Archive for November 20th, 2012

Young Dreams ‘Fog Of War’ by Kristoffer Borgli

After winning an MVA for Todd Terje’s Inspector Norse at the recent UKMVAs, director Krisoffer Borgli moves on to another absorbing character study for Young Dreams’ excellent Fog Of War. French teenagers – Simon, who has “issues”, and his girlfriend (and the story’s narrator) – are left to their own devices in comfy suburbia. They break [...]

Ayah Marar ‘The Raver’ by Halcyon Nights

Halcyon Nights – new directing duo Jack Pirie and Alex Hylands-White – translate the ultra energy of Ayah Marar’s The Raver with this very ‘up’ promo. Focusing on a group of friends getting revved-up at home before their big night out, the fast-paced and sharply edited promo progresses into a frantic rave-up at the club [...]

Florence + The Machine ‘Lover To Lover’ by Vincent Haycock

Following her appearance in Vince Haycock’s promo for Calvin Harris’ Sweet Nothing, Florence Welch teams up with the LA-based director again for her own band’s single Lover To Lover. Shot in California and starring Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn, Vince, speaking to nowness.com, had this to say about Welch’s performance in his tale of ‘American heartbreak’: [...]

Walk Off The Earth ‘Red Hands’ by Ellis Bahl

Ellis Bahl’s much celebrated, UK MVA winning, backwards murder video for Alt-J’s ‘Breezeblocks’ was a bit of a brain twister, but with this promo for Walk of the Earth he’s artfully constructed a backwards, forwards, slow-motion, single-take wonderful nightmare of a performance video. The band perform the song, in the wrong order (sometimes the wrong [...]

Sun Industries ‘Shiver’ by TinyDog

Signed to the Noel Gallagher-affiliated Ignition imprint, the mysterious space-loving electronic combo Sun Industries hire TinyDog to take their inter-galactic obsessions to new heights via the promo to debut single Shiver. TinyDog deliver this ever-evolving, beautifully animated sci-fi romp where astronauts do battle with a strange octopus-like creature… Sun Industries Shiver (Ignition) Director: TinyDog Modelling, [...]

Gabrielle Aplin ‘The Power of Love’ by Alexander Brown

UK singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin releases her cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s The Power Of Love following its use in the John Lewis Christmas campaign and teams up with Alexander Brown for the video. Alexander matches the minimalist, effortless charm of the soundtrack placing Gabrielle in a vast rustic mansion, where seated at her piano, [...]