There’s been more than a few tenpin bowling videos in the past, but none of them have managed to put quite the, er, spin on proceedings as Sam Pilling does for Two Door Cinema Club’s Handshake. Starting with a wild-eyed individual using a butcher’s chopper to ominous effect, we soon discover the purpose of his [...]
A relationship falling apart is at the core of Young Replicant’s video for Bonobo’s First Fires, featuring Grey Reverend on vocals. At least that’s how it seems at first, in YR’s first video since their Chained video for The XX. Although appearances may be deceiving in this quietly gripping video that features some memorably contrasting [...]
Calvin and Ellie are an item! Well, Emil Nava does a very good job in making them look like one in his video for I Need Your Love. We join them on an American road trip – all loved-up and shooting themselves on their video camera. But then the camera itself starts to become the [...]
Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern return to promos in their music video directing monicker thirtytwo to create this engaging psycho-drama for Hervé’s Lose Control, featuring Seasefire, of a middle-aged man going through mental torture, when his wife leaves him for another man. It certainly livens things up at the office, when Brian is driven to [...]
Giorgio Testi captures Two Door Cinema Club in full flight on and off stage in his promo for their single Next Year. Taken from their Beacon album, the promo – DP’d by Luca Cuti – was shot at the O2 Arenaa in Dublin in front of 10,000 fans – their biggest headline show to date. [...]
Emil Nava joins forces with the critically-acclaimed London duo AlunaGeorge for this dramatic promo to new single Attracting Flies. The video sees Emil put a gritty, modern spin on some classic fairytales including Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and The Seven Dwarves – giving the fluffy stories some street cred ‘for the [...]
Lily Cole reflects on the impossibility of perfection while revealing her true self in this anti-ad directed by Ian Bonhote – which is actually a sort of ad, made for Microsoft and Hyundai. It resonates because she has now retired from modelling, and this was maybe her last assignment… ‘Perfection’ Director: Ian Bonhote @ Pulse [...]
Pulse Films’ head of music video Laura Tunstall is moving from London to Los Angeles to act as executive producer for the video department in the company’s LA office. Her remit will be to establish British directors on the Pulse roster – including Ben Newman, Thirtytwo and Emil Nava – in the US market, and [...]
In his stunning video for Flying Lotus’s Tiny Tortures, David Lewandowski takes us on a twisted journey into the mind of a recent amputee – played by Elijah Wood – as his possessions slowly come together to build him a new arm. And that’s just the start of the journey… How did David do it? [...]
Following a series of teasers for The Killers’ Battle Born album, Giorgio Testi continues to provide visuals for band. This time he’s assembled a thrilling ‘tour video’ to accompany the album cut Miss Atomic Born. After gaining unprecedented access to dressing room, backstage and tour bus, Giorgio has created a unique and intimate video of [...]
