Blitz Kidz ‘On My Own’ by Joe Connor

Joe Connor contrasts a spirited performance from Nantwich 4-piece Blitz Kids with a narrative about cyclic, negative social behaviour in his lively promo for On My Own. Casting actor Alex Whipman in the lead as troubled young man, Joe had this to say about the production: “This idea actually came from conversations with Joe the [...]

We Are The Ocean ‘Machine’ by Nate Camponi

Nate Camponi adds some more rock ‘n’ roll to this nice performance from We Are The Ocean by going all Pete Townsend and hurling a TV off a rooftop. The technological carnage doesn’t stop there though. Keyboards, computers and mobile phones all get smashed to smithereens – all in glorious slow motion. “We Are The [...]

Theme Park ‘Ghost’ by Joe Connor

The prolific Joe Connor has directed a pastel-hued performance video for Theme Park’s Ghost, that suggests that summer might actually be around the corner – a pretty far-fetched idea, but there it is. He splits the screen into five vertical strips, adding a dynamic to the performance and intercutting other summery elements too. Joe Connor: [...]

Courteeners ‘Van Der Graaff’ by Joe Connor

After directing their video for Lose Control, Joe Connor followed The Courtneeners out and about on their recent UK tour, which has resulted in this promo for the anthemic Van Der Graff. Shot at Courteeners’ recent shows in Leeds and Liverpool, Joe roped in fellow Chief Productions directors Nate Camponi and Kyle Shepard (otherwise known [...]

Pat Byrne ‘All Or Nothing’ by Joe Connor

Part performance piece, part slo-mo rugby match, Joe Connor takes the directing reins to Pat Byrne’s All Or Nothing with some beautiful photography from Dan Stafford Clark. The promo – for the winner of The Voice in Ireland – was filmed over two days at Eccles Rugby Club, in Salford. “Pat wanted the video to [...]

Teddybears ‘No More Michael Jackson’ by DBT

Shot last year in Miami, DBT take a trip to ‘Neverland’ – former home of the King Of Pop – for the promo to No More Michael Jackson by Swedish electro rockers Teddybears. At first Jacko’s home looks like ‘a deserted gilt cenotaph in remembrance of the former King of Pop’ but then we discover [...]

The Courteeners ‘Lose Control’ by Joe Connor

Joe Connor’s video for Manchester band The Courteeners’ Lose Control closely follows the release of his Moons/Paul Weller video for Something Soon – and this is another performance given some eyecatching visual enhancement. Sporting a new clean-cut look themselves, The Courteeners’ intense performance of Lose Control was shot in a warehouse on the outskirts of [...]

The Moons ft Paul Weller ‘Something Soon’ by Joseph Connor

Having launched his video directing career in early 2012 with a painstaking cut-out animation video for Double Vision Love, Joe Connor reunites with The Moons, to direct the promo for Something Soon – featuring Paul Weller. And Joe was able to engage the services of the Modfather himself for this one. It’s a classic black [...]

We Are The Ocean ‘Young Heart’ by Nate Camponi

Nate Camponi depicts a tale of classic teenage awkwardness in this charming promo for Young Heart by Essex quartet We Are The Ocean. A teenage boy (played by Ellis Brownhill) risks the wrath of his classmates to learn a dance routine from his friend (Ami Paton) and forgets the time, much to the horror of [...]

Band Of Skulls ‘You’re Not Pretty’ by Joseph Connor

After his fine video for Bruises, Joe Connor gets back together with Band Of Skulls for You’re Not Pretty But You Got It Goin’ On, for a slab of good old fashioned jailhouse rock. And when the prisoners start kicking up a storm in cell block no.9, the warden can’t help trying to upstage their [...]