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BWTV - that's Liam Achaibou and Ryan Vernava - direct a hopeful promo for Liam Gallagher, addressing issues surrounding mental health in males, for the single Too Good For Giving Up.Representing the debilitating nature of depression and the importance of talking out, the video stars&nbsp;David Jonsson, best known for his role in the hit BBC drama&nbsp;Industry. The video opens on him&nbsp;dragging an oversized effigy of himself down the street, struggling under the weight of the huge structure.[imgtoken data:1]As he continues his sullen journey, many ignore him. But then a few onlookers begin to lift up various parts of the structure, allowing Jonsson's character to escape from the weight of the doppelganger.One of those who helps is wearing a Talk Club T-shirt - the men's&nbsp;mental health charity that Gallagher has teamed upwith for this project.&nbsp;And with that weight lifted off his shoulders,&nbsp;Jonsson’s character stands upright, as if for the&nbsp;first time. He wanders into a nearby pub, where&nbsp;he is welcomed into a Talk Club meeting.The video’s eloquent and poignant message&nbsp;was inspired by&nbsp;Vernava and Achaibou losing&nbsp;a friend and collaborator several years ago, which changed the way that they&nbsp;view mental health issues.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;As for Liam Gallagher he has said about the project:&nbsp;"We all know someone affected by suicide which sadly seems to be at an all-time high," Gallagher has said, about the project. "I've lost many people far too early and it’s important to talk. I'm really pleased to be able to help in anyway with this song and will be partnering with Talk Club on this track."&nbsp;All UK revenue that is generated from the track will be donated to <a href="https://talkclub.org/" target="_blank">Talk Club</a> for six months, an initiative that started on October 1st. Gallagher will further support the campaign by taking over Talk Club’s Twitter account to discuss mental health issues from 11am-12pm this Thursday, October 13th.Talk Club co-founders Ben Akers and Gavin Thorpe add:&nbsp;“Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50. And Liam is a hero to many of that generation. So to be collaborating with him on something that raises the awareness of Talk Club, and gets men talking and improving their mental fitness, will save lives.”&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Ruta Staseviciute

Kharmel Cochrane

Liam Achaibou

BWTV

Ryan Vernava

Jack Hartley

Daniel Nickson

Rosie Ford

Carrie Sutton

Zomdic Films

Kirstin Cruickshank

Chris Sarginson

Adrian Peckitt

Ewan Stewart

Mihai Catalin

Danny Usman

Martin Welsby

Lucy Gregory

Beth Gowland

Lucy Matthews

Andi Chu

David Jonsson

Warner

Rock

Liam Gallagher 'Too Good For Giving Up' by BWTV

Liam-Gallagher-'Too-Good-For-Giving-Up'-by-Bwtv,liam-Achaibou-&-Ryan-Vernava

BWTV continue their collaboration with Sir Tom Jones&nbsp;in this colourful new promo for Pop Star.&nbsp;A remake of a track by Cat Stevens, the light-hearted romp is complemented by a saturated selection of repurposed stock footage, featuring excited kids and their musical fantasies.&nbsp;Cleverly cut to appear as if they are lip-syncing to the words, the concept is timeless and universal, and embodies Sir Tom's feel-good attitude.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

James Hackett

Blindeye Films

Tom Jones 'Pop Star' by BWTV

Tom-Jones-'Pop-Star'-by-Bwtv

Tom Jones takes a deep dive into the history of television, with a riveting&nbsp;promo directed by BWTV.&nbsp;Talking Reality Television Blues is Jones' first release in five years, and instead of the customary soulful pop&nbsp;banger, this one is a spoken word piece, backed by a blues-rock track,&nbsp;which explores one of our greatest inventions -&nbsp;and its extraordinary influence upon all our lives.&nbsp;“I was there when TV started -&nbsp;didn’t know I'd become a part of it," says Sir Tom. "But it could be that its power is to remind us how wonderful, crazy and inventive we are, but also how scary the reality it reflects can be."Liam Achaibou and Ryan Vernava - aka BWTV - have taken&nbsp;up the huge challenge of visualizing the scope and message of the song and done an awe-inspiring job. Using a&nbsp;tried-and-tested technique, they encapsulate decades of TV history into a meaningful package that never loses its momentum, or relevance. It's a terrific&nbsp;achievement.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;Utilizing a mass&nbsp;of stock footage, they revisit the abundance of shows that have graced our screens over the decades. It's all there: game shows, dramas, news, and commercials through the decades&nbsp;sit side-by-side, examined under an analytical lens, and serves to both entertain and ask existential questions about our relationship with TV - and how our lives have changed since its introduction all those years ago.The result being, of course, that&nbsp;a reality TV show star ended up in&nbsp;The White House. So it's appropriate that it's&nbsp;featured here on the day he leaves it.

Universal

Spoken Word

Blues

Tom Jones 'Talking Reality Television Blues' by BWTV

Tom-Jones-'Talking-Reality-Television-Blues'-by-Bwtv

Brain Wash go&nbsp;fully&nbsp;analogue in this trippy clip for Jagwar Ma.Using a combination of &quot;live footage, modular video&nbsp;synths&nbsp;and other witchcraft&quot;, Brain Wash create&nbsp;a hazy, multicoloured psychedelic live visual that seems to be actively tearing itself apart. Pixels stray and distort, band members replicate indefinitely and feedback and video interlacing warp the clips beyond recognition, a swirling mess of colour and experimentation that effectively represents the Jagwar Ma live sound in a visual form.

Brain Wash

Jim Warrier

Chloe Page

Jagwar Ma 'Loose Ends' by Brain Wash

Jagwar-Ma-'Loose-Ends'-by-Brain-Wash

Sometimes all you need are a bunch of guys in monk&#39;s habits and hoods wearing LED masks,&nbsp;and some smoke.&nbsp;Directing duo Brain Wash prove as much in their atmospheric and hypnotic video for Shobaleader One - the &#39;live band&#39; side project of Squarepusher.And as Brain Wash&nbsp;reveal below, the cover of Black Sabbath&#39;s Paranoid was definitely an influence. DoP Yiannis Manolopoulos&#39;s cinematography establishes the mood.&nbsp;And those LED masks, programmed by Zak Norman, are very cool indeed.

Jack Lightfoot

Matthew Hopper

Emily Vincent

Yiannis Manolopoulos

Jackie Teboul

Ryan George

Oisín O’Driscoll

The Mill

Lock It In

Rik Green

Warp Records

Prog rock, jazz rock

Shobaleader One 'Iambic 5 Poetry' by Brain Wash

Shobaleader One - Iambic 5 Poetry

Glasgow pop trio Twin Pines are sent on a tongue-in-cheek trip back to the &#39;80s without leaving the studio, in Scott Altman&#39;s video for Young Heart.&nbsp;Filmed in London and Los Angeles, the band performed against green screen, which was then replaced with LA backdrops, and given a lo-fi, VHS-esque&nbsp;finish. Not exacty high-tech, but not a problem when the band are as exuberant as this, and the song this catchy.&nbsp;

Scott Altman

Defunct Films

Yana Rits-cairns

Robert Cairns

Shamirah Sairally

Blake Hawk

Billy Kiltie

The Enigma Corporation

Twin Pines 'Young Heart’ by Scott Altman

Directing duo Brainwash - that&#39;s&nbsp;Ryan Vernava and&nbsp;Liam Achaibou - have created this electrified performance video sequence, where one piece of footage crash-zooms to the next.&nbsp;With oscillating,&nbsp;kaleidoscopic&nbsp;mirror&nbsp;effects, the visual&nbsp;cycles through&nbsp;silhouettes of the band, providing&nbsp;an intensely graphic accompaniment to the pulsating beat of the song.&nbsp;

Thomas Rawsthorn

Davey Gilder

Matt Farrant

Rik Burnell

Harry Gay

Oliver Martin

Dominique Hawkes

Abigail Halliday

Ben Cowan

Jack Gould

Tom Edkins

You Me At Six 'Night People' by Brainwash

You Me At Six - Night People (Official Video)

Scott Altman has directed this richly atmospheric&nbsp;video for Diztortion’s I’ll Be There&nbsp;(Refix) – featuring&nbsp;Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man, alongside British pop singer Melissa Steel – shot over three days in the suburbs of Lisbon, involving&nbsp;a cast of nearly 100 local people.&nbsp;It displays a diverse mix of cultures as they get together&nbsp;for one hell of a street party. &nbsp;

Rita Maia

Vasco Viana

Vasco Saltão

Barbara Isidro

Ira lee

Patz Art Work

Matthew Osborne

Hanan Cher

Polydor

Diztortion ft. Melissa Steel 'I’ll Be There' (Beenie Man Refix) by Scott Altman

Diztortion-''i’ll-Be-There’-(beenie-Man-Refix)-Ft.-Melissa-Steel'-by-Scott-Altman

Ruskin Kyle captures an ad-hoc performance from&nbsp;Glasvegas in his promo for Later...When The TV Turns To Static.Set within a party at a house, Kyle oscillates between the band and the guests, creating a somewhat unique and intimate atmosphere echoing the introspective soundtrack...

Ruskin Kyle

Kode Media

Rob Jelley

Edgar Dubrovskiy

Joe Fitz-gerald

Alex Harman

Faye Purcell

Mar Troughton

Seb Pietrovito

Indie

Glasvegas  'Later...When The TV Turns To Static (Director's Cut)' by Ruskin Kyle 

Glasvegas--'Later...when-The-Tv-Turns-To-Static-(directors-Cut)'-by-Ruskin-Kyle-

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