MGMT buy a big box – which leads to all sorts of surrealism. It’s a delightful, witty flight of imagination by designer-director So-Me – quite different from his signature graphic style (colours are muted for a start). Something of a departure for MGMT too. In keeping with the shift in musical direction to deadpan Sixties-pop [...]
An absolute treat from Jonas & Francois for Audiobullys’ Only Man – especially for trainer obsessives. Shot from underneath a sheet of plate glass onto which the band perform and all manner of shenanigans take place. And then there’s the trainer-porn: custom-made trainer soles stomp the glass (and the Bullys), spelling out the song’s lyrics. [...]
Funny yet slightly disturbing. A bit like a hung Parliament. Tame Impala Solitude Is Bliss (Modular) Directors: Megaforce Prod co: El Niño Producer: Jules Dleng DoP: Mathieu Plainfosse Editor: Walter Morillo Facilitating Production Company: Toy Pictures Watch: here
For Kid Cudi’s Pursuit Of Happiness, directing collective Megaforce yet again display an excellent knack for the surreal – with seamless camera trickery, apparent zero gravity and otherworldliness in what is all in all, a very imaginative promo. Kid Cudi Pursuit Of Happiness (Universal/Motown) Director: Megaforce Producer: Jules Dieng Production company: El Niño DoP: Damian [...]
Here (and not before time) is the director’s cut of Keith Schofield’s video for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Heaven Can Wait – featuring Beck, her new album’s producer – with central premise intact: a video composed of snapshots from 50 different music videos. Keith was inspired by pics in his large ‘found photos’ folder, several of which [...]
Some herbal tea from Air, in Moon Safari mode, and Mrzyk & Moriceau, and probably several other clever people based in Paris. Not brand new by any means, but a good one for those stressful moments. Air Sing Sang Sung Directors: Mrzyk & Moriceau Prod co: El Niño Producer: Jules Dieng Animation: Mathematic Studio
For the second single from the No. 1 album The Resistance, Muse have called upon French directing duo Jonas & Francois to translate the high-tech vibe of Undisclosed Desires into a visual feast for screens small and large. Screen action also features prominently in J&F’s treatment, embellishing a typically passionate performance by Matt and co. [...]
We’ve had title sequence videos galore. Now, ingeniously, is the ‘end credits’ video, for the Justice’s Lenny Kravitz remix by Keith Schofield. Which includes Keith completely nailing the whole trouble with end credits, and possibly when it all really started getting out of hand. He’s created the final yards of a mid-Eighties movie, with a [...]
Slick affair by Jonas and François with Ben Hudson and his buddy Kanye going all supernova all over a luxury LA hotel. The super starman FX work was done at Machine Molle, and it’s a big contrast with Jonas and François’s other new video, for Depeche Mode’s Peace. Mr Hudson feat. Kanye West Supernova (Mercury) [...]
Young British director Bob Harlow has signed to Paris-based El Niño for music video representation. Bob has directed videos for the likes of Hadouken, The Rifles and others, together with some memorable virals – including the brilliant Macca/Mills viral for Wiley’s Wearing My Rolex. Like the rest of the El Niño roster – including Jonas [...]
