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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Following his video for Feeder’s Children In The Sun, Joe Connor now helms his second promo for the band, for Idaho – in which top British character actor Daniel Mays gives as a sterling performance as a man on a mission… When he starts, he’s a quivering wreck, but Danny pulls it together – and [...]
Achieving great results with contrasting blue and yellow lighting, Joe Connor matches the dynamics of Feeder’s Children Of The Sun in this simple and clean but nevertheless very effective promo – his follow-up to his excellent Lebowski-esque video for Band of Skulls’ Bruises. “The ‘sun’ was constructed out of tungsten lighting, and it measured over [...]
Band of Skulls’ excellent Bruises gets a splendid video by Joe Connor, who recently made The Moons’ Visions Of Love, made from animated cutouts of the band performing. This one is quite different, engaging Joe’s skills as a theatre director – he’s artistic director of theatre company Parrot In The Tank: a multi-character comic drama set [...]
