Ninian Doff brings his signature adorable eccentricity to Darwin Deez’s new single, trapping him in a Groundhog Day-esque loop of monotony. Darwin becomes aware of his repetitious existence and attempts to escape, with chaotic consequences. Following up from his fabulously confusing JJ Doom video, the UKMVA nominated Ninian again proves that he’s capable of creating [...]
For Plan B’s next single Playing With Fire, Ben Drew turns to Paul Fraser to bring another cutting-edge lyric to life. Paul marries the dark nature of the subject matter with a gritty, violent but nevertheless hugely cinematic promo filmed on a London council estate which sees Ben, and a lot of other things, being [...]
Following promos for Rita Ora and Paloma Faith, Emil Nava continues his longstanding collaboration with Ed Sheeran to deliver his fourth video in quick succession. Emil’s gritty and imaginative video for Give Me Love – brilliantly shot by DP Olivier Cariou – features Isabel Lucas as the dark, modern-day cupid out on a matchmaking mission… [...]
In his second video for the UK’s brightest and newest chart-topper, Emil Nava takes Rita Ora back to her roots … all the way to Pristina Kosovo. In the promo for her new single Shine Ya Light, Nava captures Rita in full electrifying performance mode as she returns to the streets of her homeland surrounded [...]
Following the life of a young girl growing up on a London council estate, Emil Nava delivers a gritty and stylised video for K Koke’s urban ballad Turn Back. With heartfelt performances from both K Koke and guest vocalist Maverick Sabre, Nava intercuts the action with a hard-hitting narrative of the hardships and moral dilemmas [...]
For the electronic pop of Kwes’ Basful, Ian Pons Jewell serves up this curious promo full of intrigue and suspense – and has a novel way of dealing with the awkward silences when stuck in a lift with strangers… “The video is a pretty special one for us due to it being the first time [...]
All I want for Christmas is a trio of violin-playing Elvis impersonators… Coldplay take time out from recording their new album with a rare one-off single in the form of this seasonal jolly and enlist Mat Whitecross to direct the proceedings. “Every Coldplay shoot involves a leap of faith” explains Whitecross. “The band are always [...]
Emil Nava, winner of the Best Music Video at the Soho Shorts Fesitval for Our House Is Dadless by Kid British, interprets the modern urban folk of Devlin’s Runaway with aplomb in this quintessentially British promo. Devlin feat. Yasmin Runaway (Universal-Island) Director: Emil Nava Production Company: Pulse Films Director’s Representation: OB Management Producer: Andy Noble [...]
Going for a clean, uncluttered look and tastefully shot on 35mm by Rob Hardy, Emil Nava’s latest for Gabriella Cilmi captures the singer at her sultry and introspective best on the slow-burning Defender. Gabriella Cilmi Defender (Island) Director: Emil Nava Production Company: Between The Eyes @ Pulse Directors Rep: OB Management Exec Producer: Ben Pugh [...]
Shot in beautiful Barbados, Emil Nava gets with the sunny vibe of Stryder’s rolling, synth-stabbing In My System – from his forthcoming Third Strike album. It’s alright for some… Tinchy Stryder In My System (Universal) Director: Emil Nava Prod Company: Between the Eyes @ Pulse Producer: Andy Noble DoP: Joshua Reis Barbados Production: Andrea Allan [...]
