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Ailsa Robertson

Following the glamorous promo for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/03/01/jessie-ware-pearls-sophie-muller-theo-adams/80564">Pearls,&nbsp;</a>Sophie Muller and Theo Adams reunite with Jessie Ware, this time with Róisín Murphy along for the ride, for the Freak Me Now video - and it's a hoot.&nbsp;Featuring a feverish blend of disco aesthetics and hypnotic editing, the video sees the two artists in their element, bringing a sense of theatrical splendour to the performance vignettes.&nbsp;And by the sounds of it, as they talk about their collab below, Jessie and&nbsp;Róisín had lots of fun on the shoot.It's a vibrant mash-up of colour and patterns - bringing the vid for Deee-Lite's classic Groove Is In The Heart to mind - with an unabashed sense of fun and playfulness to boot.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>We had mad fun dressing up on the day of the video. It was fashion chaos!!</blockquote>“It is a huge honour to have the queen of disco, Róisín Murphy on Freak Me Now,"&nbsp;Jessie Ware has commented. "I messaged her hoping she may think about doing a collab with me and before I knew it, she’d gone straight into the studio and recorded all her vocals for the track and sent them over to us. I have admired her work for so many years and respect her so much. To have her on one of the most fun tracks on That! Feels Good! Is amazing."I still can’t quite believe we are on a track together and have done a bonkers video together. She is graceful, she is generous, she is pioneering, she is Róisín Murphy and she is on Freak Me Now!” And Róisín Murphy has added: “Jessie is just brilliant, a super talented songwriter and an amazing singer. She’s truly beautiful but she’s also very funny and never takes herself too seriously. We’ve been talking about working together for a while. When she sent me ‘Freak Me Now’ I just adored it and felt it was perfectly right for me to be on the song."We had mad fun dressing up on the day of the video. It was fashion chaos!! Like a high class jumble sale, behind the scenes. We laughed at our ridiculousness and we were very silly all day! Just love her and loved everything about working with her.“

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Lola Chatterton

Theo Adams

Sophie Muller

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Joe Sherno

Thomas English

Juliette Larthe

Josey Jacobs

Andy Hill

Aaron Champion

Ross Kwan

Eamonn Hughes

Francesca Thompson

Andrew Gallimore

Gwen Ghelid

Time Based Arts

Ross McDowell

EMI Records

Electric Theatre Collective

Lee Sharrock

Ruth Wardell

Disco

Jessie Ware ft Róisín Murphy 'Freak Me Now' by Sophie Muller & Theo Adams

Jessie Ware, Róisín Murphy - Freak Me Now (Official Music Video)

DOM&amp;NIC have been directing music videos for The Chemical Brothers since the mid-Nineties and have now reached a landmark, with Live Again: it's their tenth video for the ageless pioneers of electronic dance music. And following a running theme of previous works, the directing duo are once again pushing the boundaries of state-of-the art technology, this time in the frontier of virtual production and real time VFX.The video for Live Again is superb visual entertainment of the kind that DOM&amp;NIC have been creating for Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers ever since they started with Setting Sun over 25 years ago. It's a&nbsp;trippy Groundhog-Day-esque&nbsp;adventure story through multiple environments in a continuous dance performance by the captivating and seemingly elastic dancer, Josipa Kukor.&nbsp;In her crowded trailer Kukor wakes from a nap at the table and emerges into the setting that surrounds it - a desert - stretching and moving and returning to nap at the table of the trailer - and wakes again, emerging to a different environment, a forest. And so this goes on. Once the structure has been established, it becomes a realm of endless possibilities, in terms of both Kukor's performance and the backgrounds.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp; &nbsp;It was achieved by shooting on a virtual stage, hosted&nbsp;and powered by ARRI Stage London, the creative and technical expertise of Untold Studios, together with virtual production specialists from ARRI Solutions, Creative Technology and Lux Machina. It was a new experience of filming for various members of DOM&amp;NIC's highly experienced crew, including longtime collaborator, production designer Chris Oddy, and DoP Stephen Keith-Roach.But as the directors say here,&nbsp;the journey of making it pushed the technology beyond its known limits, breaking new ground, and adding weight to the proposition of embracing virtual production as a creative choice first and foremost.<blockquote>We created virtual CGI worlds and used long unbroken camera takes,&nbsp;without edits, moving between those different worlds seamlessly with our hero character.</blockquote>"Working with The Chemical Brothers is a dream for any music video director and we’re really lucky to be still making films together after quite a few (ahem) years," say DOM&amp;NIC.&nbsp;"The Chems just keep smashing it with great tracks that demand videos that live up to the music and hopefully add something extra to the whole experience."Live Again is our tenth collaboration and the track’s title inspired the idea of an another dance piece with a twist. The woozy, wonky analog sounds and the dream like lyric&nbsp; suggested a hallucinogenic visual journey following a character caught in a loop of death and rebirth. The hero woman in the film wakes or is reborn in a different environments ranging from deserts to nighttime neon city streets and cave raves to Martian worlds.[imgtoken data:2]"The idea inspired us to use the new Arri XR virtual production stage and its cutting edge technology in a way that had never previously been done. This is an idea that could not really have been achieved with traditional filmmaking techniques. We created virtual CGI worlds and used long unbroken camera takes,&nbsp;without edits, moving between those different worlds seamlessly with our hero character. "Tom and Ed encouraged us to really capture the feel of the track in the cinematic texture and look of the film. We were given the challenge to give it the visual equivalent of putting a clean sound through a broken guitar pedal to transform and degrade it into something unique. We love the way the film has an analog and messed up film look to it, it really adds to the visual trippy experience. "We were showered with the generosity of such a strong and huge team of immensely talented companies and individuals that helped us to make this film happen because they love working with The Chemical Brothers. Many of them&nbsp; also worked with us on past Chemical Brother’s videos it’s become a creative family!&nbsp; Without their time, talents and generosity a film like this could never make it out of heads and onto a screen."[imgtoken data:3]Untold Studios Real-time Supervisor Simon Legrand confirms that the project&nbsp;pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in virtual production, breaking ground as they went. &nbsp;"This project was a perfect storm, with our team at Untold working with Outsider and the ARRI Stage London team to pull out all of the stops to bring DOM&amp;NIC's bold and innovative concept to life," says Legrand.&nbsp;"After designing seven bespoke virtual worlds in pre-production, we were then able to tweak elements on set, on the fly, giving the directors the freedom to play and experiment.&nbsp; This is the first time that virtual environments have been switched live on set in this way and we're really proud to have been trusted to help make it a reality."Live Again&nbsp;features vocals from Halo Maud (Heavenly Recordings) and follows on the heels of the recently released single No Reason and is taken from the tenth Chemical Brothers album that’s due later this year.“Working with the production on this project represented many creative and technical challenges,"&nbsp;says&nbsp;David Levy, Business Development Director at&nbsp;ARRI Solutions.&nbsp;"It was a unique opportunity for all of us involved to really see how hard we could push the boundaries. Technically, this required a huge collaborative effort between camera, lighting, VFX and virtual production supervision to ensure seamless integration. This promo brought the best of the best together across all these disciplines to bring the creative team’s vision to life and deliver an incredibly special end result.”&nbsp;

DOM&NIC

John Madsen

Outsider

Simon Elborne

Tom Benkins

Stephen Keith-Roach

Rick Woollard

Supple Nam

James Sharpe

Chris Oddy

Tara Stift

Josipa Kukor

Ed Cheeseman

Final Cut

Untold Studios

Ian Berry

George Reid

Simon Downie

Matt Kavanagh

OB Management

EMI Records/Universal Music

Dance

Electronic

The Chemical Brothers 'Live Again' by DOM&NIC

The Chemical Brothers - Live Again ft. Halo Maud

Strabe enjoy some time down the seaside in this surrealist, AI-enhanced promo for All My Heart.&nbsp;Directed by Tom Furse - founding member of The Horrors - the video takes the footage of an already-shot live action video, and uses a unique AI model to create the final aesthetic, which mirrors the style of French artist&nbsp;Matisse (with a touch of Picasso thrown in).&nbsp;Delightfully fun and breezy, it's an example of AI used in a complementary way, with the live action foundations ensuring the technology doesn't stray too far from the original concept.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Tom Furse

Lydia Martland

DOGEATDOG

Richard 'buffy' Dunton

Natalia Maus

PIAS

Strabe 'All My Heart' by Tom Furse

Strabe-'All-My-Heart'-by-Tom-Furse

Charlie Di Placido shows his trademark skill in bringing choreography to the screen in&nbsp;this joyous promo for Jessie Ware.&nbsp;Inspired by Ware’s time in Brazil, the&nbsp;video for Begin Again features Ware as the central figure throughout the concept, as she moves across two polarised spaces embracing shadows and surrounded by dancers.Packed full of energy, the video is terrific showcase for the continued reinvention of Jessie Ware as a great singer having fun with the concept of being a proper diva, in an invigorating and unique way.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"I’m a massive fan of Jessie's music and this album feels like a seminal musical moment for her - so this was real privilege of a project to work on," says Di Placido&nbsp;- a recent guest&nbsp;on The Promonews Podcast.&nbsp;"Her work ethic and personality really shone through during rehearsals and she was a joy to work with and so generous with her dancers."The video for Jessie Ware comes at a hugely busy time for Di Placido, who has been directing videos for the new Everything But The Girl album, as well as continuing his long association with Jungle, co-directing videos with the band's J Lloyd for their new visual album project."Dance is at the centre of everything I do as a director and a huge part of my day-to-day working life," he continues. "The infectious energy and creative boundary-pushing my dancers and choreographers bring to my projects is an endless source of inspiration. This was no different&nbsp;and working closely with Olivier Casamayou from I COULD NEVER BE A DANCER, we found a performance that was both true to Jessie and the uplifting feeling of the music."Pete Bishop is an exciting young cinematographer I hold in high esteem and I love the look he achieved for the video, topped off by another stunning grade from my colourist Alex Gregory of No.8 London.”

Riley Wolf

Kate Collins

Timmy Firmin

Pierre Antoine

Miranda Chambers

Jacob Wye

Patric Kuo

Ella Lucia

Charlie Di Placido

Matt Craig

Carrie Sutton

Irresistible Studios

Greg Probert

Peter Bishop

Harriet-Kate Mckean

Oli Hill

Gary Kent

Mike Linforth

Liam Reardon

Olivier Casamayou

Patrick Wilson

Pheobe Walters

Alex Gregory

No.8

Umg (on Behalf Of Emi)

Jessie Ware 'Begin Again' by Charlie Di Placido

Jessie Ware - Begin Again

Sophie Muller and Theo Adams give Jessie Ware a touch of Old Hollywood glamour and add a modern twist for Pearls - the first release from the singer's upcoming new album.With an unapologetic sense of fun and frothiness, Jessie finds herself in an all-white boudoir worthy of a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 30s musical. Meanwhile, her backing - and her destiny - comes in the form of a sassy girl group situated under a giant&nbsp;moon - the Pearlites.It is a joyous setting for a triumphant return with Pearls - a modern take on the disco classics of Chaka Khan, Gloria Gaynor and others. It's a blast.

Fiona Bamford Phillips

Chris Kelly

Robbie Ryan

Connor Hutton

Rory Power

Jay Jaramillo Gomez

Leo Olesker

Alison Dominitz

Nancy Brown

Chloe Grace Press

Phoebe Walters

Masumi Saito

Meshach Henry

Joseph Bicknell

Company 3

Cassidy Conway

Jessie Ware 'Pearls' by Sophie Muller & Theo Adams

Jessie Ware - Pearls

Monica G. Carter directs a moving promo for Alok, Sigala and Ellie Goulding.&nbsp;The video for All By Myself explores&nbsp;individuality, and comes complete with a powerful message - our differences are our superpower, and they are something to be celebrated, not hidden away.&nbsp;The concept follows the&nbsp;main character - Pryscilla - on a night out, and explores the differences in her experience as a deaf person, compared to those of her friends.&nbsp;Slick and cinematic, the video is beautiful to look at, and the performances are all top-notch too.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"I wanted to create a piece that showcased how your differences should not hold you back," says Carter.&nbsp;"On the contrary they make you who you are, giving you a unique perspective of the world around you and I was fortunate enough to work with Pryscilla who embodies this to a T."Pryscilla is deaf but instead of letting this deter her from her goals she is proud of her deafness. She embraces it as a part of who she is: an outgoing individual who loves to dance.[imgtoken data:2]"For me this question was fundamental: how does she feel and hear the music? She told me that apart from her hearing aids helping her hear some of the music she also feels the vibrations of the base of the song through a speaker. This made her feel the rhythm of the music, and her rhythm is impeccable! She finds ways to hear the music and enjoy it fully."With this video I wanted to portray her passion for dancing and her passion for life. Directing her was such a beautiful experience; all the time touching base with each other, ensuring we portrayed her world as authentically and as excitingly as possible showing that although it seems very different it actually is not that different at all."

Fernanda Altuzar Valverde / Maria Jose Alvarez Muro

Angel Susarrey

Monica G. Carter

Claudia Rebolledo

The Maestros

Cristo Dominguez

Lluis Martí

Gianna Cisneros

Irlanda Tapia

Head Of Production: Gerardo Salas

Fernando Aragon

Enrique Moncada

Aleida Gomez

Julian Rivera Contreras

Ignasi GonzÁlez

Moonlight Barcelona Grading Studio

Wolf

Pryscilla Monroy

Sony Germany

Maria Jose Alvarez Muro

Edgar Cortes

Alok, Sigala, Ellie Goulding 'All By Myself' by Monica G. Carter

Alok,-Sigala,-Ellie-Goulding-'All-By-Myself'-by-Monica-G.-Carter

Elton and&nbsp;Britney's reworking of Tiny Dancer gets the Joel Corry treatment, with a glossy video from Rebekah B Creative.&nbsp;"We knew the styling and choreography curated as a homage to Britney and Elton had to be the heart of the idea," says Rebekah. "We kept everything else fairly simple to let those elements speak the loudest."Shot in a studio with plenty of slick transitions and pulsating lighting, the video looks amazing, and matches the flurry of movement on-screen."The biggest struggle in videos like this - where the camera movement is almost choreographed with the routine -&nbsp;is the Steadicam op having an understanding of musicality. Luckily [Steadicam op] Marcus (Albertsen) grew up with dancers so it was an easy day."

Yazmine Sabri

Rebekah B Creative

Lucy May Miles

Marisa Garner Associates

Greatcoat Films

Sam Crooke

JP Garcia

Simon Oxley

Rafael Ramirez

Harry Guest

Marcus Albertsen

Charlie Ring

Jake Loft

Kristiana Zhekova

Soo Hanh

Suzette Brisset

Alex Price

Sofia Paradis

Mark Whelan

Elton John, Britney Spears (Joel Corry Remix) 'Hold Me Closer' by Rebekah B Creative

Elton-John,-Britney-Spears-(-Joel-Corry-Remix)-'Hold-Me-Closer'-by-Rebekahbcreative

Georgia Twinn laments the dark side of the online experience, in Rebekah B Creative's promo for Raised By The Internet.&nbsp;Framed in the centre of a selfie-light, we see Twinn recording herself on her mobile phone in a small room, before being transported to a dark cyberspace abyss.&nbsp;As the view count shoots up, we see the artist's features get manipulated by AI filters, and her body tethered to a wall of screens.Dark and minacious, the grimy aesthetic perfectly suits the cautionary tale, and contrasts her vibrant styling.&nbsp;"Georgia is a TikTok OG, so she wrote this track from a place of experience," Rebekah says.&nbsp;"We start with Georgia posting on the internet and watching her post go viral, altering her and changing her until she’s connected to her first viral post as if it were a life source."

Matt King

Micheal Newton

Matt Nolan

Paul Mackay

Samantha Locock

Micheal Baugh

Tuncer Ozdemir

Nevzet Altinisik

Movement Coach : Taylor Dean

Benjamin David

Grace Ellington

Andi Chu

Zach Bleach

Black Kite Studios

Georgia Twinn 'Raised By The Internet' by Rebekah B Creative

Georgia-Twinn-'Raised-By-The-Internet'-by-Rebekahbcreative

Dylan tries to duck out of an overbearing relationship, in Jordan Rossi's promo for Nothing Lasts Forever.&nbsp;After being on the receiving end of a hugely awkward dinner date - complete with boombox serenading&nbsp;and a cast of dancers - Dylan makes her intentions clear, in a glossy, slick and upbeat concept.&nbsp;"Dylan is a creative tour-de-force which is what made the brief - which she wrote -&nbsp;so exciting," Rossi says."This video is Edgar Wright meets anti-romantic musical that allows Dylan’s unique blend of rule-breaking humour and charisma to come to the fore."As with all music videos there’s never enough of anything: time, money, patience. But everyone on the team worked super-diligently and collaboratively to pull all the stops out of the bag to make it a success."For me, I’m super proud of the fact that it’s a unique blend of gorgeous cinematic visuals, comedic moments and fun choreography. Pop videos come in all shapes and sizes now but this was our little throwback to old school pop: tongue-in-cheek with a playful sensibility."

Macy Trieu-Dingle

Phoebe Lettice Thompson

Jordan Rossi

Jordi Estapé

Rankin Creatives

Max Witting

Chelsea Stemple

Beth Montague

Megan Markley

Sue King

Mark Jennings

Elizabeth Rita

Katie Dymmock 

Coffee

Island

Dylan 'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Jordan Rossi

Dylan-'Nothing-Lasts-Forever'-by-Jordan-Rossi

Jessie Ware takes to the pulpit&nbsp;to preach tolerance and self-expression, in Vicky Lawton's effervescent visual&nbsp;for Free Yourself.When Jessie enters a large room, striding majesterially through a parting crowd in her&nbsp;flowing red gown, there is a spark of anticipation. Then&nbsp;she begins to perform, the super-cool and buttoned-up throng she is addressing start to respond to her words. And soon the group are giving themselves up to Jessie's commands - and being their full unbridled selves.&nbsp;With her strong sense of fashion, Lawton gives the video a twist of sophisticated&nbsp;rock 'n roll decadence, but with the added element of euphoria which feels contemporary and certainly works with the uplifing nature of the track and Ware's remarkable voice.[imgtoken data:1]"As soon as I heard the track, I knew it had to be a celebration - a&nbsp;moment of joy, freedom of expression and individuality," says the director. "It’s all there in the lyrics - 'free yourself'. [I was] Imagining a gathering of like-minded free-loving folk at a stately home, very 70’s rock n'roll - but with a pinch of the occult thrown in."Knowing I’d want to make the tone provocative, I needed to ensure there was the class and sophistication in the visuals to keep it chic. That meant keeping mystery and intrigue at the forefront, using references of decadence, silhouettes to tease and a heavenly glow throughout. That’s where working with Rob Jarvis, DOP was a delightful experience - he has an eye for controlled compositions and a painterly effect when it comes to the use of light."Within this setting, Jessie is a true performer. Her ability to be the authoritarian preacher to the crowd of dancers in the start of the film, and get within the group towards the end and let loose was masterful to watch."

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