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COMPULSORY

In our&nbsp;new series talking to up-and-coming talent in the world of music videos, we chat with director Jay Green, digging deeper into a career that began long before he started being featured on Promonews...Jay Green started early on his journey to be a filmmaker. He had only just reached double figures when he started messing with cameras&nbsp;and editing software, making mini-horror films with his mates. "I come from Lincolnshire," he says. "There’s not a lot to do there - you have to create your own entertainment."When he moved closer to London, aged 20, things really started to come together. He connected with West London's Nine8 Collective in their early days ("when they only had a hundred plays on Soundcloud")&nbsp;and ended up creating a number&nbsp;of influential visuals for Nine8 mainstays Lava La Rue and Biig Piig.Jay's career has progressed in leaps and bounds since then&nbsp;and has really taken off since he signed to COMPULSORY last year. He gained a new following when he directed the video for&nbsp;Kam-Bu and Knucks' Call Me Back - the start of what he describes as his "monochrome trilogy" of videos, now completed with the&nbsp;just-released video for MiniKingz's New Skincare. Now his fascination with the possibilities of visual effects is taking him into new territory.We caught up with Jay to talk about his story so far...[vidtoken data:0]Biig Piig - 24K; Lava La Rue - LETRA"[In about 2016] I had a tiny music blog and would share the music coming out, through&nbsp;that I met Bexey who introduced me to the Nine8 Collective.&nbsp;I met Lava La Rue at one of her first parties she was throwing and told&nbsp;them I also did photography and videos. That's how it started.Then&nbsp;Aiwa - Lava La Rue - says: 'I'm going to Notting Hill Carnival, bring your camera and&nbsp;let's just shoot a music video.'&nbsp;So it was just me, her, some friends and the camera. Never expected it, but from that video Lava started to get a bit of buzz. The track and video was a bit different and a bit interesting as well, people started looking to see who made it.&nbsp;<blockquote>For 24K we had a budget of around £200...</blockquote>After that, I made more videos for Lava La Rue, and several for Biig Piig. The first one was for 24K - we had a budget of around £200. I remember&nbsp;we had to beg, steal and borrow most of the equipment. Some even came off the back of a truck - a Danny Boyle production some of the crew was working on at the time that we "borrowed" over the weekend.This is when I first saw the Nine8 collective really shine. They all came together to do the art direction on the video and took it to the next level. It was also my first of many wonderful collaborations with DOP Lorena Pages."[vidtoken data:1]Miles From Kinshasa - Limbo (Short Film) (2017)"Coming off the back of music videos for Lava, Biig Piig &amp; Louis Culture, Miles got in touch with me and said he wanted me to do a film for his latest project - Limbo. This was my first time working with a label and the budget at the time felt colossal, in reality it was tiny for the project we had planned. I fell in love with Miles' music and was excited by the prospect of doing not just a music video but a narrative film for his whole album. I went all out.The film took months of preparation, favours and luck to be pulled off. I could talk for hours about all the trials and tribulations of getting that film&nbsp;made, but I'm sure anyone reading this interview knows what goes into low budget music videos/films![vidtoken data:2]The main things I took away from making this film was cultivating trust with artists, I'm still grateful for the chance Viv (MFK) took on me and the trust we were able to build between each other to create this visual.&nbsp;This film was also one of my first major projects with my longstanding&nbsp;DOP Korsshan&nbsp;Schlauer. During that shoot we formed a kind of telepathy that we still have today. In many ways I really see this project as the birth of my style, cinematography &amp; editing-wise. I'm also very grateful to Nowness &amp; Boooooom&nbsp;for featuring that film and validating a young director's dream. The success and response to that film made me really push on and continue doing what I'm doing!"[vidtoken data:3]Kam-Bu ft Knucks - Call Me Back (2021)"I was listening to the track and also an Edward Snowden interview, where he was talking about mass surveillance. And then I read that London has the most [CCTV] cameras anywhere.Kam-Bu’s work is heavily politicised, with lots of talk about issues. This&nbsp;song is about phones, all about data management. I had the security tower image, and then the idea developed of everything being shot from the tower. There’s also the racial element too – the bias that comes with the surveillance, the stop-and-search culture.<blockquote>I’ve always edited my stuff, and the editing informs my directing so much.&nbsp;</blockquote>To shoot that we had an Alexa Mini with an&nbsp;Angenieux&nbsp;20-250 lens.&nbsp;We were always looking for a locations in Thamesmead that looked down on the action - and we used a drone as well.&nbsp;Before the shoot, I’d seen the David Hockney joined-up Polaroids. So that was the idea for the chorus - to combine different images. I’d not seen that done in a video before.I've always edited my stuff, and the editing informs my directing so much.&nbsp;And for me, directing is about knowing what you need for the edit. Being able to make the decisions on cutting is very important to me.&nbsp;I’m really against what I call ‘dump-truck’ directing.&nbsp;At the end of the day, directing is just championing good ideas."[vidtoken data:4]&nbsp;Nine8 - FVR 105 (2021)"This was a chance to reconnect with those guys. We'd all been our different ways in our careers and came back for that one. And they let me go wild with it - no notes or anything. That is their thing anyway -&nbsp;'let Jay do his thing'. There's been trust there from the beginning. It was not super-typical of my work up to that point, but it was a chance to pivot to where I want it to be.&nbsp;I'm now&nbsp;journeying into 3D, VFX, taking the videos to the next level, to somewhere new. I think VFX has had a reputation of being expensive and time-consuming - it's been a hard sell. But&nbsp;now the technology is more accessible. The barriers for entry are being removed - and it can almost be done in real time. You can almost arrive on set with the FX stuff already built. I think now there's an opportunity - especially music videos - to be harnessing that technology and using it."[vidtoken data:5]BXKS ft Oscar Worldpeace '321' (2021)"The videos I was known for before Kam-Bu were all very colourful. But after that one, I followed up it with BXKS. At this point I was thinking - what can I take away? What is the core of the idea? Let's just double-down on that.With BXKS it was about this endless sea of chainlink fences that she's surrounded by. I saw the chainlink fence as symbolizing the effect of algorithms - a box that she's trying to break out of. As an artist she is trying to do exactly that - doing something different within what could be described as a generic genre. And beyond that, she loves The Matrix, so we definitely needed to bring those vibes to it."&nbsp;[vidtoken data:6]B Live ft Becky Hill &amp; JME - Don't Know About You (2022)"That one was about showing what I can do in the context of mainstream pop. They wanted a single performance video, and the challenge was to&nbsp;turn that into a more interesting and dynamic video. That where the party cube idea came from - I could then make the one performance set-up as dynamic as possible.<blockquote>You can almost sketch things out in VFX faster than storyboarding.</blockquote>My work has been a lot about the use of strobe&nbsp;and editing, and I wanted to retain that, but without the cuts. This has no visible cuts in it. I want to make my videos feel infinite and limitless.I also think this&nbsp;shows how VFX can elevate things. The pre-viz really helped to get the full vibe of it, and I managed to do the pre-viz in a day, which shows how much faster it is to achieve now. You can almost&nbsp; sketch things out in VFX faster than storyboarding. And it gives you all the info that you're going to be working with on the day – including the lens, and the size of the studio."[vidtoken data:7]Fly Anakin - Class Clown (2022)"The way we achieved the look of the image in the video was essentially by abusing a&nbsp;360 camera. We're using part of that image&nbsp;and putting a frame around it. In addition, we're removing all the curvature of the image, and removing&nbsp;the distortion.I started playing around with 360 cameras when I was making a video for Biig Piig [for A World Without Snooze Vol 2].&nbsp;That’s when I realised you could use it like a real camera. It had that option.This&nbsp;shoot was tough. From hearing about the video to shooting it was just four days. But I knew when I heard the track I had to do it."[vidtoken data:8]Minikingz - New Skincare (2022)"With skincare, you're always looking in the mirror - it's this quite self-obsessed, egotistical thing that we all do.&nbsp;I thought it would be interesting to have the mirror as the video's centerpiece, and then having lots of like mirrored elements&nbsp;around that - like shooting through a mirror tube.&nbsp;So it was really just following that concept of the mirror: having Benji on one side as if he's at home on his own, and then on the other side, having Ragz and Oscar in a party scene, and Benji breaking through the mirror and joining them into the party.The opening shot is the most technically complex in the video, where&nbsp;we see Benjie, then his&nbsp;reflection in the mirror, come back to him, then&nbsp;come back to the mirror and it's now the party scene. Lucy Ashmore, our art director,&nbsp;fashioned up this amazing system where the mirror was cut into the middle of a flat, and it was&nbsp;double-sided. There were actually two sheets of mirror, one facing towards camera and one to Benji and they could be pulled out on strings or put back in. In that shot, Benjie is looking in a real mirror.&nbsp;We come back and then the mirror's been taken out, and there we have to run everyone in behind.Again, it was&nbsp;just distilling the video down to its core point, just keeping it focused on that mirror and then just the white and black worlds. It didn't need anything more because their performance was so strong. I didn't want to drown it in anything else."• Jay Green is represented for music videos, creative direction and commercials by COMPULSORY. For more information contact Lee Fairweather on lee@compulsoryviewing.co.uk.&nbsp;

Jay Green

The Story So Far... Jay Green, COMPULSORY

Biig Piig - 24K

LAVA LA RUE - LETRA (w/Tariq Disu)

Miles from Kinshasa - 'LIMBO' [Short Film]

KAM-BU - Call Me Back ft. Knucks (Official Music Video)

Nine8-Collective-'Fvr-105'-by-Jay-Green

BXKS - 321 feat. Oscar #Worldpeace (Official Video)

B Live ft. Becky Hill & JME - Don't Know About You (Official Video)

Fly Anakin - Class Clown (Official Video)

MINIKINGZ - NEW SKIN CARE (Ft. BenjiFlow, Ragz Originale & Oscar #Worldpeace)

Jay Green returns with&nbsp;a hypnotic video for MiniKingz' New Skin Care, playing with viewers'&nbsp;perceptions of what we see in a mirror.&nbsp;Beginning with a woman singing the hypnotic intro to the track, then Benjiflow from MiniKingz is introduced, appearing in a white background in a mirror frame - only to pan through the mirror and reveal him looking into another mirror. As the light strobe blinks, the screen then turns to dark mode; a rave appears in the reflection featuring the other Minikingz members, Ragz and Oscar Worldpeace.&nbsp;The performance-led video then continues this effective in-camera trickery, corutney of Green's clever negotiation of the space and the work of art director&nbsp;Lucy Ashmore. There are a series of skilful&nbsp;transitions, where the viewer&nbsp;is left guessing whether a 'mirror-image' is a reflection or not, and lines are repeatedly blurred of what the visuals appear to be.&nbsp;Ultimately this is a brilliant framing device to present the energetic charm and smooth flows of the trio. But once it ends you will be tempted to rewind it, to figure&nbsp;out how it was done...

United Kingdom

Kiran Mandla

Lee Fairweather

Amal Solomons

Sam E.H. Hooper

Ada Wesolowska

Andrea Di Franco

Alex Magill

Lucy Ashmore

Andi Chu

Black Kite Studios

Grime

MiniKingz 'New Skin Care' by Jay Green

Hold on to your seats and get ready to be taken on a magical fantasy ride by&nbsp;French animation studio Crux’s&nbsp;marvellous video for Cafuné’s viral hit Tek It.The video is a beautifully stylised retro-futurist 80s-anime dream - all&nbsp;from the perspective of a&nbsp;cute black cat, smitten with their owner and jealous of their mysterious friend, who may or may not be their partner, who keeps taking them away from this envious claw-ready pet.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]We follow the jealous feline into an imaginary world they dream up of swooping their owner off their feet in different trippy scenarios -&nbsp;including the imaginative kitty transforming into a charming cat-woman, singing to the moons for help, and using the Tek It&nbsp;track itself as a way to win their owner over.The core of Crux are&nbsp;Frederick Venet and Natia Sopromadze - with Venet on directing duties, from a script by Sopromadze, who also produced the project. They have crammed so many surreal ideas and imagery into the narrative to create a gorgeous sense of hallucination and daydreaminess to match the sentimental vibe of the track. Definitely ones to watch.

France

Crux

Frederick Venet

Natia Sopromadze

Charline Isabel

Thérèse Sanchez

Cafuné 'Tek It' by Crux

Cafuné - Tek It (I Watch The Moon) [Official Video]

Pulp Fiction meets Prêt-à-Porter in Bedroom's hyperstylised promo for&nbsp;Italian rock sensations&nbsp;Måneskin.The video for Supermodel opens with a glamorous woman crawling out of a car wreck, hands outstretched and reaching for something off-screen.&nbsp;Things take a spin as we rewind to see what led up to this fiasco, as this enigmatic character&nbsp;steals a handbag and is chased through a bunch&nbsp;of vibrant locations by the band members.&nbsp;Bedroom imbue the video with some trademark signatures - including whip pans, quirky locations and upbeat editing - which elevate the throwback vibes.&nbsp;

Bedroom

Chris Toumazou

Henry Cristerna

Bobbie Notcutt

Ben Chappell

Chris Acosta

Theo Hue Williams

Thomas Hole

Ash Halliburton

Sam Allen

We Are Covert 

Megan Lee

Daniel Burch

Måneskin 'Supermodel' by Bedroom

Måneskin - SUPERMODEL (Official Video)

Lauzza continues to prove that the sky is the limit, in&nbsp;this collaborative promo for Feux.&nbsp;Blending elements of his signature street-lit aesthetics with dreamy Spike Lee-influenced camera movements, we see Feux have&nbsp;a typical boozy night out at a party, before suddenly lifting off&nbsp;the ground and floating towards the sky above everyone else, reflecting the hazy atmosphere of the track.&nbsp;The naturalistic, low-fi style anchors this concept in a sense of reality, whilst the aspirational themes and dreamlike cinematography really elevate the project.&nbsp;

Lauzza

Feux

Claryn Chong

Corey Milo

Josh Kettle

Marc Casademont-Cases

Electric Theatre Collective

Feux 'Nights' by Lauzza

Feux - Nights

Lauzza mixes romance with experimentation in the video for Kwes E's Crocodile Tears.&nbsp;In the video, we see Kwes E take&nbsp;to the stage with&nbsp;a smooth, 70s-eque live performance in a club, before escaping with a lucky fan and serenading them with high-end restaurants and ballroom dancing.&nbsp;The concept starts off romantic and tasteful - with a Mona Lisa meets Strictly Ballroom aesthetic - but Lauzza then flips everything. Kwes E's world&nbsp;transitions into a glitchy, hyperreal cacophony of erratic imagery, matching the trippy soundscapes. It's memorably unpredictable.&nbsp;

Kwes E

Jude Swan

Zoe Newton Kisly

Caitlin Ricaud

Rohon Rammya

Mari Esa

Kare Temison

Connor Hall

BimJo

Kwes E 'Crocodile Tears' by Lauzza

kwes e - crocodile tears

Three is definitely the magic number as Oscar #Worldpeace, Ayrtn and Kojey Radical trade verses and magic tricks in Lauzza’s new video for the Ya! Remix.In a similar tone to old after school TV shows like Zzzapp and and Art Attack we see a magician, top hat and tweed blazer in check, invite Oscar #Worldpeace, Ayrtn and Kojey Radical to the stage to indulge in some classic card illusions.[imgtoken data:1]In fun humorous spirits the stakes get raised the more the show goes on building up to a hilarious body in a box payoff involving Oscar.Lauzza’s naturalistic approach and look which effectively relies on the atmosphere of the location for the bouncy heavy bass-ridden track. We see disappearing rabbits, crystal balls and performance-led shots through kaleidoscope lens while switching back and forth between the on stage tricks and audience (Mini-Kingz in attendence) in true magic show Saturday night fashion, with subtle edits reflecting the energy of the track.Be sure to stay until the end for the magic outtakes too.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Billy Kendall

Owen Diplock

Henry Martin

Pastdown Vintage

Conor Hall

Gumskool

Oscar #Worldpeace x Ayrtn x Kojey Radical 'Ya!' (Remix) by Lauzza

Oscar #Worldpeace - YA! Remix ft. ayrtn, Kojey Radical

Experiencing loss and grief are the key elements in Nightmares on Wax new video for the smooth melancholy track Isolated,&nbsp;directed by photographer and filmmaker Ade Coker and fashion designer Tolu Coker.The video takes an intriguing approach to the subject of mental wellbeing and the stresses that come in family life and relationships. The central female character leads us through various episodes, effectively her memories, stemming from the loss of a relationship.[imgtoken data:1]The directors employ various techniques as she navigates these memories, using dance to express her emotions, and then,&nbsp;intercutting to and from infrared photography in the dramatic scenes, to represent internal battles that the characters are dealing with.&nbsp; This is a very distinctive and heartfelt piece of work, with nods to Carrie Mae Weem's kitchen table series, from&nbsp;Ade Coker and Tolu Coker, two exciting new multi-disciplinary artists.

Ade Coker

Jerry Amadi-Pradon

Eno Enefiok

Richard Bellon

Tamia Diaz

Ines Duarte

Leopold Naessens

Sasha Hilton

Georgia Curtis

Idrees Saleem

Abhi Pradhan

Kennedy Dawson

Tolu Coker

Alternative

Soul

Nightmares On Wax ft Pip Millett & Sabrina Mahfouz 'Isolated' by Ade Coker and Tolu Coker

Nightmares On Wax - Isolated (feat. Pip Millett and Sabrina Mahfouz) [Official Video]

What year is it? Are we watching YouTube or Channel U? Take a nostalgic trip with Lauzza and 5EB with the ‘You Kno’ video as we travel back in time to the early Noughties in true Avirex style.MTV Cribs-style fashion goes a long way around the house of 5EB as he raps poolside whilst Lauzza uses faded slow edits and DV-esque camera lighting to put the audience in a certain time.&nbsp;The hilariously dated&nbsp;dissolve edits are a masterstroke in themselves.But this is a video packed with enjoyable&nbsp;period-piece easter eggs, from the cheeky MTV-inspired animated interludes, hand-painted 'Mo Money Mo Problem'&nbsp;backdrops, or rum and whisky-filled reserved club spaces while the DJ spins tunes in the back...It's a&nbsp;really enjoyable homage by Lauzza, done with a lot of love and excellent craft.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Anthony Idahosa

Oniqur Rahman

Jasper Kirkpatrick-Navarre

Tom Redford

TJ Sawyerr

Flatworld Toons

Jelani Miller

Friends Are Always Welcomed.

5EB ‘You Kno’ by Lauzza

5EB - YOU KNO

Jay Green returns with a mind-bending promo for rising underground star Fly Anakin.&nbsp;The hypnotic performance video for Class Clown&nbsp;features swirling cameras, vibrant lights and otherworldly effects, following the artist as he drives around the city with a small crew late at night.&nbsp;The trippy aesthetic perfectly suits the innovative soundscapes in the track, and Anakin's potent delivery ties together the menagerie of conceptual imagery on-screen.&nbsp;Breathtaking&nbsp;work.&nbsp;

Dan Horitz

Jack Smith

Kosta Volkov

Alfie Peter

Vincent Miele

Timur Almazov

Fly Anakin 'Class Clown' by Jay Green 

Directing duo Bedroom - that's Soren Harrison and Amir Hossain (aka 'Blackksocks')&nbsp;- recently directed their first video for Lava La Rue, West London-based alt-pop artist, visual artist and founder member of the NiNE8&nbsp;collective: the brilliantly colourful, cartoonish and subversive video for Vest &amp; Boxers.&nbsp;The video comes over like an amped-up British kids comic, with Lava La Rue (real name Aiwa Laurel D-G, better known as Ava Laurel)&nbsp;as the irrepressibly&nbsp;cheeky star&nbsp;in a more grown-up story than you find in The Beano, involving the older teenage pursuit of finding love and sex, through an&nbsp;acid-twisted spell&nbsp;of speed-dating.&nbsp;[vidtoken data:0]The terrific visual virtuosity on display and their revelation&nbsp;of Lava La Rue as an exciting new artist, is another notable moment&nbsp;in the remarkable progress of Hossein and Harrison. They have been shooting films together since their early teens themselves, and still in their early twenties,&nbsp;have already directed more than 20 official music videos - including many for Beabadoobee -&nbsp;as well as shooting album covers and numerous other projects.As ever, the video was produced through COMPULSORY with Kiran Mandla executive producing, Henry Cisterna producing, with the video shot by DoP Billy Kendall and art directed by Rose Moya.&nbsp;We got in touch with Bedroom, to ask them about how this one happened.[imgtoken data:1]On-set photo: Bedroom<blockquote>We decided to go all the way with influences across Italian Gialo Cinema, Nobuhiko Obayashi, OG Scooby Doo and Metropolis....</blockquote>How did the project start? Did you know anything about Lava La Rue before you heard Vest &amp; Boxers?We were introduced to Ava growing up in West London, and interviewed her for our first book when we were 16. It wasn't until years later that we finally reconnected to create something together.What input did you get from the artist on the idea – either from the brief or in&nbsp;conversations with her?&nbsp;Ava had a full-blown vision behind Vest &amp; Boxers when she came to us with the project, full of sexy speed-dating mania, alter-egos and hints towards a menacing plot twist.The track instantly spurred visions of the spooky, exploitative B-movie cues that we had always wanted to push, and our privilege of full creative control led us right down the rabbit hole.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>Ava had a full-blown vision behind Vest &amp; Boxers when she came to us.</blockquote>What came first – the narrative of Ava’s flashback to her weird date, or just the whole&nbsp;disorientating and cartoonish visual approach?The conception of the music video's style came at a time when the days were at their shortest and it got dark so early. We wanted to create something menacing and mysterious, yet with a mind of its own, and we couldn't predict where it would settle.Our short attention spans combined with our love of classic comic, cartoon exuberance, created the kind of childlike chaos we tried to adopt across the whole piece.There are so many great visual ideas here - including some ‘blink and you miss it’ moments. Was this a typical Bedroom video in the way you came up with elements and graphics around the story (eg the ‘W’ with eyes, the Trellick tower shot, the face in the table, misted-up camera, etc.)?The post-process was where the video found its true potential, having over two months to experiment with after Soren decided during the shoot that he was going to edit it himself.[imgtoken data:3]We realized quickly that we could push the style to somewhere we haven't totally gone in our work before, and decided to go all the way with influences across Italian Gialo Cinema, Nobuhiko Obayashi, OG Scooby Doo and the innovation behind Metropolis (1927). Thanks to Wil Salcedo, who produced the incredible stop-motion, mixed-media animations and titles, we could put our own twist on the brief.The team behind this video are incredible. An all young crew, excited to create within an extremely collaborative, DIY environment. Billy,&nbsp;the cinematographer, is an old friend from making films together back in the day, and shooting our local landscape in a way that we hadn't see before was very satisfying.[imgtoken data:4]Photo: Bedroom<blockquote>We decided to take a step back from our typical neurotic approach.</blockquote>What techniques did you employ for the transitions, to make Lava’s world more fuzzy and surreal? Do you get to ‘pre-viz’ how these are going to work in the finished video?We knew that this was the type&nbsp;of film that would shrink under the pressure of a fine toothcomb, that it's spirit would be suppressed with a magnifying glass held up to every part of the process. So we decided not to storyboard too finely, or create timecode animatics, taking a step back from our typical neurotic approach to let our shoot breath a little.Each person behind the curtain of this film left their imprint on it, from Rose [Moya]'s uncompromised detail across the production design, to Henry [Cisterna]'s endless calmness in the most dire of moments.[imgtoken data:5]What were the biggest challenges you faced on the shoot day?&nbsp;The only challenge we remember was the silent suffering we all experienced whilst being stuck in a confined location with raw fish. We can still smell it, sizzling under those lights.Has this video allowed you to show a different aspect of what Bedroom is about, and what&nbsp;you can do?Vest &amp; Boxers pushes the visual signatures and frenzied fun that we have fallen in love with since we were little, experimenting with concepts that aren't frightened to be themselves - much like the characters and performances within these worlds.[imgtoken data:6]• Bedroom are represented by COMPULSORY for music videos and commercials. See more work <a href="https://compulsory.film/director/bedroom" target="_blank">here</a>.

Bedroom on Lava La Rue's Vest & Boxers: "We wanted to create something menacing and mysterious - with a mind of its own."

Lava La Rue - Vest & Boxers (Official Video)

Lava La Rue 'Vest & Boxers' by Bedroom

Jay Green is back with visuals for&nbsp;old school banger Don't Know About You&nbsp;by B Live, featuring&nbsp;Becky Hill and JME.&nbsp;The promo makes effective use of Green's VFX skills, as the artists perform in swirling futuristic cubes, which bounce, rotate and distort at random.&nbsp;Like a pinball machine on acid, we switch between these setups in a warped, hyperreal fashion, whilst the overall aesthetic leans heavily into early Noughties retro-futurism.&nbsp;The switch-ups in colour palette&nbsp;and frantic camera movements alongside the energetic performances make this one to remember.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Korsshan Schlauer

Emily Sonnett

Chris Hay

Jack Power

Ben Reason

Robbie Smith

Kingsley Giles

Wendy Turner

Thomas Kumeling

CHEAT

Garage

B Live ft Becky Hill & JME 'Don't Know About You' by Jay Green

Beetlejuice meets Scooby Doo with a mix of John Waters, as Bedroom bring trippy fun to singer Lava La Rue's date night in the video for&nbsp;bouncy single Vest &amp; Boxers.Lava is looking for Ms Right and her anxious attempts at finding romance is a brilliantly cartoonish adventure in the hands of the directing duo, from the blood-dripping&nbsp;animated titles to the endlessly colourful and exciting art direction and styling, to the wonderfully saturated and textured cinematography.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Lava herself emerges as a terrific foil for Bedroom's&nbsp;twisted and slightly surreal&nbsp;pop&nbsp;vision, running through a variety of emotions (and outfits) as she seemingly finds her dream girl - and also performing as her inner voice: the girl in the vest and boxers, camouflaged against the stripey backdrop.&nbsp;If they are not already rather wacky, then&nbsp;things get even weirder and surreal: her dining table becomes possessed - and another girl pops up on the scene.&nbsp;This all adds up to a tasty gumbo of a video,&nbsp;complimenting the catchy moody guitar driven track with it’s hard to resist charm and smooth vocals.&nbsp;Really cool.

Dani Castro Garcia

Fabio Olgiati

Lluc Mestre Mas

Niels Halle

Charlie Relph

Rose Moya

Charlotte Moss

Echo Seireeni

Sam Koroma

Beanie Stolper

Eliza Clarke

Lauzza directs an introspective promo for rising star dexter, backdropped by hazy London night scenes.&nbsp;Cruising around town, we see the artist in the backseat of a car, as the environment around her moves in a surreal, fluid way.&nbsp;Using speed-ramped frame rates and abstract cutaways of the bustling city, the video feels fresh and unique, and&nbsp;showcases the new artist's ethereal presence.&nbsp;

Joey Barlow

Rohon Ramahamaha

Flor Hidalgo

Past Down Vintage

Mark Hills

Fidel

dexter 'Paper Cup' by Lauzza 

dexter - Paper Cup

After their collaboration on the video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/26/katy-b-under-my-skin-ash-k-halliburton/72524" target="_blank">Under My Skin</a>, Ash K Halliburton and Katy B join forces once again for&nbsp;new banger Lay Low.Set within an intriguing theatre setting, the performance-driven promo experiments with choreography, lighting patterns and slick, film noir-style art direction.&nbsp;The rich colour palette compliments the theatrical concept, and Katy B's passionate performance exudes a sensual, playful vibe.

Ash K Halliburton

Nicola Sheppard

Natasha Duursma

Freddie Wright

Tom Hobson

Marcus Albertsen

James Duffy

Sam Crook

Dora Miller

Jamie Neale

Brian Conway

Jessica Hunte

Kris Barnes

Katy B 'Lay Low' by Ash K Halliburton

Katy B - Lay Low

Jay Green has followed up his UKMVA-nominated video for&nbsp;Kam-Bu and Knucks with another well-crafted piece in gritty black and white, this time for&nbsp;BXKS and Oscar Worldpeace - exhibiting their mic skills entirely from within a ring-fenced cage-like space.&nbsp;We begin with an omnipresent swirling motion camera and from then on the chaos is unleashed, weaving out of smooth crash zooms and flashing lights while BXKS and Oscarworldpeace perform effortlessly with relentless charm and confidence.Green uses the limitations of the studio setting to his advantage, and plays to his strengths in creating a strong mood and presence through visual style. It's a grimy yet slick world that has both kinetic energy and grittiness in its visuals and landscape. Terrific stuff.

Nick Fore

Peter Ford

Jai Chayne

Celina Bassili

BXKS ft Oscar Worldpeace '3,2,1' by Jay Green

Willow Kayne and Bedroom take some serious attitude to LA, in the dynamic and charismatic&nbsp;video for Opinion.It's&nbsp;the London-based directing duo's first foray into a shooting music video in Los Angeles, and they marshal Willow through a variety of colourful scenes and landmark LA locations, as she plays the bratty punk-princess role for all its worth.[imgtoken data:1]She's a one-girl riot of teenage rebellion, blazing a furious trail through the city - which has&nbsp;been assembled with breathless&nbsp;energy in Rain Keane's propulsive edit.You do not want to mess with Willow. But you do want to find out what she gets up to... &nbsp;

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Tommy Bauer

Lucas O.M.

Daniel Jordan K

Phillip Hoang

Ethan Smith

Ian Paige Knight

Nick Almanza

Brendan Boyle

Tahlia Quintero

Ellier English

Rain Keene

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Michael Lewin

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Willow Kayne 'Opinion' by Bedroom

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COMPULSORY have announced that&nbsp;director Jay Green has joined the roster for Music Video, Commercial and Creative Direction representation.&nbsp;Jay joins COMPULSORY having already directed music videos through the production company, including <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/08/27/kam-bu-ft-knucks-call-me-back-jay-green/72542">Kam-Bu's Call Me Back</a>&nbsp;- which was recently nominated for a UKMVA - and the BXKS x Oscar #Worldpeace track 3,2,1&nbsp;which was released last week.&nbsp;Jay has made a name for himself in the underground scene by working with artists such Ragz Originale, Knucks and the Nine8 Collective, mainly members Lava La Rue and Biig Piig.Head of Music/EP Kiran Mandla and&nbsp;Music Rep Lee Fairweather will be working closely together with Jay to craft his next slate of music videos.Kiran Mandla, head of Music at COMPULSORY comments: “We’re so excited to welcome Jay to the family. He’s proved to be a relentless force in recent videos with a multidisciplinary approach to his work and ability to execute, no matter how tough the challenge. Jay’s craft in post production has elevated his work more so with an eye for detail and perfection. We’ve loved working with him to realise his vision."Jay Green comments: “COMPULSORY embodies so much of what I love in this industry, being able to work with a team who have such a positive and ‘can do’ approach to each project. With the wealth of new talent they represent and their consistency in releasing exciting boundary breaking videos, I’m very happy to be joining them on the next stage of my journey as a director.”

COMPULSORY sign Jay Green for Music Videos, Commercial and Creative Direction.

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