Archive for August 2nd, 2012

Blueneck ‘Lilitu’ by Tim Fox

Following on from his mightily impressive video for Napalm Death, Tim Fox has another special effects promo hidden up his sleeve, this time for slightly mellower, cinematic post-rockers Blueneck. ‘Lilitu’ is an impressive, totally CGI affair following the fleeting, but beautiful life of a solitary butterfly. Tim has brought an excellent sense of motion to [...]

Aubrey Woodiwiss signs to Colonel Blimp as director

Already renowned for his first-class work as a senior colourist at The Mill in London, Aubrey Woodiwiss has now signed to Colonel Blimp in London as a music video director, following his two debut videos as a director for Hadouken – for Parasite and the just-released Bad Signal. Aubrey has worked with some of the [...]

The Milk ‘Chip The Kids’ by Paris Zarcilla

Paris Zarcilla offers up this lively one-shot revolving and evolving performance promo for The Milk’s Chip The Kids with a large cast participating in the action. “We were working on an immensely tight budget (who isn’t these days?) and short turnaround but I was adamant about not making a typical performance piece video,” explains Paris. [...]

D Nova ‘Genius Crazy’ by Vidya Sharma & Rajesh Thomas

For the brutal, distorted electronica of D Nova’s Genius Crazy, Vidya Sharma and Rajesh Thomas (directors of Cornershop’s Who’s Gonna Lite Up) deliver this cool, abstract and fierce assault on the senses – bringing alive ‘materials you love and have had feelings for’. “Multiple materials shot on a circulating base is brought together with green [...]

UK Music Video Awards 2012 – entry deadline extended to August 9th!

The entry deadline for the UK Music Video Awards 2012 in the best video, technical achievement, live, advertising and innovation categories has been extended from tomorrow to next Thursday, August 9th. That means there is another week to enter the UK Music Video Awards 2012 from today (August 2nd). All work must be uploaded to [...]

BBC Music Video Festival 2012: Dam Mantle, Dave Frazer, Nasty P

Here’s another batch of entries to the BBC Music Video Festival, showcasing some of the regional submissions from around the UK to the Festival that will commence next month and be showing new music video work on BBC Big Screens in cities around the land of Team GB. This week we’re heading north of the [...]

Matchbox Twenty ‘She’s So Mean’ by Rich Lee

Following a five year break, US pop rockers Matchbox Twenty return with new single She’s So Mean and a Rich Lee-directed video – subject to a daily teaser campaign on Twitter pre-release. In the promo a manic woman does her best to disrupt the band’s performance – knocking over mic stands, grabbing guitars and setting [...]