Director of Photography

Alfred Thirolle

Spencer Young creates a rich display of vivid images to symbolise positive messages of joy, aspiration and strength in Obongjayar's Try.&nbsp;The director, who has recently signed to Hello Love, has created a series of portraits&nbsp;of the London-based Nigerian&nbsp;singer-songwriter for the first release from his upcoming debut album.&nbsp;Some of the most striking imagery shows Obongjayar and his brightly, regally dressed&nbsp;dancers standing still and strong - as if in defiance of Young's backdrop of evocative, billowing skies.In contrast to a sense of imposing majesty, drive and ambition that is evoked in those moving still life portraits is the innocence of a young boy who observes Obangjayar&nbsp;on his TV. The boy provides the emotional heart of the video, dancing alone in a moving representation of joy, and then transported into the regal zone.From a man waiting alone in the wings for a curtain call, to a young boy peeking out from behind the net curtains, the video touches on themes of isolation and perseverance as Obongjayar sings 'It's no guarantee our lives will change, but all we do is try'.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Spencer Young

Takiyah Blaize

Hello Love

Finn James

Jack Green

Rich Savage

Jojo Bossman

Leopold Naessens

Lauren Taylor

Bevan Agyemang

Paige Whiting

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

James Sieradzki

Mouthpiece

Theo Lalic

September Records

Oliver Smith

Andrew Patrick

Alternative

Obongjayar 'Try' by Spencer Young

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South African star Moonchild Sanelly and Sad Night Dynamite appear as ghostly apparitions at night, in Spencer Young's hypnotic promo for Demon.Achieved through the use of&nbsp;projection mapping and other in-camera effects, the video follows a hallucinatory journey through a desolate landscape, cleverly interweaving footage shot in both London and South Africa.&nbsp;The warped, dreamlike atmosphere is both haunting and addictively absorbing, and match the danceable yet dystopian vibe of the track, which is also part of the soundtrack for the new Fifa '22 videogame.&nbsp;

Meg Sharpe

Suzie Walsh

Vlad Barin

CHEAT

Claire Stubbs @ Mouthpiece

Transgressive Records

Moonchild Sanelly & Sad Night Dynamite 'Demon' by Spencer Young

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Kojaque and Spencer Young direct a shadowy promo for Casio.&nbsp;Journeying through personal stages of reflection and the restrictions of identity, the video depicts Kojaque and a group of friends - including featured artist Maverick Sabre - wandering through a desolate industrial landscape, accompanied by a glowing figure - Kojaque's ghost-like alter-ego.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's an eerie yet poignant concept, and is remarkably dreamlike in its aesthetic. The use of gritty textures and a monochromatic colour palette enhances the surrealist vibes of the project.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Kojaque

Ed Fairweather

Katie Cooper

Black Eye Films

Joey Barlow

Ollie Pearson Pajtra

Edward Russo

Werner Van Pepper

Elliott Cook

Hannah Jones

Glassworks VFX

Kean Kavanagh

Jake McClean Walker

Hip Hop

Kojaque ft Maverick Sabre 'Casio' by Spencer Young & Kojaque

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Mathilde Homer arrives at a café to deliver a heartfelt mea culpa in Reuben Bastienne-Lewis's clever one-shot video for I'm Sorry.Demonstrating the subjectivity of time - and in particular the idea that hours can fly by when you're having 'make or break'&nbsp;conversations with loved ones - Bastienne-Lewis achieves a seamless transition from day to night and then back again, from the moment Mathilde takes her seat to address the important person in her life, represented by the camera.&nbsp;The singer-songwriter's&nbsp;affecting performance reflects the track - which speaks on the stages of wanting to open up and resolve but only being able to muster up an apology (or several) - and keeps the audience riveted.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Reuben Bastienne-Lewis

Patrycja Cygan

Kristof Szentgyorgyvary

Lara Jensen

Chloe Griffin

Takuya Uchiyama

Lucy Pearson

Dan Levy

Rascal Post

Michael Lewin

Mathilda Homer 'I'm Sorry' by Reuben Bastienne-Lewis

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Ian Roderick Gray was nominated for a UKMVA for his last collaboration with Charlie Winston - a live video&nbsp;of the singer-songwriter performing <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/05/04/charlie-winston-lost-memory-ian-roderick-gray/64634" target="_blank">Lost In The Memory</a> at a villa in the South of France. Now they collaborate again in another memorable location - La Frette Studios in Paris - for Here I Am.As the director&nbsp;explains below, the idea was to document the recording process of the song at La Frette and give it the dynamism of a music video. Subtitled, 'The Anatomy Of The Song', Gray has demonstrated how layers of sounds and intrumentation were added to the track via a simple method of a continual circular camera motion.&nbsp;Starting with Winston laying down the vocal track, he is then joined by each accompanying musician in turn to build the sound of Here I Am: tabla player&nbsp;Aref Durvesh, singers&nbsp;Maria Marolany and Marieline Marolany - and then finally legendary cora player&nbsp;Toumani Diabaté.[imgtoken data:1]

Ian Roderick Gray

Adham Hunt

Grayscale Productions

Raphaël Dougé

Clement Duroux

Jessica Kell

Johnny Thorpe

Athene Xenia

Chloe Ensor

Afishant

Charlie Winston 'Here I Am (The Anatomy Of A Song)' by Ian Roderick Gray

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Wesley Joseph invites us to explore feelings of incapability and infatuation in the self-directed video for Ultramarine.It’s a full blood moon, and Federick (Wesley’s alter ego, a self-confessed insomniac) is&nbsp;late to a wedding party, soon finding himself staring down the barrel of a golden baby magnum.With a focus on chasing what could harm him the most, we are presented with an evening of trippy eccentricity, fear and funk.Embracing a hypnotic red and blue colour palette and an electrifying sense of danger in every frame, the visual uses distorted POV shots and effects to create a darkly&nbsp;atmospheric aesthetic.&nbsp;The concept is a whirlwind of emotion and metaphor, and the cinematic qualities are notably enhanced by DoP&nbsp;Alfred Thirolle's masterful use of saturated colour and experimental camerawork.&nbsp;

Wesley Joseph

Mireia G Dalmau

Matt Lewis

Leop Nasessens

Sarah Asmail

Hanna Samson

Tillie Robinson

Mark Graham

Shan Luscille Price

Mike Harounoff

Zara Asmail

Jacob Gerrard

Wesley Joseph 'Ultramarine' by Wesley Joseph 

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Wesley Joseph self-directs the video for his song Thrilla in stylish fashion.With a series of well-composed vignettes, Joseph records an impressionistic personal history - from the moment a young version of himself in angel wings pushes through the mirror...&nbsp;

Louise Brightman

Luke Goodrich

Julian Lalinde

Lea Aubigne

Peter Kehoe

Caroline Peberdy

Joe Wesley

Makeshift Motion

Athene Aristocleous - James Sieradzki

Mike Haranouff

Wesley Joseph 'Thrilla' by Wesley Joseph

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Charlie Winston teams up with Ian Roderick Gray for a unique&nbsp;live-performance visual, filmed in a villa in the South of France.&nbsp;Whilst recording at the&nbsp;villa, Charlie Winston noticed the various acoustic qualities of the residence, and the different effects each room/ location had on the sound. So&nbsp;dozens of microphones were wired up around the villa, and Gray was tasked to capture a one-take video - shot with entirely live sound.&nbsp;This requred near-perfection from both the crew and Winston. One wrong move, and it would all need to be reset - which happened on numerous occasions, as Gray explains below. Finally, as the sun was setting and the light was fading away, they nailed it...&nbsp;

Mike Hannides

Pablo Dolado

Sony France

Thomas Burgess

Folk

Indie

Charlie Winston 'Lost In The Memory' by Ian Roderick Gray

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Fresh off a UKMVA nomination, Shan Phearon fires some postmodern pastiche harkening back to a naughty Noughties for iconic visualist Fatboy Slim and his new weapon of choice, Ocean Wisdom.High-octane English satire, grotesque world building and rambunctious pop references that wink at everything from Busta Rhymes animatronics to Guy Ritchie, JP Jeunet and even Aphex Twin's granny, the clip taps into a tongue-in-cheek, post-woke era sense of risque.Looks like this fat boy is the updated definition of the classic Norman Cooke t-shirt slogan "I'm #1, So Why Try Harder"...Watch the uncensored version above now.

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