Adam Powell delivers a unique and rewarding promo for UK singer/songwriter Shiv to partner new single Better Man Than He. Inspired by his research into improving the management of children born with a cleft lip and palate, Powell placed Sivu into a MRI scanner at London hospital St Barts and filmed the results. “I’ve just [...]
Shot over two days in Almeria under the searing Spanish sun, Example continues his long time collaboration with director Adam Powell with this promo for new single Say Nothing. Set in an abandoned town where bizarre post-apocalyptic characters roam freely with the kind of reckless abandon that would make Mad Max feel at home. Wolves, [...]
Short, sweet and curious… Adam Powell gets symetrical with this cool, fast-edited headrush of a promo displaying an effective use of light mirroring the oddball sound design supplied by GHOST. GHOST I Am:We Are Director/Editor: Adam Powell Production Company: Black Dog Films DOP: Darran Bragg Production Designer: Erik Rehl Music/Sounds by GHOST Watch: Quicktime movie
Taking a comedy break from his recent work, Adam Powell delivers this assault on the senses for Man Like Me’s Squeeze. The Streets’ Mike Skinner has been tweeting rave reviews for the promo which features bizarre rituals, a band member in a freezer, hospital trollies, a vicar and an alien… Man Like Me Squeeze Director: [...]
Adam Powell and Michael Kiwanuka go on a road trip for Michael’s cool pop strummer I’ll get Along. Shot over a three days all on 16mm film, a skeleton crew captured Michael as he hitch hiked down to Portsmouth and back. With a lovely nostalgic grade from Aubrey Woodiwiss at The Mill, this video will [...]
Adam Powell heads to Iceland with Example for the promo to new single Midnight Run. The video is based on a short film that Elliot aka Example made at university – taking place within a surreal dream – and to capitalize on the epic Icelandic landscape, Adam’s teammates Erik Sohlstrom and Aubrey Woodiwiss help serve [...]
Adam Powell teams up with Birdy on a stunning cover of the Cherry Ghost track People Help The People, to go among the people. Filmed over a day in busy areas of London with some stunning slow motion cinematography by Dan Bronks – and this time Adam handed over editing duties to Julian Fletcher (who [...]
Adam Powell gets back with Example for the second time – after the highly successful Changed The Way You Kissed Me – on Stay Awake. And its party time. Shot over two days in and around London, Adam also teamed up with fellow Black Dog director Jonas Akerlund’s regular DoP Erik Sohlstrom and the results [...]
Here’s a short, sharp shock of fisheye-skateboard-in-yer-face rock mayhem from Adam Powell, in experimental mode for his own band Holy Show’s People F**k People. “I found a crazy little underwater camera, and I wanted to make the antithesis of all the dreamy/slick 5D stuff you see around these days – put the fun back in [...]
A transatlantic journey for young singer Josh Osho in Adam Powell’s video for Redemption Days sees him travel from South London to NYC, and an assignation with original Wu Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah on an epic rooftop location. And the Wu connection doesn’t end there: RZA mixed the track and is also executive producer [...]
