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Anonymous Content

Directing brothers The Reids present a fast and furious fever dream for RAYE's supremely catchy first offering from her next album.The video for the infectious Where Is My Husband! is both very RAYE and very Reids, channelling some of the dizzying visual language in <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/06/13/raye-genesis-otis-dominique-raye/86792" target="_blank">Genesis</a> -&nbsp;the singer's magnum opus&nbsp;from early last year -&nbsp;with the breathless energy of William and Ed Reid's&nbsp;video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/06/26/james-blake-thrown-around-reids/87009" target="_blank">James Blake's Thrown Around</a>.Essentially it's a very enjoyable live action cartoon, dealing with a personal subject - RAYE's continuing singledom -&nbsp;with humour and pizzazz.[imgtoken data:1]The project is announced the way Genesis ends, with the insignia of a classic Warner Bros cartoon,&nbsp;flagging&nbsp;RAYE's new musical direction as Retro Pop, and then dropping her from a black void into a hotel corridor where she sees her ideal man walking away, slightly out of reach. And then she's handed a mic as she's thrust into a Supremes-style girl group.From then on, RAYE is thrown into different scenarios, switching between colour and black and white, and never quite managing to get hold of The Husband she has yet to meet.&nbsp;There's so much going on, it's something that really rewards further viewing - to enjoy the technical feat provided by the directors, and RAYE's outstanding, thoroughly committed&nbsp;performance.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Sasha Hilton

Coralie Rose

Asmara Cammock

Emma Rose

Eppie Bowler

El-shaddai Nyagodzi (cast)

Eniola Dare (artist)

United Talent

The Reids

Rowan Macintosh King

Mikey Robbins

Jonny Boomer

Jake Hunter

James Hackett

Cerys Kenneally

Henry Richmond

Ty Hack

Thomas Treveil

Steve Morgan

Sam Rawlings

Ellie Spigariol

Maureen Moores

Alex Price

Lan Nguyen-Grealis

Nik Kohler

Cabin Editing Company

Rich Fearon

Black Kite Studios

Hazel Gibson

James Marshall

Human Re-sources

Anchous

RAYE 'Where Is My Husband!' by The Reids

RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (Official Music Video)

Directing duo The Reids resume their longterm collaboration with producer Mura Masa with a lo-fi exploration of a dancer's self-obsession, captured by her döppelgänger.​The video for I'm Really Hot (For Myself) takes us into the mirror-lined dance studio where a&nbsp;dancer is driven to a frenzy while adoring her own reflection, watched by a girl with a vintage video camera who looks exactly like her.With its immediacy and DIY feel, it's an intriguing&nbsp;addition&nbsp;to an impressive body of work that The Reids have built with Mura Masa over the past couple of years. And it still feels part of a larger theme: how the music transports people to their own special place.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Poppy Ashton

Fraser Mitchell

Sattva Nguyen

Ailsa Chaplin

Eden Read

The Assembly Rooms

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Mura Masa 'I'm Really Hot (For Myself)' by The Reids

Mura Masa - I'm Really Hot (For Myself) (Official Video)

Sabrina Carpenter ropes in Colman Domingo to co-star in her latest blockbuster - a Rocky Horror Picture Show-inspired romp directed by&nbsp;Bardia Zeinali, and another&nbsp;showcase for Sabrina's considerable comedy actress chops as well for the latest gloriously catchy single from the new album.And it turns out the&nbsp;video for Tears has three endings - at time of publication - as Sabrina finds different ways of getting rid of her nice boyfriend. As says herself (in the first one) Sabrina's&nbsp;giving the people what they want.

United States

Bardia Zeinali

Nathan Scherrer

Collin Druz

Aiden Magarian

freenjoy

Tara Sheree

Nina Soriano

Sabrina Carpenter

Sarah Carpenter

Jason Lombardo

Sean Price Williams

Brittany Porter

Mike Withers

Sam Franco

Jared Ellner

Carolina Gonzalez

Sofia Kerpan

Tal Baltuch

Modern Post

Pendulum Vfx

Sabrina Carpenter 'Tears' by Bardia Zeinali

Sabrina Carpenter - Tears (Official Video)

Directing duo The Reids return with their latest project for the new Peggy Gou track, featured on the soundtrack of summer blockbuster F1.Appropriately enough - as the Brad Pitt movie is produced by&nbsp;Apple - the video for D.A.N.C.E. was shot on the latest and highest spec&nbsp;iPhone: the iPhone16Pro.&nbsp;

Alex Ayodele-Otele

Callum Anderson

Natasha Duursma

Milo Brown

Adam Crocker

Guillaume Weiss

Richard Fearon

Greg Probert

Dance

Peggy Gou 'D.A.N.C.E.' by The Reids

Peggy Gou - D.A.N.C.E. (Official Video)

The Reids continue their longstanding relationship with&nbsp;Mura Masa with another vibrant celebration of youth and movement, documenting a NYC-based project that revives the joyous act of 'Double-Dutch' skipping.The video for Jump showcases nonprofit Showdem, a group of dancers from the City on a mission to spread joy through movement. They come together to express themselves through the Double Dutch, the activity that first blossomed in the early hip hop era. They also bring their rope skills to the community, inviting the wider public to participate.[imgtoken data:1]Which is exactly what happens in the video, starting with the dancers' turns within the double skipping ropes before the group appear at a shopping mall for a demo and then get some of the onlookers involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;Blending docu-style camerawork with traditional performance visuals, the video is broken up by intimate, candid moments and a celebratory vibe that bleeds through every frame.&nbsp;A feelgood promo which showcases not only the group as a whole, but the charismatic individuals within it. And in that respect it certainly feels of a piece with the previous collabs between Mura Masa and The Reids over the past couple of years.

Harry Grove

Mura Masa

Tom Bolles

Showdem Movement Foundation

Mura Masa 'Jump' by The Reids

Mura Masa - JUMP (Official Video)

In our latest Snapshot Q&amp;A, Anonymous Content's recent signings The Reids reflect on a big year in their career, working with Mura Masa and James Blake, the times when things get "a bit gross"... and Fred Dibnah.&nbsp;It’s been an exciting year or so for Will and Ed Reid as the brother-directing team have completed multiple projects for two artists at the forefront of dance and electronic music - Mura Masa and James Blake.Their acclaimed series of promos for Mura Masa have celebrated youth culture and reconnected with the joy of the dancefloor, generated a zeitgeisty buzz and&nbsp;resulting in an UKMVA win last year&nbsp;for their <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/04/11/mura-masa-whenever-i-want-reids/81081" target="_blank">Whenever I Want</a> clip. They also directed a documentary about James Blake’s last album and screened it&nbsp;at Tate Modern, and then a riotously funny video for Blake’s recent single <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/06/26/james-blake-thrown-around-reids/87009" target="_blank">Thrown Around</a>.The brothers made their directing partnership official in 2021, building their showreel with feature-length documentaries about UK clothing brand Cole Buxton and a handful of interesting music videos, especially for the band Legss. Their recent work brought them to the attention of Anonymous Content and they signed to the London and Amsterdam offices of the international production company in June.So we thought it was a good time for a snappy exchange with The Reids (Will, right, and Ed, pictured above on the set of the latest Mura Masa video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/08/13/mura-masa-fly-reids/87738" target="_blank">Fly</a>) - via our brand new Snapshot Q&amp;A...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name:&nbsp;The Reids (brothers Will &amp; Ed)Birthday:&nbsp;Both of us were born sometime between 1990 and 2000.&nbsp;Where did you grow up?&nbsp;South East London.&nbsp;Place of further education and course (if any)?&nbsp;Will - Film at AUB (dropped out), Ed - Photography at LCC (didn't drop out)&nbsp;Where do you live now?&nbsp;South East London. Born, raised… and stayed.What were the important first projects for you, in terms of a learning experience and getting noticed?&nbsp;The videos we made with our friends in the band LEGSS - including Hollywood (2021).[vidtoken data:0]Best film you’ve seen this year?&nbsp;Undeniably, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Way9Dexny3w" target="_blank">Dune Part II</a> at the <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-imax" target="_blank">BFI IMAX</a>.Favourite song/album/music artist this year?&nbsp;The new Mura Masa album, Curve 1.<blockquote>Working with Mura Masa allowed us to define a clear creative voice.</blockquote>Favourite music video/videos you’ve seen this year?&nbsp;Aidan Zamiri’s work on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJW-VvmRKsE" target="_blank">Charli</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGd4efgdPA" target="_blank">XCX</a> record; <a href="https://www.crownsandowls.com/creative-direction/james-blake-lil-yachty-bad-cameo/" target="_blank">the entire </a><a href="https://www.crownsandowls.com/creative-direction/james-blake-lil-yachty-bad-cameo/" target="_blank">Bad Cameo album campaign</a> by Crowns &amp; Owls for James Blake and Lil Yachty;&nbsp;Finnbar Porteous’ video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZFS4dsi1jU" target="_blank">Day Out by Spresso</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;Mica Levi's side project.Name a film or video or other creative work that had a huge influence on your career choice?&nbsp;The TV series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnH7cw0ql1I" target="_blank">FRED </a>by Don Haworth ("a fucking masterpiece. If you’ve never watched, could not recommend it more"); <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVyGCxHZ_Ko" target="_blank">Good Time</a> by The Safdie Brothers; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjF07iyXo8Q" target="_blank">The Grapes of Wrath</a> by John Ford.[imgtoken data:1]In terms of&nbsp;music video-related jobs of the past year or so - what was the most rewarding creatively, and why?&nbsp;It’s got to be the Mura collaborations. Working with an artist (and friend) so closely on a series of videos [Whenever I Want, Rise, FLY] has allowed us to define quite a clear creative dogma and voice in the work that we’re really proud of. A simple idea executed well.&nbsp;[vidtoken data:1]What are your favourite other (non-mv) projects of the past year or so?&nbsp;The film we made with James Blake about his last album for Bowers &amp; Wilkins that screened at The Tate is one of our favourite storytelling pieces to date. Thank you again to Crowns &amp; Owls for commissioning the film and curating it into the gallery show with Thibaut Grevet.&nbsp;[vidtoken data:2]<blockquote>The industry needs fixed minimum budget requirements for different tiers of projects.</blockquote>What’s the most surprising thing that’s happened this year?&nbsp;Signing to a production company!&nbsp;Most annoying/irksome thing that’s been going on this year (work-related or otherwise)?&nbsp;The money continuing to disappear from budgets.&nbsp;Your top suggestion to change and improve how the music video industry works?&nbsp;Fixed minimum budget requirements for different tiers of projects. For instance, we got a brief through recently for a series of 4 live videos + cutdowns for an artist to be shot in a day with a budget of £10k. This is unrealistic for everyone to have a good time and get paid well enough to survive and make something they’re proud of creatively. It’s a bit gross.&nbsp;What are you looking forward to most for the summer and/or the rest of the year?&nbsp;Travelling for a while at the end of the year when we’ve earned it.&nbsp;• The Reids are signed to Anonymous Content, watch their showreel <a href="https://www.anonymouscontent.com/work/uk/directors/anonymous-content/the-reids/" target="_blank">here</a>.

THE SNAPSHOT Q&A: The Reids

Legss - Hollywood: A Film by The Reids

Mura Masa - Rise (feat NADIAH) (Official Video)

JAMES BLAKE - Structuring Robots Into Heaven [DIRECTORS CUT]

Director duo The Reids continue their collaboration with Mura Masa for Fly, taking themes from their previous videos together to the next level.Will and Ed Reid and Mura Masa - aka Alex Crossan - have been exploring and celebrating that heady mix of youth, drugs and dance music through&nbsp;a series of videos, since the marvellous, UKMVA-winning Whenever I Want last year. With FLY, we're drawn into a familiar scenario of a warehouse party, and back among the bodies of the clubbers.This is a more exclusive, well-styled&nbsp;revellers than the varied teen ravers of the previous videos, and this slickly produced affair produces an original moment of euphoria, as one dancer rises above the crowd.Simply yet beautifully done, and a marvellous addition to a series that's adding up to a body of work in itself.&nbsp;

Sophie Hubble

Shion Haysaka

Annie Maguire

Freddie Wright

Jack Exton

Toby Mckay

Fabienne Piolini

Reece Hearnshaw

Claire Urquhart

Roman Harris

Jamie McCubbin

Mura Masa 'FLY' by The Reids

Mura Masa - FLY (feat. Cherish)

James Blake has a Hellish day trying to make content for a jaded social media audience in the&nbsp;mesmerising promo for Thrown Around, directed by The Reids.&nbsp;Opening with a snappy conversation with a social media guru, who tells the artist he needs to up his content game to stay relevant, we see Blake venture out onto the street to record a half-hearted TikTok video - until his phone gets nicked by a bike-riding assailant.&nbsp;From there, things go from bad to worse, and we get to experience this from a hypnotic Snorricam-style rig built by DoP&nbsp;Fraser Mitchell.&nbsp;Elevated by trippy effects and a heavy dose of surrealism, it's a standout visual that also showcases Blake's acting chops, and a surprising facility for comedy. Someone get this man in touch with Netflix right away.And remarkably, the whole project was turned around in less than a week, as Will and Ed Reid explain.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Thrown Around was by far the maddest project we’ve shot to date - from idea sign off to wrap in 6 days, this one was a beast to wrangle and so much fun," say the brother directing team, who have just signed to Anonymous Content.&nbsp;"We will be proud of this one for a while."It wouldn’t have been possible to do it without James himself being so up for it. He gave us incredible amounts of time, energy and humour - you really see that on camera."Also, utilising a new camera rig - the 3rd Person Snorri - as a narrative device was a really special experience - it feels so hard to shoot something in a way that feels different and fresh these days and we pushed hard to do that here which is perhaps what we’re most proud of." &nbsp;

Crowns & Owls

Will Preston-George

Rory Mills

Rich Patter

Mike Raymond

Faith Irmak

The Rascal Film Company

Archie Madekwe

Alternative

James Blake 'Thrown Around' by The Reids 

James Blake - Thrown Around (Official Video)

Anonymous Content has announced the signing of directing duo The Reids - brothers Will and Ed Reid - for commercials, branded entertainment and music video representation in the UK and Amsterdam.The brothers arrive at Anonymous Content having directed&nbsp;acclaimed music videos, including the UKMVA-winning promo&nbsp;for Mura Masa's Whenever I Want, and the most recent James Blake video. Their music video credits include work for Mac Wetha, Kam-Bu and Legss, together with three videos for Mura Masa, including one for Rise shot on the iPhone 15 Pro as part of Apple’s #ShotoniPhone campaign.The Reids have also collaborated with brands including Nike, Adidas, Converse, Flannels, Stone Island, A-Cold-Wall, Beats, Diesel Fragrances, Persol Sunglasses, Diptyque Paris,&nbsp;Dazed&nbsp;Magazine,&nbsp;i-D&nbsp;Magazine, and Hypebeast.South East London born and bred, their protagonist-led filmmaking that harnesses real life through an aesthetic lens is perfectly encapsulated in their latest music video for James Blake’s Thrown Around. A defiant mix of surrealism and docu-style, captured on a custom 360 rig, sees the newly independent artist wading through the worst 24 hours of his life.[vidtoken data:0]The duo have an ongoing relationship with creative directors&nbsp;Crown &amp; Owls and collaborated on many projects, including the James Blake video and moving image for clothing brand Hicks. They are currently in development on their latest short film.“The Reids are natural filmmakers, with a solid understanding of craft and considered execution,” says Leah Joyce, Anonymous Content’s UK Head of Sales. “It’s rare to find young directors who put ideas first within their work, so we knew immediately they were the kind of talent we wanted to represent.”The Reid brothers add: “We have waited a long time to sign in the UK, and we couldn’t be happier about making Anonymous Content our home. Our attraction wasn’t just based on the&nbsp;ridiculous talent on the roster, but the energy of the team."We feel so lucky to have found a company that sees us and wants to support the way we currently work, whilst also keen to develop us as we expand into advertising. We can’t wait to get started and to see where the next few years takes us with AC.”• Watch The Reids' work&nbsp;at Anonymous Content <a href="https://www.anonymouscontent.com/work/uk/directors/anonymous-content/the-reids" target="_blank">here</a>

The Reids join Anonymous Content in UK and Amsterdam

Oskar Brockbank directs a hauting promo for Etta Marcus's Mechanical Bull.&nbsp;Taking the songtitle as the central idea for the concept, we see Marcus ride&nbsp;atop a mechanical bull, surrounded by a group of spectators.&nbsp;The effervescent black and white aesthetic adds a sense of anachronism to the visual - we don't have context for time or place, instead just a set of visual ideas that amalgamate into a captivating vignette.&nbsp;The use of slow shutter speeds and filmic textures enhances the otherworldly experience, and adds flair to the dreamlike event.&nbsp;

Suzie Walsh

Oskar Brockbank

Rowan Mackintosh King

Louis Danckwerts

Ryan Delahunty

Miles Ridgway

Suzie Fownes

Maddy Williams

Oli Hill

George Telling

Katie Soper

Emma Regan

Vlad Barin

CHEAT

Polydor Records

Singer songwriter

Etta Marcus 'Mechanical Bull' by Oskar Brockbank

Etta-Marcus-'Mechanical-Bull'-by-Oskar-Brockbank

The return of Ashnikko with her "angriest song" also heralds a breathtaking comeback to music videos by Saam Farahmand, creating a clinical pop-horror as deliriously subversive and transgressive as anything he has done before. It’s sick.You Make Me Sick! clocks in at just over two minutes, and in that time Farahmand establishes a scenario worthy of Cronenberg in a slick pop video aesthetic, inviting the viewer into repeated surges of disbelief. What is being piped in tubes between the orifices of Ashnikko and her followers? What is that murky liquid rising up around Ash and her dancers?The artist and director are in perfect harmony in their drive to create art that crosses over the line of good taste, and will generate a good deal of actual disgust, even from those who admire it greatly. It’s a brilliant smashing through into something new and dangerous, an undiluted, confrontational, controversial visualisation of raw pain.“I’ve decided to come back with my angriest, most cathartic song to date,” the singer has said of the new song in an accompanying statement. “My own personal rage room for me to smash my plates.”Saam Farahmand has added: "The video is about discovering toxicity, the purging of toxicity and the defiant audacity of revelry and spectacle within it. I continue to explore the collision between raw, uncomfortable human experience, and the seductive spectacle of pop culture."

Anna Gloria Fores

Saam Farahmand

Campbell Beaton

Diego Indraccolo

Natalie Uglow

Joshus Pilmore

Claire Moore

Anders Mills

Trap

Ashnikko 'You Make Me Sick!' by Saam Farahmand

Ashnikko--'You-Make-Me-Sick'-by-Saam-Farahmand

New director Sam Aminzadeh has made an auspicious music video directing debut with an delightful video for London singer-songwriter Murkage Dave, shot by the legendary DoP Robbie Ryan.The video for World I Want To Live In expresses the positive message in Murkage Dave's gospel-influenced song, in a studio set-up where a group of disparate individuals come together to express themselves collectively through dance.Dave is the charismatic centre that holds this group together, performing the song which reflects upon the stress that social media can cause, to him and to everyone else. The simple but expressive dance moves of the group - a collaboration&nbsp;of professional dancers and non-professionals - symbolises a common strategy, or therapy, to deal with the stress;&nbsp;finding a route to make that improved world that Dave is talking about.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aminzadeh has been working as an assistant to some eminent directors over the past few years, including Daniel Wolfe, Kim Gehrig and Grant Singer. With this accomplished debut&nbsp;he shows he has a very promising future as a director&nbsp;himself.

Matty Healy

Angie Broomfield

Saman Aminzadeh

Shion Hayasaka

Leo Oleskar

Robbie Ryan

Rory Power

Juliette Temple

Ethan Samuel Jacobs

Steve Shaw

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Murkage Dave 'World I Want To Live In' by Sam Aminzadeh

Murkage-Dave--'World-I-Want-To-Live-In'-by-Saman-Aminzadeh

The latest video for forthcoming Florence + The Machine album Dance Fever by Autumn De wilde sees Florence Welch joined by the eternally debonair Bill Nighy.Florence is playing herself in Free, the fourth video from the group, while Nighy plays 'her anxiety'. In truth, this much-loved Brit character actor is, of course, mainly being himself. It's a reunion for De Wilde with Nighy - he appeared in her 2020 feature Emma.Filmed in Ukraine in 2021 with Ukrainian filmmakers and artists and featuring Ukrainian folk art by Katerina Konovalova and designed with production designer Volodymyr Radlinskiy, Free&nbsp;follows the previous three music videos King,&nbsp;Heaven Is Here&nbsp;and My Love,&nbsp;by de Wilde. &nbsp;

Autumn de Wilde

Serafima Kutsenko

Florence + The Machine 'Free' by Autumn De Wilde

Florence-+-The-Machine-'Free'-by-Autumn-De-Wilde

Following the breathtaking video&nbsp;for <a href="http://Florence + The Machine 'King' by Autumn de Wilde">King</a>, Autumn de Wilde continues her collaboration with Florence + The Machine in&nbsp;this untamed promo for Heaven Is Here.&nbsp;Taking things back to where they started in the previous video, Florence appears with the same group of dancers,&nbsp;this time appearing as one of them,&nbsp;losing the purple shroud and the supernatural aura of her previous incarnation.&nbsp;The performance is feral, impulsive and assertive, and the overall atmosphere&nbsp;feels incredibly raw and authentic. This is certainly the&nbsp;spiritual successor to King, which feels otherworldly and transcendent whilst building upon the abstract narrative and themes of the music.&nbsp;As mentioned in our review of the King,&nbsp;many of the people involved in making the&nbsp;video, from the Ukranian production company Radioaktive and other freelance film crew, are&nbsp;now fighting for the survival of their country, and their lives. Our prayers are with them and their fellow citizens.

Jamie Feliu-torres

Ryan Heffington

Final Cut

Miky Wolf

Denis Reva

Company 3

Eric Stern

Juliet Naylor

Radioaktive Film

Kate Galytska

Yura Galitskiy

Alina Yatsyk

Masha Verboliuk

Florence + The Machine 'Heaven Is Here' by Autumn de Wilde

Florence + The Machine - Heaven Is Here

Florence + The Machine returns and reunites with Autumn de Wilde, with the epic video for King - steeped in religious imagery and most poignantly filmed in Kyiv weeks before Ukraine was plunged into war.Florence Welch appears to a troubled young man (played by Jack Riddiford) as a floating vision in a purple shroud, in the manner of the Virgin Mary. From this gripping beginning,&nbsp;de Wilde allows an extraordinary set-piece to play out, with the help of choreographer Ryan Heffington and a visual effects department led by Denis Reva.Florence is joined by her female followers within the grounds of a half-built building, and she and her disciplines eventually, breathtakingly, take to the air, reflecting the characteristically Florence-like nature of the song, striving for a higher,&nbsp;transcendent level.[imgtoken data:1]It's the second time Autumn de Wilde has worked with Florence + The Machine, following the UKMVA-winning video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/06/22/florence-machine-big-god-autumn-de-wilde/53767" target="_blank">Big God</a>. This shares the exquisitely composed quality of that video, on a more ambitious scale, and also that strong sense of female solidarity&nbsp;between Florence and a group of dancers who become personalities in themselves once they arrive on screen.&nbsp;A powerful video. But now&nbsp;many of the people involved in making the video, from the production company Radioaktive and other freelance film crew, are&nbsp;now fighting for the survival of their country, and their lives. A truly terrifying thought. Our prayers are with them and their fellow citizens.