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Dan Gibling

Dan Gibling directs a colourful smoke-filled woodland battle for rock outfit Broken Castles.Depicting a fight between the band and a scourge of white rabbits&nbsp;the video for Dusk Is Forever Dawn is presented as a nightmarish fantasy gone wrong. With the band's frontman Ben Suttey as&nbsp;a fearsome Archangel of Death character,&nbsp;it's&nbsp;a wild and playful trip into the director's imagination."We took inspiration from&nbsp;Apocalypse Now&nbsp;with the multicoloured smoke grenades and the festoon lighting," says Gibling.&nbsp;"We focused heavily on Ben...&nbsp;shooting crossbows, firing muskets and breathing CGI wasps from his mouth to protect the village against the these demonic white rabbits.[imgtoken data:1]"The band's sound is taken heavily from 90's rock and grunge and stoner music. So we shot&nbsp;the entire video in 12fps on uncoated superspeeds, to give an flarey abstract blurriness and grunginess to the whole thing."Gibling adds that the look was greatly helped by being able to use&nbsp;high quality lenses and equipment, over Jubilee weekend, having just used them on&nbsp;a fashion film shoot.&nbsp;"Our DoP said 'we MUST shoot something cool with the lenses!" and so a last minute video came about,' he says. "Good fun in the woods with blood and crossbows and a demented LOUD frontman."

United Kingdom

Chiba Film

James Westlake

Lawrence Wheeler

Rock

Broken Castles 'Dusk Is Forever Dawn' by Dan Gibling

Broken-Castles-'Dusk-Is-Forever-Dawn'-by-Dan-Gibling

Luke Casey &amp; Alex Leese's third video for&nbsp;Beabadoobee&nbsp;is a breezy, hazy performance video for Sunny Day.&nbsp;Exuding late summer&nbsp;vibes and a retro aesthetic, the video sees Bea jump from her floral-inspired bedroom into a fantasy garden just outside, full of stop-motion mushrooms, eccentric flora and a guitar-playing frog.&nbsp;It's a suitably nostalgic visual for a track that sounds like it's been pulled out of 2006 (or even 1996), and Bea radiates a relaxed, understated energy throughout.

Danny Hyland

Charlie Morris

Patricia Villirilo

Alex Leese

Luke Casey

Mel Giles

Connie Meade

Mouthpiece

Claire Stubbs

Ground Work

Jon Moore

Simona Pranulyté

Jake Hunter

Aaron Z. Willson

Tara Sadeghi

Steve Morgan

Eve Carreno

Anastasiya Cherkasyuk

Moe Mukai

Joey Choy

Tim Smith

No. 8 London

Mikko Ruostila

Maurice Andresen

Dirty Hit Ltd

Beabadoobee 'Sunny Day' by Luke Casey & Alex Leese

Beabadoobee-'Sunny-Day'-by-Luke-Casey-&-Alex-Leese

Global disaster looms in Dan Searle's action-packed promo for Architects.In the video for Tear Gas - once again directed by the band's co-founder and drummer -&nbsp;the group play panicked scientists manning planet earth's main control centre, as disaster threatens life as we know it.&nbsp;Intercutting between a playful narrative - where 80s wigs and satire take centre stage - and a slick performance in an enigmatic industrial setting, it's a new look for Architects, and they wear it very well indeed.&nbsp;

Zuzana Skurtys

Luke Temple

Dan Searle

Jamie Whymark

Kode

Phil Penfold

David Wright

Nathan Killham

Alice Hopgood

Tommy McMahon

Benjamin Smith

Chris Cole

Haelwyn Adams

Rob Brandon

Vlad Barin

CHEAT

Jesse Malisa

Metalcore

Architects 'Tear Gas' by Dan Searle

Architects-'Tear-Gas'-by-Dan-Searle

Luke Casey and Alexandra Leese direct a glossy performance promo for&nbsp;Beabadoobee.Stood in the middle of a light-up dancefloor, with a Sunburst Fender slung across her body, we see the artist perform amongst an enthusiastic crowd of friends and fans - and surrounded by a cluster of oversized red-capped mushrooms.&nbsp;The blend of slick, clean&nbsp;art direction and busy&nbsp;composition creates a lively contrast, whilst the fisheye shots and nostalgic camera effects feel like they belong in an ultimate Top Of The Pops performance from the future.&nbsp;

Carmen Young

Heidi H

Alice Clarke

Patricia Villirillo

Melissa Giles

Anastasiya Cherkasyuk 

Pal Berdahl

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

No.8

Dirty Hit

Indie pop

Beabadoobee 'Talk' by Luke Casey & Alex Leese

Beabadoobee--'Talk'-by-Luke-Casey-&-Alexandra-Leese

Luke McDonnell directs an marvellous animated promo for rock legends Deep Purple's cover of an&nbsp;early rock 'n roll track, Rockin' Pneumonia &amp; The Boogie Woogie Flu. It's sick.&nbsp;Following the trials and tribulations of a self-playing Steinway piano, the video follows the piano's path to rockstar fame, fortune and everything else, spanning a multitude of different locations and vignettes, and building to a sensory extravaganza.&nbsp;Purple's cover of the 1950's song&nbsp;is full of bluesy vigour, and McDonnell and his team have captured this energy in every frame of the visual. McDonnell's lovely, characterful&nbsp;illustrations are beautifully animated by Simon Jeffery and his fellow animators, and the breakneck momentum of the narrative continues from first to last. A brilliant job.[imgtoken data:1]"On hearing the piano-led track - originally written by Huey Smith back in 1950 - it's [Purple keyboardist]&nbsp;Don Airey’s performance&nbsp;which made for an obvious focal point for our animation," explains McDonnell. "Rather than watch Huey go on a journey with said Steinway, why not allow the piano to develop into its own character and lead us through the trial and tribulations, highs and lows of stardom?"&nbsp;McDonnell says that his initial inspiration came from the work of&nbsp;director/artist/animator Robert Valley.&nbsp;"I've always found his distorted Aeon Flux-stylised drawings delicious. He leans towards the dark side of storytelling which in turn lends itself to a rock band of this calibre. Married with some humour I think we found the right balance for Rockin’ Pneumonia."McDonnell drew the artwork in Photoshop,&nbsp;with a Cintiq tablet and sent it on to Jeffery. "Simon&nbsp;worked tirelessly to make each image come to life," says McDonnell. "With a tight deadline it was a run and gun production. Unlike anything I’ve created before, the story developed organically while the artwork was produced.&nbsp;"Friday was always a very exciting end to the week as a new ten seconds or so would be tagged onto our ever-growing video. I&nbsp;loved seeing it come to life."

Luke Mcdonnell

Skyfire 76

Matt Clark

Max Vaccaro

Simon Jeffery

Rich Leshone

Deep Purple 'Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu' by Luke McDonnell

Deep Purple "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" - New album "Turning To Crime" out Nov 26

Yes, this really is a music video for rock legends Deep Purple. They're back with a just-released new album called Turning To Crime, and&nbsp;Dan Gibling's video for Oh Well&nbsp;pays homage to cinematic heist films of yesteryear, and a classic video to boot.Interweaving a somewhat tongue-in-cheek narrative with playful performances and glossy cinematography, the concept is charming and a great visual accompaniment to the band's faithful cover version of the&nbsp;Fleetwood Mac blues classic.The masked band cause mild mayhem as they bolt around in a vintage transit van, meeting some familiar faces along the way. This involves chasing down 60s-era Bob Dylan in a fashion inspired by&nbsp;Jonathan Glazer video for&nbsp;Radiohead's Karma Police.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>The swagger and groove of the tune is immense - it screamed cinematic narrative film ideas to me.&nbsp;</blockquote>And while members of the original line-up are revealed -&nbsp;lead by frontman Ian Gillan -&nbsp;the lo-fi visual effects on the mysterious 'Scribble Face' character&nbsp;heighten the mystery, adding another unexpected twist."For a band famous for 'not doing videos',&nbsp;it was a huge honour to have this legendary rock band agree to appear in our music film," says Dan Gibling.&nbsp;"The concept was all written around the theme of their new album&nbsp;Turning to Crime,&nbsp;and as with the album paying homage to all their influences, this narrative concept gave me the chance to pay homage to some of my favourite heist/outlaw/criminal gang films and favourite music videos."The film is littered with easter eggs&nbsp;for the beady eyed, but I hope also works as just a visual ride that compliments this amazing blues rock track. The swagger and groove of the tune is immense - it screamed cinematic narrative film ideas to me, and so this is what it became."With the help of DoP Sam Gott and his team and some beautiful anamorphic lenses - the whole film was shot on a 25mm - we have hopefully created a slice of musical cinema that is worthy of this level of rock royalty. Massive thanks to the label who trusted me and let me run loose with this story. It was simply a pleasure from start to finish."

Carl Mason

Sam Gott

Lewis Thompson

Charlie Ray

Sadie French

Bettina John

Ina Chochol

Ian Gillan

Earmusic

Blues

Hard Rock

Deep Purple 'Oh Well' By Dan Gibling

Deep Purple "Oh Well" - Official Music Video - New album "Turning To Crime" out Nov 26

Legendary music video director WIZ returns with a characteristically dramatic and&nbsp;enigmatic 'musicfilm' for alt-rock duo Sons Of Raphael.The band, comprised of brothers Loral and Ronnel Raphael, deliver a new take on old school psych-rock with their track&nbsp;Revolution, and&nbsp;WIZ puts the pair squarely at the centre of near-operatic psychological mini-melodrama.&nbsp;It begins with a battered and bruised&nbsp;Loral crawling painfully up steps,&nbsp;Ronnel comes to his aid, they make their way through a brutalist urban landscape. WIZ creates a dreamlike, almost absurdist drama from the economical use of the pair in an intriguing&nbsp;location, which appears to exist somewhere between reality and pure theatre.As with his other recent work&nbsp;like his video for Mika's San Remo, DoP Catherine Derry is an excellent interlocutor of WIZ's vision, the cinematography is both intimate and epic.&nbsp;

Rosie Brear

My Accomplice

Richard Grewe

Catherine Derry

Leena Mistry

Tracy Ejuetami

Ieva Petravičiūté

Olivia Norris

Ed Hanbury

Trim Editing

George K

Black Kite Studios

Jack Shillingford

Alexander Wills

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Alternative

Sons Of Raphael 'Revolution' by WIZ

Sons of Raphael | Revolution (Official Video)

D Double E goes head-to-head with a dodgy estate agent (played by Steve Oram) in this very enjoyable video for Fresh N Clean by directing duo Humans.Oram attempts to talk D Double E's mates Denz and Renz into renting a terrible broken-down wreck of a house - but luckily D Double E is around to tell it straight. He is pithy, direct and very funny, with lines like:&nbsp;"If you're house was a car it would get pulled over."&nbsp;It's a brilliant&nbsp;antitode to all the spiel on those 'property porn' TV shows clogging up daytime TV (and Channel 4 most of the time).&nbsp;The concept is a straightforward response to the track but the execution by Thom and Danielle of Humans and their team&nbsp;really elevates it. Great.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Humans

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Natalie Arnett

Stefan Yap

Joshua Dadson

Damon Sewell

Darren Pearson

Theo Boswell

Sian O

#039;donnell

Phoebe Llewellyn

Ed Cheeseman

Final Cut

Colourist - Conor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

Oliver Whitworth

Star.one

Amp; Renz

D Double E, Steve Oram, Denz

In Association With: Mother London

Marriage

Bluku Music

Hip Hop

D Double E 'Fresh N Clean (Silence The Critics)' by Humans

Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield teams up with Jordan Rossi for the stylish Kick It, from her first album in nine years, Roll With Me.&nbsp;The video is formed of several studio-based setups, woven together to create a backdrop for Natasha as she sings about the complexity of relationships we have with ourselves and with others. Stripped back and fun, Bedingfield is completely in her element. She is entirely captivating whether she is in front of a wall or a full set, and it's an inspired choice from Rossi to keep things simple and sharp.&nbsp;The end result speaks for itself. Gorgeous cinematography from&nbsp;Tony C. Miller, evocative styling and several stunning glam looks mean that Kick It&nbsp;marks an excellent way&nbsp;to&nbsp;take back the limelight as a performer - having spent the last few years writing for other artists.&nbsp;She is just as spectacular as ever.&nbsp;

Jordan Rossi

Rob Jelley

Rankin Creative

Beth Montague

Louise Flood

Tony C Miller

Amy Exton

Nazanin Shahnavaz

Brady Lea

Marco Antonio

Samuel Marr

The Quarry

Simona Cristea

Coffee & TV

Carrie Sutton

Natasha Bedingfield 'Kick It' by Jordan Rossi

Natasha Bedingfield - Kick It (Official Video)

Libby Burke Wilde captures Jessie Buckley in this rousingly dramatic performance video, for a song taken from the forthcoming feature film&nbsp;Wild Rose.A fine actress - as she has shown on TV in&nbsp;Taboo&nbsp;and other shows, and in the BAFTA-winning movie&nbsp;Beast&nbsp;- Buckley&nbsp;not surprisingly commands the screen here. But it also demonstrates she has a real voice.It begins with her disconsolately propping up the bar in a sparsely populated Glasgow pub. But when the band kick off the classic country blues-rock of Country Girl, she starts to accompany them, from her barstool. The anger in her delivery drives her&nbsp;towards the stage. And when she gets up to join the band,&nbsp;she&#39;s in seventh Heaven.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Libby Burke Wilde

Sorcha Bacon

Globe Productions

Will Nichols

Rob Witt

Brendan Harvey

Milo Brown

Nathan Matthews

Genevieve Stawski

Cassie Walker

Jody Williams

Jessica Summer

OB Management

Polly Withington

Rob Anderson

Island Records

Ellie Glover

Cat Airey

Meg Thorne

Cut+Run

Blues Rock

Country Blues

Jessie Buckley 'Country Girl' by Libby Burke Wilde 

Jessie-Buckley--'Country-Girl'-by-Libby-Burke-Wilde-

After his entrancing performance for Take Me To Church, ballet prodigy Sergei Polunin is now the protagonist in Hozier&#39;s latest music video for Movement, directed by Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor, aka Us.The dancer faces his inner selves in a self-reflection through&nbsp;dance, responding to each move in perfect time.

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