Jonny Kight brings an unusual touch to his promo for Burns’ pounding club tune Limitless – unusual in that the club is a beautiful derelict church and the clubbers a bewigged king and his antique entourage. Beautifully shot through layers of dust by DP Ciro Candia, the King (played by stage actor Richard Franklin) and [...]
As he’s spent 2013 being praised to the heavens for his godlike genius, and most people think he can probably walk on water (and maybe even rose from the dead…) David Bowie actually plays Christ in Floria Sigismondi’s video for The Next Day. Also starring Bowie’s pal Gary Oldman, as a bad guy priest who [...]
An interactive music video has been announced as the winner of a challenge set by the group Hurts to students at Central St Martins, the prestigious London-based art school. The competition was a collaboration between Sony Music, Central St Martins and BUG – and as well as winning a cash prize, the video by CSM [...]
Two remaining members of a missing link species of ape-people – are captured and experimented upon in the video for Spanish artist Leiva’s Vis a Vis, directed by Titan Pozo at Blur Producciones in Madrid. Titan shows how the two creatures’ bond of love survives their maltreatment – and that helps to throw more light [...]
Ramshackle indie folksters Kodaline set up shop in a local pub for this ad-hoc performance in Rob&Rob’s playful promo for Love Like This – with a rolling narrative of some happy slapping from various female friends. The Dublin 4-piece release their debut album In A Perfect World on June 17. Kodaline Love Like This (Sony [...]
Using theatrically painted dancers, expressive choreography and an interesting location, De La Muerte have brought Dido’s new single End Of Night to life. And Dido herself comes through as a strong personality herself – not always true in her previous videos. Shot at Winston Churchill’s old house in Putney, the idea focussed around the lyrics [...]
De La Muerte has directed a trio of thematically similar videos for the songs on new Sony artist Chlöe Howl’s EP Rumour. With a smart use of colour-coded art direction by Jon Hollinsworth, Burning Reel’s new signing De La Muerte draws the viewer into Chlöe’s engagingly feisty studio-set performances of Rumour, No Strings and I [...]
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 [...]
Powered by some beautiful FX, Tim Nackashi takes the viewer on a whimsical, kaleidoscopic trip in his promo for Norwegian singer Mr Little Jeans – aka Monica Birkens. Tim marries the hazy, softly sung dream-pop of Oh Sailor with colourful lighting, green-screen desert landscapes and shining stars to great effect. Mr Little Jeans Oh Sailor [...]
Following a successful stint at tv commercials (his recent work includes ads for Dorritos, Vodaphone and Skype), Justin Dickel marks his return to promo-making with this high concept, visually stunning video for Misha B’s next single Here’s To Everything. Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Justin explores the fire and water themes in the lyric to produce [...]
