The audience of BUG: The Evil-ution of Music Video were given a very special Halloween treat at the BFI Southbank on Saturday night. Host Corin Hardy’s special guest Edgar Wright, having presented a wonderful selection of his own work, including clips from Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and his Grindhouse trailer Don’t, then introduced [...]
Monday, 2. November 2009 | 1 comment »
Tags: BUG, BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video, Corin Hardy, Edgar Wright, John Landis, Michael Jackson, Thriller
Well, what kind of self-respecting big-screen Halloween music video show would be complete without this…?
And the late-breaking word on the grapevine is that BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video’s special guest Edgar Wright is himself bringing a very special guest….
It really will be quite a night. So come dressed for the occasion – [...]
Friday, 30. October 2009 | 4 comments »
Tags: BUG, BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video, Corin Hardy, Edgar Wright
At time of writing a few tickets remain for BUG: The Evil-ution of Music Video, BUG’s Halloween special this Saturday night at the BFI Southbank hosted by Corin Hardy, with special guest Edgar Wright.
It’s a spine-chilling presentation of the greatest horror-influenced music videos of all time, from well-known classics to (oc)cult gems – and Corin [...]
Thursday, 29. October 2009 | No comments »
Tags: BUG, BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video, Corin Hardy, Edgar Wright
A clay, stop-animated Paolo Nutini is brilliantly integrated into the real world in Corin Hardy’s hugely entertaining, beautifully-made new video for Paolo, created with the help of animators who worked on Fantastic Mr Fox.
Big trouble is just around the corner for our malleable chap, on account of his Stone Age attitude towards the girls [...]
Monday, 26. October 2009 | 5 comments »
Tags: Academy Films, Atlantic, Atlantic Records, Corin Hardy, Paolo Nutini, Pencil Full Of Lead, Tim Nash
Top director Edgar Wright has just been confirmed as the special guest at BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video – BUG’s horror-themed special Halloween show next Saturday night (October 31st) at BFI Southbank in London.
Edgar, the writer/director of classic ‘zom-rom-com’ Shaun Of The Dead, the brilliant Hot Fuzz, seminal TV comedy Spaced, and the [...]
Monday, 19. October 2009 | 2 comments »
Tags: BUG, BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video, Corin Hardy, Edgar Wright
Book now for tickets to BUG’s Halloween special at the BFI Southbank: a screening of the most horrifying, and monstrous vids from the annals of modern music video, presented by top British music video director, horror aficionado, and soon-to-be horror movie director Corin Hardy, which will be followed by a Halloween costume party.
BUG: The [...]
Monday, 5. October 2009 | No comments »
Tags: BFI Southbank, BUG, BUG: The Evil-ution Of Music Video, Corin Hardy
Corin Hardy’s superb ‘cigarette packet men’ video for The Prodigy’s Warrior’s Dance has won best video at this year’s Rushes Soho Shorts’ awards.
Corin accepted the best video prize from veteran music video and movie director Andy Morahan for Warrior’s Dance – an extraordinary exercise in storytelling mostly using complex puppetry – at the annual Rushes [...]
Friday, 31. July 2009 | 1 comment »
Tags: Academy Films, Corin Hardy, Prodigy, Rushes, Rushes Soho Shorts, Warriors Dance
The Rumblestrips’ Charlie Waller is really asking for trouble in Corin Hardy’s new vid. And all those horrible hoodies don’t need very much encouragement.
But this being Corin, there’s a surprise in store…
The Rumblestrips
The Only Person (Island)
Prod co: Academy
Director: Corin Hardy
Producer: Liz Kessler
DoP: Stu Bentley
Editor: Darren Baldwin at Final Cut
Post: Portobello Post
Commissioner: Tamara Brooks/Bob Brimson
Watch: here
Monday, 29. June 2009 | No comments »
Tags: Academy, Bob Brimson, Corin Hardy, Island, Tamara Brooks, The Only Person, The Rumblestrips
In Corin Hardy’s film for the current BBC Poetry Season, the visceral power of rock meets the beauty and grace of classic verse.
Punkers The King Blues are at the piledriving climax of their live show when frontman Itch somehow finds a moment of quiet reflection to recite Lord Byron’s So We’ll Go No More A-Roving.
Shot [...]
Tuesday, 2. June 2009 | No comments »
Tags: Academy Films, BBC, Corin Hardy, Lord Byron, The King Blues
Prodigy are the dance outfit who were making great videos before all the other dance outfits were making great videos. That was a good while ago, of course – but now they’ve rediscovered their fire.
And Corin Hardy simply relishes a project that tests his skill and vision and everything else to the utmost. After all, [...]
Thursday, 9. April 2009 | 9 comments »
Tags: Academy Films, BUG, BUG 13, Cooking Vinyl, Corin Hardy, The Prodigy, Warriors Dance