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Alison Martin

Joseph Wilson heads to Margate to create a Super 8mm-shot melodrama inspired by&nbsp;Anna Nicole Smith, in the video for indie-pop combo Autoheart.With a narrative inspired by the late Anna Nicole Smith’s relationship with 89 year old J. Howard Marshall when she was in her mid-20s, the video for Juggernaut features 'Fancy Shews!', aka drag performer Georgie B, as 'Vicky', who disconsolately wanders through the English seaside resort clutching an urn of ashes of her boyfriend - played (in flashback scenes) by 90 year old Margate legend Maurice Morris.Wilson's association with Georgie B stems from them both working as drag performers, performing at Queer club nights including&nbsp;Sink the Pink&nbsp;and The NYC Downlow&nbsp;at Glastonbury. Wilson got his start as a&nbsp;director documenting East London's eclectic&nbsp;Queer club scene - his inaugural documentary project Drag is my Ecstasy, was an acclaimed portrait of underground drag collective ‘Sink the Pink - and&nbsp;Georgie worked as stylist on the previous Wilson-directed video for Autoheart. According to Wilson, she was always going to be the star of this one.[imgtoken data:1]“When I was approached by Autoheart to direct the video for Juggernaut, they had only one request: base the storyline around Georgie B aka Fancy Shews! She had done the styling for our last collaboration for the I Know That He Loves Me&nbsp;video in 2021 and they had become fans."I’ve performed with Georgie for the past 10 years at Queer club nights&nbsp;and most recently travelled to Australia to perform in a cabaret about a failing 18th Century Mollie House with our Drag Mum, A Man To Pet. Georgie played Princess Seraphina and had size ZZ boobs… the biggest breastplate size you can get! We joked about using them for the video but it actually became the starting point to the idea. A few days later the plot came together."'I knew that we would set each other free’ was a line that felt like it needed a good juxtaposition, which led me to think of Anna Nicole Smith who married 89-year-old J. Howard Marshall when she was 26. I spoke to the band about the idea and we started researching Anna Nicole and the way she and many famous women are vilified in the media. We agreed on the idea and ‘Vicky’ - Anna Nicole Smith’s real name was Vickie Lynn Hogan -&nbsp;was born."We did some make up tests with MUA Guy Common and played around with some forehead prosthetics and enhanced cheekbones. I wanted Vicky to appear demonic – a literal manifestation of the demonisation of women. And despite looking like a monster from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we would see that she was vulnerable, emotional and devastated at the loss of her great love."[imgtoken data:2]Above: Joseph Wilson (right) with Maurice Morris (left) and Fancy Shews! aka Georgie B (centre)&nbsp;on set on Juggernaut videoWilson chose Margate as the shoot location for the PRETTYBIRD-produced shoot, because of the British roots of the band and an affinity with Margate, the home former hometown of his grandma, which he describes as the ‘Kent Riviera’, and where he remembers her going for walks along the seafront with her then 85-year-old boyfriend."When casting Marshall we were put in touch with 90 year old Margate legend Maurice Morris, who has lived in Margate his entire life. He was so wonderful to work with and feel really privileged to have met him. He was completely speechless when he first saw Georgie as Vicky! Throughout her life people doubted Anna Nicole’s feelings for Marshall, assuming she was a gold digger, and she was constantly asked about it."She was judged, ridiculed and abused for the way she looked. She always said she loved Marshall, despite the age difference, and that he was the only man who ever made her feel loved. ‘I feel euphoric in your arms tonight/As I’m magnified, I feel alive’. Isn’t that what we’re all looking for?”

Fancy Shews!

Joseph Wilson

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Benjamin Leggett

Jack Hamilton

Juliette Larthe

Fiona Bamford-philips

Charlie Killick

Dan Huntley

Orlando O'Mahoney Morris

Guy Common

Mouthpiece

Myles Bevan

Studio RM

Lee Sharrock

Autoheart 'Juggernaut' by Joseph Wilson

Autoheart - Juggernaut (Official Music Video)

Sophia Ray gets together with near namesake&nbsp;Raye to conjure up a good old-fashioined song and dance extravaganza for Call On Me -&nbsp;inspired by years of watching old-school Hollywood musical numbers.&nbsp;The all-singing, all-dancing promo is filled with an abundance of glitz and glam, whilst the whole piece has an exaggerated cartoon-like feel to it.Whimsical and nostalgic in its aesthetic, the seamless transitions and clever camera techniques feel playful and clever, and encapsulate the artist's charisma&nbsp;and vibrant performance style.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Sophia Ray

Charlie Scannell

Partizan

Mayling Wong

Oli Falcon

Tom Wynbourne

Thomas English

Chris Steel

Alex Gibbon

Lyndon Ogbourne

Shaquille Ross-Williams

Alex Price

Bea Sweet

Sam Allen

Homespun

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Athene Aristocleou

B.art

Semera Kahn

Saorla Houston

Polydor

Paleta

Cinelab Film and Digital

Raye 'Call On Me' by Sophia Ray & Raye

Raye-'Call-On-Me'-by-Sophia-Ray

Melody Maker directs a transcendent promo for new RCA signing&nbsp;Rhett Nicholl.Shot on 16mm, we see&nbsp;the artist performing in an apartment surrounded by religious iconography, as an otherworldly sun burns through the windows and&nbsp;drenches&nbsp;the location in a saturated yellow light.&nbsp;Layered with abstract cutaways and experimental animation, the cinematography by Thomas English is gorgeous, perfectly suited to the concept, and the use of multiple formats adds a contemporary spin to the nostalgic style.&nbsp;

Melody Maker

Jake River Parker

Common People Films

Ramy Dance

Oliver Hill

Sam Roffey

Chris Brennan

Katie South

Charles Gamble

Thomas Mangham

Charlie Morris

Dom Spall

Rhett Nicholl 'Hold On' by Melody Maker

Rhett-Nicholl-'Hold-On'-by-Melody-Maker

A group of Londoners charge headlong away from their circumstances in this deeply felt video by Iggy LDN.Jnr Williams appears as an invisible narrator and witness to the lives of two young men, trapped in a smoky council estate. In order to grow and thrive, they realise they need to leave their homes and restrictive situations.LDN uses an ethereal motif for these split-second realisations: the smoke clears as a divine light passes through the frame and across their faces.There is some great casting here in Khariis Ubiaro, Michelle Taiwo and Ange Marcel.

Iggy Ldn

Elliot Ruby

Ersan Beskardes

Elicia Lotherington

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Jay Coates

Owain E. Morgan

Jakob Gierse

Marianthi Hatzikidi

Wiktoria Deero

Gary Coogan

The Quarry

Tim Smith

CHEAT

Olivia Jessop

Sarah Boardman @ Hands

Daniel Millar

Sony Music

Gospel

Alt Soul

Jnr Williams 'Our Days' by Iggy LDN

Jnr-Williams-'Our-Days'-by-Iggy-Ldn

Sophie Jones&rsquo;s first official music video under the <a href="https://www.darkroomworld.com/">Darkroom</a> banner&nbsp;- Partizan&#39;s reactivated division for up and coming&nbsp;talent &ndash; is her second collaboration with artist Roses Gabor.&nbsp;The promo for I Could Be Yours&nbsp;is a dreamlike sequence of vignettes, set in sun-kissed countryside, which juxtaposes idyllic bliss with pure aggression.While Roses&nbsp;gazes through a car windscreen, bare-chested dancers execute a battle, drawn out in slow motion, which leaves the viewer to focus on the details of the movement.Following on from the striking casting of her previous Gabor video for&nbsp;Illusions, this features an array of unusual faces and figures, and Sophie Jones&#39;s very considered approach and pacing allows the artist performance of the song some room to gradually take centre stage in the piece.

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