy vampires, a ten-foot alligator, [...]

Newton Faulkner ‘Clouds’ by Luke Losey

Luke Losey delivers this clever time-lapse promo for the return of Newton Faulkner with toy-like cars, buses, trains and boats all whizzing by, bolstering Newton’s acoustic, muscular soundtrack. Newton Faulkner Clouds (Sony Music) Director: Luke Losey Executive Producer: Mikey Levelle / Mark Povey Production Co: Shameless / Crewroom Producer: Owen Cotterell DoP: Ben Thornley Focus [...]

Keane ‘Sovereign Light Cafe’ by Lindy Heymann

Keane head back to their own little corner of England – Bexhill-on-sea on the East Sussex coast – in the video for Sovereign Light Cafe, directed by Lindy Heymann, her first for the band. The song is a tribute to Keane’s hometown, and numerous locals are included as singer Tom Chaplin walks down the prom [...]

Dark Horses ‘Radio’ by ‘Pierre Angelique’

A fabulously atmospheric video for Dark Horses’ Radio – a very fine song indeed – by the mysterious Pierre Angelique. Featuring members of BRMC and singer Lisa Elle, its a hypnotic Velvets-like performance by the Dark Horses, captured with an early video look, together with some ritual experimentation of the dark side. Yes, Pierre’s directing [...]

Matthew Herbert ‘Cafe De Flore’ by Lily Smith

Starting life as a library music track, Matthew Herbert’s quirky instrumental was picked up for use in the movie Cafe De Flore starring Vanessa Paradis. Lily Smith’s inspired promo features a great performance from actor Paul Woodson as the groovy waiter busting some unique moves. Lily says: “The video narrative isn’t liked to the feature, [...]

Robert Vincent ‘My Pill’ by Ben Lankester

Matching the sparseness and introspection of Robert Vincent’s My Pill, Ben Lankester delivers a bleak and grey (but drenched in atmosphere) promo filmed on one of the coldest days of the year. Shot mostly at Stanley Dock and various spots around Liverpool on a mixture of Sony F3 and RED, Vincent’s main performance was filmed [...]

Fireflies 2012 ‘For Those Who Suffer We Ride’ by Chris Cairns

Tomorrow morning, June 12th 2012, the intrepid riders of the Fireflies embark on their mission to scale no less than 18 Alpine peaks in eight days, travelling over 1000 km from Lake Geneva to Cannes. Comprised of some of the bravest, committed and possibly insane members of the production and advertising community, the Fireflies are [...]

DANIELS take the honours at Vimeo Festival + Awards 2012

DANIELS won the Music Video award at the Vimeo Festival + Awards 2012 for their video for Manchester Orchestra’s Simple Math – and the directing duo comprised of Daniel Kwan and Dan Scheinert also won the Honorary Award for New Creators at the awards ceremony in New York City on June 7th. The Simple Math [...]