For Pearl & The Puppets Make Me Smile, Vanessa Caswill unravels the drama of splitting up with your lover by having singer Katie Sutherland literally getting on her bike – to Holland – to get over the heartbreak. But surely no one is worth the price of an iPhone… Pearl & The Puppets Make Me [...]
Island’s new signing Kid Adrift has generated this gripping tale of captive terror, a psychotic lady serial killer and an adrenalin-fuelled escape attempt – with an additional touch of toilet humour. It was directed by High Contrast – aka Lincoln Barrett – who’s better known as a well-respected drum & bass artist, DJ and producer. Based [...]
Shot in beautiful Barbados, Emil Nava gets with the sunny vibe of Stryder’s rolling, synth-stabbing In My System – from his forthcoming Third Strike album. It’s alright for some… Tinchy Stryder In My System (Universal) Director: Emil Nava Prod Company: Between the Eyes @ Pulse Producer: Andy Noble DoP: Joshua Reis Barbados Production: Andrea Allan [...]
This is the fourth collaboration between UK r’n’b singer Taio Cruz and director Alex Herron, and as Cruz’s star begins to rise in the US, this director’s cut of Dirty Picture features an appearance by girl of the moment, Ke$ha. This raunchier cut captures an edgier, sexier vibe as we see Taio hanging out and [...]
A lonely little boy’s Christmas adventure has been produced by animation company MIE (Moving Image Exchange) for this seasonal George Michael single. No sign of a new album – it’s a one-off recording – Michael is about to commence the Australian leg of his world tour, where the Aussies will no doubt be crying out [...]
Ben Newman has been making very impressive low budget videos all year, for Bombay Bicycle Club, Example and Example. So why should his Wiley video by any different? Well, it isn’t. Another excellent video, with great performances from dancers Shanie Ryan and Yasmin Ogbu, and a top edit. And Wiley even showed up (eventually) and [...]
The first release on Amy Winehouse’s Lioness label is this cute pop number from her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield. Living out every 13 year old girl’s dream of trying on outfit after outfit and drooling over boys, Ben Jones – recently signed to Davey Inc – captures the very essence of early teenage life. Dionne Bromfield [...]
For Emil Nava’s fourth Tinchy Stryder video, the location moves out of the studio and onto the streets. A much more mature and moodier affair this time around, whilst still retaining the gloss we’ve come to expect from the pairing. Tinchy Stryder You Are Not Alone (Island) Director: Emil Nava Producer: Andy Noble Production company: [...]
Following Nava’s direction on the Tinchy Stryder video Never Leave You which featured Sugababe Amelle, the shoot for this glam, luxurious promo was filmed over one very long day and was choreographed by Michael Jackson’s choreographer Lavelle. Sugababes Get Sexy (Island) Director: Emil Nava Production Company: Between The Eyes Producer: Claire Oxley Exec Producers: Ben [...]
Deep in the forest, the kids with groovy eye-shadow get down to party, in Tommy Sparks’ new vid by Shelly Love. And then they turn their groovy eyes on full beam. Shelly has recently joined Crossroads Films for music videos and commercials (and repped by OBmanagement) and she went to the Post Factory to execute [...]
