The first music video project by Brooklyn-based production collective Land of Nod Inc is for Diamonds, from The Henry Millers self-titled debut EP. Directed by Robert Kolodny, the video was, says Robert, “influenced by Bonnie and Clyde, Clockwork Orange, and Cannibal Holocaust”. So there are cops, robbers, cannibals and rubber rooms – the ingredients for [...]
I Am Harlequin – aka the German-born, London-based musician Anne Freier – teams up with director Corin Taylor for this performance-based promo, with props to production designer Sara Polonghini and art director Adriana Paramo Perez. And yes, I Am Harlequin does sound rather a lot like someone else… I Am Harlequin The King’s Daughter Producer/Director: [...]
There are 11 more days to enter James Brown – A Music Video Challenge, which invites aspiring music video directors to create a video for one of four classic songs from the Godfather Of Soul. Their entry could win them prize money (now US$4,000 for a winning entry), become the official video for the track, [...]
Had a nice day at the office dear..? The Darkness mark their unexpected return with this Warren Fu-directed romp for their single Everybody Have A Good Time. It’s a difficult number-crunching board meeting at recession-hit ‘Rock Hard Financial’, when a stripping bear turns up to liven up proceedings – and then reveals herself to be [...]
Antony Barkworth-Knight, a Manchester-based director working with video, CGI and animation, finds him 2,232 frames deep in hand-drawn animation (with the help of some sloshings of ink and paint) in his promo for Fitzroy North’s White Paint. The process of making the video began with actress Cathy Shiel, taking time out from performances on the [...]
Sheridan de Myers promo for Owen Cutts & GFrSH is an intimate performance clip showing the life cycle of ‘being born, living and dying’ – displayed through a montage of old photos and video clips. “As we didn’t have any budget to make the video I wanted to concentrate on interesting performances and interesting editing [...]
