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Assembly Rooms

Brock Neal Roberts's new video for Sam Fender - his second for the South Shields singer-songwriter, after last year's&nbsp;MVA-nominated&nbsp;video for&nbsp;Seventeen Going Under - elevates an everyday story of teenage friendship&nbsp;with a clever visual device.&nbsp;In the video for Getting Started, we see four friends work their way down their tower block, picking each other up on the way as they prepare to head for a night out. And each stage is mainly presented as a three dimensional photo, the camera tracking through the boys as they are caught static,&nbsp;in the moment.[imgtoken data:1]Brock has mainly used&nbsp;in-camera effects to create this sense of hyperreality, with the young actors freezing their bodies in a physical way&nbsp;rather than achieving the effect in post-production - identical twins were used to play the same characters, to bring the complex blocking to life.&nbsp; Imaginative art direction assists to make this work, such as the spray of a deodorant can and smoke from a cigarette created with cotton wool.Sam Fender's performance&nbsp;is the final piece of the jigsaw, walking through the same night-time streets, the unseen narrator of the boys' lives. In the Director's Cut we are featuring here, he is slightly more incidental to the action than&nbsp;in the official release. Ultimately, it is a charming and positive representation of youth and young male friendship.[imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Louis Simonon

Bardha Krasniqi

Holly MacDonald

Brock Neal Roberts

Manoela Chaibai

George Telfer

OB Management

Agile Films

Semera Khan

Vini Curtis

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Smera Kumar

Elle Lotherington

Nick Teulon

Barney Batchelor

Chris Starkey

Katya Bourvis

Kiloh Falby Clark

Ed Cooper

Richard Fearon

Bruce Langfield

Black Kite Studios

Polydor

Rock

Sam Fender 'Getting Started' (Director's Cut) by Brock Neal Roberts

Sam-Fender-'Getting-Started-(dc)'-by-Brock-Neal-Roberts

French-Cuban sister duo Ibeyi scale the desert with Jorja Smith, in&nbsp;Lucrecia Taormina's captivating promo for Lavender and Red Roses.&nbsp;We see the artists trek through the midst of a sandy landscape, following the line of a rope to a well in the middle of the desert. They pour a jug full of lavender and red rose petals into the well - where, at the bottom a&nbsp;mysterious masked man digs further downwards.&nbsp;Arguably this&nbsp;abstract narrative explores themes of femininity and divine energy, suggesting it is time to 'cut the cord', and stop relying on women to pull up men who are not actively helping themselves or looking for ways to improve their own situation. But&nbsp;the&nbsp;beauty of the visual, the magic of Taormina' concept,&nbsp;lies in the various ways in which to read the unfolding action.[imgtoken data:1]Taormina weaves this ambiguous and metaphorical&nbsp;tale in her characteristic&nbsp;hyperreal style - not in a real desert, we suspect, but a very convincing studio and VFX-created approximation of one. A certain episode of&nbsp;Squid Game&nbsp;may also springs to mind while watching this too.[imgtoken data:2]Once distracted by the petals, the man stops digging, and grabs the rope.&nbsp;Initially, the women&nbsp;pull with all their strength, to help&nbsp;him to climb up, but... then the rope is cut.[imgtoken data:3]

Francesca Di Mottola

Holly Shearn

Joshua Gochez

Oliver Whitworth

Holly Wood

Lucrecia Taormina

Joshua Noon

Luke Tierney

FRIEND

Aliyah Otchere

Krunal Saardrani

John Lynch

Danny Herman

Jack Green

Cassius McCabe

Jeffrey Vine

Max Lincoln

Joseph Taylor

Luke Morrison

Electric Theatre Company

Michelle Kruger

Wicked Pixels

Carl Jeppe

XL Recordings

Lane Casting

Alternative

Ibeyi ft Jorja Smith 'Lavender And Red Roses' by Lucrecia Taormina

Ibeyi--'Lavender-And-Roses'-by-Lucrecia-Taormina

Tom Beard directs a darkly poetic promo for Baxter Dury, playing the sole audience member to a unique pole&nbsp;dance performance.&nbsp;In Beard's video for&nbsp;D.O.A., Dury is the denizen of a pole dancing club, where the dancer is not only male, he bears more than a passing resemblance to the Grim Reaper.[imgtoken data:1]The video is an exploration of the developing relationship between the two characters, during the Reaper's parodic pole dancing performance, in cloak and leather headdress, with the initial humour of the scenario becoming something more poignant.&nbsp;Sinister and sensual in equal measure - with Baxter Dury offering a characteristically stylish yet doleful presence -&nbsp; the video is elevated by colourful lighting and measured camera movement, which allows the narrative to unfold at its own pace.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tom Beard

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Oli Falcon

Poppy Ashton

Lorena Pagès

James Wicks

Ethan Lodge

Adam Buruncz

Alice Dodds

Mdhamiri Á Nkemi

Vic Parker

Raised By Wolves

James Jeanette

PIAS

Baxter Dury 'D.O.A.' by Tom Beard

Baxter-Dury--'D.o.a'-by-Tom-Beard

Louis Bhose directs his second video for Maisie Peters, the fun-filled&nbsp;promo for Psycho.&nbsp;Following his video for&nbsp;John Hughes Movie a few months ago - and his stint as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1LzYAxUQa1wjphrJthTT6o" target="_blank">a guest on The Promonews Podcast</a> a few weeks back - Bhose presents a twisting narrative punctuated by a handful of Maisie&nbsp;clones, amping up the surreal vibes of his previous collaboration with the artist.&nbsp;As always, (the real) Peters is mesmerising in her performance, and her willingness to take a chance on an abstract vision pays off hugely, in one of her most exciting and engaging videos to date.&nbsp;You can see Louis' pre-vis for the video <a href="https://vimeo.com/567836958/6592d07643" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

Louis Bhose

Frankie Willcock

Alice Cartlet

Steven Enirayetan

Sam Meyer

Lewis Morgan

Davide Bianco

Leo Olesker

Sarah Asmail

Luci Ellis

Kate O’shea

Jack Williams

Mathieu Toullet

Mpc Colour

Dylan Wyne

Dan Curwin

Atlantic Records

Maisie Peters 'Psycho' by Louis Bhose

Maisie-Peters--'Psycho-'-by-Louis-Bhose

Directing duo Machine Operated grant us access to Greentea Peng's cool and colourful world, from the beginning of her day (which involves drinking tea) to an evening performing the track Nah It Ain't The Same with her band.There are several trippy digressions from her gentle, groovy routine too, prompted by the camera stopping on the details of her day: the photos on her kitchen wall, the close-up of her burning joint, a bunch of flowers... Suddenly we're in another place entirely, or looking at a toy bus and a bus-shaped purse containing miniature toy money.This all seems ideal for Greentea Peng and her&nbsp;brand of woozy, London-bred jazz-pop. It's the second video for her by Machine Operated -&nbsp;Josh Hercules&nbsp;and Nathan Taylor -&nbsp;who have&nbsp;captured the spirit of her mystique.&nbsp;

Machine Operated

Bruno Loureiro

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Beatrice Giustini

Joe Starrs

Jack Reynolds

Kev Roberts

Elena Lsolini

Milo Brown

Jake Hunte

Maha Alselami

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

Daniel Breheny

Harri Kamalanathan

Chris Orr

Greentea Peng 'Nah It Ain't The Same' by Machine Operated

Greentea-Peng-'Nah-It-Ain't-The-Same'-by-Machine-Operated

It's all a matter of perspective in Hannah Berry George's latest promo for Baby Queen.&nbsp;Shot across three different formats - on Alexa, DV cam and Snorricam - with Bella Latham (aka BQ) and friends on location in a deserted Margate - the video for Raw Thoughts meditates on expectation&nbsp;versus reality, and the twists and turns of everyday life.&nbsp;It's a dynamic, spirited visual, mirroring the highs and lows of the track, and elevated by DoP Kia Fern Little's multifaceted cinematography.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Hannah Berry George

Odelay Films

Ben Falk

Cesci Shephard

Kia Fern Little

Avide Scalenghe Migliarini

Tami Diaz

Matt Bohun

Andre Rodrigues

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Joshua Gomez

Baby Queen 'Raw Thoughts' by Hannah Berry George

Baby Queen - Raw Thoughts (Official Video)

Jordan Stephens, once of Rizzle Kicks, plays Tiger, the inveterate stoner who finds himself on a weird, weed-related voyage of discovery in Jamie Whitby's marvellous short film to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a landmark Warp Records release - Nightmares On Wax's Smokers Delight.&nbsp;When Tiger discovers he has been locked out of his flat&nbsp;after a night of serious toking with his mates, it triggers a series of increasingly outlandish&nbsp;episodes - which moves from stoner-noir to full-on acid trip when our hero tumbles into full 2D animation.Music from Nightmare On Wax's classic 1995 album is an unobtrusive motif throughout the film, written as well as directed by Whitby. It is something of a departure&nbsp;from his largely conceptual work in music videos, but it shows that comedy-drama, mixed with a splash of pure surrealism, is his forté. He gets great performances from a talented cast, led by Stephens - possibly channelling Jeff Bridges&nbsp;in Lebowski - and has been rewarded with a nomination at this year's UKMVAs, in the&nbsp;Best Special Video Projects category, for his efforts.

Jamie Whitby

Scarlett Barclay

Hayley Williams

India Bradshaw

Ty Hack

Spike Morris

Rob Hawkins

Bulman Arshehit

Hélio Ribeiro

David Hamilton

George Buxton

Natasha Lawes

Myles Payne

Edward Coope

Alex Gregory

The Mill

David Horsburgh

Jordan Stephens

Warp Records

Harry Chambers

Rachel Bashford

Fionn Hutton

Jamie Hitchens

Nightmares On Wax 'Smokers Delight' by Jamie Whitby

Nightmares-On-Wax-'Smokers-Delight'-by-Jamie-Whitby

Rauri Cantelo&nbsp;directs a classical art-inspired lockdown visual for Foxes' return with Love Not Loving You.&nbsp;Featuring layered montages of performance and artwork,&nbsp;Love Not Loving You&nbsp;is bold, buoyant, and unapologetically feminist. Inspired by her own hiatus and journey to empowerment, Foxes - aka Louisa Rose Allen - celebrates the women that came before her,&nbsp;flipping the script on the idea of "a painter and his muse", instead presenting women&nbsp;as beautiful, powerful and in charge of their own narratives.&nbsp;She notes: “This song is about finally falling in love with myself, about not depending on anyone else for my own happiness, and being able to stand on my own two feet. I hope the message in this song can inspire others to do the same.”Beautifully executed and presented, the clever editing and painstaking attention to detail hides the fact this was created in lockdown. In reality, Louisa was forced to go completely DIY and shoot the video at home, by herself on her phone, with just her mum and her dog in the room, with Cantelo and the rest of the team watching on video call.[imgtoken data:1]

Rauri Cantelo

Lucy Hawes

Lh Productions

Si Lakos

Jo Guthrie

Karen Clarkson 

Kevin Corry

Tanya Fearon

James Mac

Alternative Pop

Foxes 'Love Not Loving You' by Rauri Cantelo

Foxes-'Love-Not-Loving-You'-by-Rauri-Cantelo

Following the brilliant one-take video for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/12/02/bombay-bicycle-club-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-louis-bhose/62189">Everything Else Has Gone Wrong,</a>&nbsp;Louis Bhose's&nbsp;bleak visual for Racing Stripes takes a more subtle and emotional approach. Under the frosty skies of&nbsp;Lofoten, Norway, the group lip-sync&nbsp;the track in an understated fashion&nbsp;as they battle&nbsp;the brutal weather conditions.&nbsp;Murren Tullett&nbsp;captures the stillness and beauty of the area with lingering landscape shots, meditating on the detail in every scene and enhancing the lonely and isolated character of the location.&nbsp;

Murren Tullett

Jack McGinity

CHEAT

Indie Rock

Bombay Bicycle Club 'Racing Stripes' by Louis Bhose

Bombay-Bicycle-Club-'Racing-Stripes'-by-Louis-Bhose

The loneliness of life on the road is explored in&nbsp;Zhang + Knight's latest labour of love&nbsp;for Eden.Transporting a decaying plane across country on the back of a HGV, an ageing&nbsp;truck driver has more than enough time to meditate on his life and work. Location after location, the appeal of travelling has obviously faded as the driver looks for any distractions in the monotonous journey. The small things, such as new trails in the sky from a plane, or the animals running in front of the van on the road are given prime focus, the only novelty in the miles of countryside and terrain.&nbsp;Finishing off the journey at a scrap yard, the use of shots from inside the plane represent the idea that the vehicle has seen its heyday, and like every journey, this one has come to an end. Shot in&nbsp;Kazakhstan for 5 days on 35mm, the visuals are&nbsp;breathtaking and beautifully composed, giving the concept a charming yet wistful vibe.

Ireland

Zhang + Knight

Callum Harrison

Mary Issitova

Ruben Woodin-Dechamps

Andrey Maslov

Alexander Kostanidi

Taff Williamson

Jack Williams @ Assembly Rooms

Daniel De Vue @ A52

Ysf Studio

Isbek Abilmazhinov

Electronic

Eden 'Love, Death, Distraction' by Zhang + Knight

Eden-'Love,-Death,-Distraction'-by-Zhang-+-Knight

A woman escapes a forbidding testing facility in Jak Payne's video for Prospa's banging Control The Party.&nbsp;Shot in the soon to be demolished Fawley Power Station, the concept centres on a group of unwilling test subjects, reminiscent of the MK Ultra experiments of the 1960s. As the lead character, played by model Alice Dellal, enters the facility, she notices several others in various states of distress.&nbsp;With styling that nods towards Jean-Paul Gaultier's stunning bondage pieces&nbsp;in The Fifth Element, and a heavy use of dramatic red and green lighting, this is a dystopia that no-one wants to be a part of. Our protagonist escapes the facility with a little help from a friend, but as she sits on the beach enjoying her new found freedom, you can't help but wonder if she is going to get dragged right back in.&nbsp;

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