Director of Photography

Darren Ladbury 

Gregg Houston directs a poignant promo for Remember Summer on the meaning of loss.&nbsp;The video for Out Of Hand is a poetic interpretation of the track's lyrics, and at only one and a half minutes in length, shines brightly and quickly before dissipating suddenly, representing the fragile spark of a relationship.&nbsp;Across several poised setups, we see the dreampop duo with tears in their eyes, holding dried flowers, reflecting on memories that are fading away, captured through intimate closeups and delicate camera movement."To me the video feels like a mourning to your past lives," says Houston.&nbsp;"There have been times I have felt sadness of never being able to go back to a certain moment with certain people. The memory is strong and it feels like I can almost touch it but it is forever resigned to being just put of reach.[imgtoken data:1]"The lyrics from the song are, 'I miss the country roads, where you were born, the house we knew'. I am far from a nostalgic person. I always feel the best days are ahead and still do. However those words really got me and I projected my thoughts on how Angelina and Paddy [of Remember Summer] must feel when looking back on the imagery from their past."The video is a series of portraits, the individuals accompanied by the dried flowers and many old photographs, and filmed in Angelina's living room, where she has spent much of the past two years, as she has been shielding from Covid.&nbsp;<blockquote>To me the video feels like a mourning to your past lives.</blockquote>"Over the last two years I have had countless conversations through the window with her," reveals Houston. "So shooting a video in that space I'd looked into so much felt like a triumph in itself. This project was all about the favours and generosity from folk who are too good to me."It had been too long since I had worked with Darren Ladbury and by coincidence he had got in touch about wanting a purely creative project, regardless of budget. He was in. My friend who has started a dry flowers business had recently told me how her house had become overwhelmed, and so I offered her slight relief by taking a sixth of what is usually in her living room away for the day."I really want to thank Oliver Whitworth at ETC for fitting us in last moment to working with generously bearded Connor Coolbear, and to Jed Darlington Roberts for sorting me out with some smoke grenades which I was shaking with fear about using for some reason."

United Kingdom

Gregg Houston

Babysweet

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre

Oliver Whitworth

Alternative

Remember Summer 'Out Of Hand' by Gregg Houston

Remember-Summer-'Out-Of-Hand'-by-Gregg-Houston

Former Bond girl Susie Vanner is captured in a stunning one-shot video by&nbsp;Gregg Houston, performing Cry Me A River from her debut album release.&nbsp;Bathed in golden light, Vanner soaks up the electric energy of the performance, confidently showcasing her musical chops.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Darren Ladbury and team do a great&nbsp;job with the blocking and camera movement, allowing the concept to unfold organically throughout the four-minute runtime.&nbsp;

Oliver Munks

Carl Ward-reid

Leopold Naessens

Jenny Ray

Chris Bell

Creep Post

Catia Abreu

Richard Engler

classic

Singer songwriter

Susie Vanner 'Cry Me A River' (Live) by Gregg Houston

Susie-Vanner-'Cry-Me-A-River-(live)'-by-Gregg-Houston

Gregg Houston and James Smith return with a third live collaboration, this time for an acoustic version of the wistful track Say You'll Stay.&nbsp;

Luke Pradi

Charlie Cowper

Acoustic

James Smith 'Say You'll Stay' (Live) by Gregg Houston

James-Smith-'Say-You&#039;ll-Stay-Acoustic'-by-Gregg-Houston

Gregg Houston captures Kawala on 16mm for the sombre live video for&nbsp;Heavy In The Morning.&nbsp;Set in a contained and intimate recording space, the visual is both haunting and nostalgic&nbsp;with an overarching&nbsp;otherworldy vibe.&nbsp;

Joshua Bourke

Bulman Arshehit

Indie pop

Kawala 'Heavy In The Morning' by Gregg Houston

Kawala-'Heavy-In-The-Morning'-by-Gregg-Houston

James Smith performs a heartfelt acoustic version of Rely On Me, directed by Gregg Houston.&nbsp;Set in an&nbsp;isolated brick room with only Smith and the pianist, the&nbsp;visual is intimate and engaging whilst highlighting the considerable talent of both performers. Shot in one take, the focus is solely on the music, and it's executed perfectly.&nbsp;

Aristide Russo

John Hayward

Adele Sanderson

James Smith 'Rely On Me' (Live) by Gregg Houston

James-Smith-'Rely-On-Me-(acoustic)'-by-Gregg-Houston

Sashinski directs Jasmine Thompson in&nbsp;an intimate dance performance that takes place within a spectacular space, for her returning single Loyal.The Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent provides a stunning and suitably moody backdrop for a song with a subtle jazzy feel, and choreography by Darecy Wallace that explores its themes, from loyalty to freedom.

SASHINSKI

Harriet Towler

FAMILIA

Toby Walsham

Ryan Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Tom Nowell

Kendal Mae Boyle

Paul Donovan

Robyn Rowan

Amanda Jenkins

TenThree

Joseph Bicknell

CHEAT

Melissa Trindade

Josh Brooks

James Weller

OB Management

Nicola Sheppard

Wes Teshome

Atlantic Records

Singer-songwriter

Jasmine Thompson 'Loyal' by Sashinski

Brothers Loral and Ronnel Raphael &ndash; aka Sons of Raphael &ndash; deliver a fully-fledged modern epic in the shape of new single A&nbsp;Nation of Bloodsuckers.&nbsp;The video, directed by Loral with cinematography by&nbsp;Manuel Alberto&nbsp;Claro&nbsp;(Melancholia, Nymphomaniac), invites us to inhabit multiple-overwhelming&nbsp;realities.&ldquo;Here is a refusal to see violence and tenderness as binary,&nbsp;but painfully and tightly interwoven - just like the God we worship who could be both&nbsp;a warrior as well as a&nbsp;nurturing mother,&quot; explain the brothers Raphael.&nbsp;&quot;Exploring the paradox of human faith, Sons of Raphael give us an unusual invitation&nbsp;to break out of false self-hood, with a yearning for authenticity.&quot;

Loral Raphael

Joel Spencer

LEZ Creative

Mary Calderwood

Andrew Potter

Manuel Alberto Claro

Malte Huebner

Yan Murawaski

Matt King

Natsumi Ebiko

Anete Salinieka

Sam Allen

Speade

Jack McGinity

Time Based Arts

Markus Lundqvist

Because Music

Sons Of Raphael 'A Nation Of Bloodsuckers' by Loral Raphael 

Sons of Raphael | A Nation of Bloodsuckers

Samuel Taylor gets together with The Marshall Darlings to capture The Magic Gang at band practice for Getting Along -&nbsp;the first single from their&nbsp;upcoming album - interrupted by graphic cutaways&nbsp;to match the track&#39;s&nbsp;jagged, punchy rhythm.While the performance is intimate yet powerful, and emphasises their catchy songwriting, the&nbsp;cutaways represent&nbsp;the frustration in the lyrics -&nbsp;rendered on 16mm by DoP&nbsp;Oliver Ford.

Samuel Taylor

Jack Hobbs

Henry Napier-Brown

Chris Malin

Oliver Ford

Sam Riley

Salvador Gomez-Lopez

Elena Horn

Sam Conway

Natalia Rogalska

Jack Kendall

Toby Tomkins

Warner Music

The Marshall Darlings

Mayling Wong

The Magic Gang 'Getting Along' by Samuel Taylor & The Marshall Darlings

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In this sweet and uplifting look at escapism, Danny Chan tells the story of a homeless man trying to find direction, purpose and self confidence.&nbsp;After happening upon a discarded super hero costume, he opts to escape into that character for a few hours. Not only does this change how he sees the world, but it changes how the world sees him. The homeless, sadly, in our society can all too easily become invisible, but there&#39;s little more visible than a super hero, is there? A universal tale about yearning to escape and gain some perspective, even if only for a short while.

Danny Chan

Hannah Bilverstone

Sasha Nathwani

Bradley Stearn

Aimee Meek

Natalie Wilkins

Alice Howlett

Mark McPadden

Emanuele Crivellari

Dan Moran

Coffee and TV

Marisa Garner Associates

Dan Harris

Relentless

Indie, singer-songwriter

Tom Walker 'Fly Away With Me' by Danny Chan

Tom Walker - Fly Away With Me (Official Video)

Joe Connor&#39;s&nbsp;fitting&nbsp;pick-me-up&nbsp;for&nbsp;Clean Cut Kid&nbsp;follows a&nbsp;young guy working as a house cleaner,&nbsp;enjoying&nbsp;the energising&nbsp;indie tune Pick Me Up on his Walkman&nbsp;to pass the time as he cleans his palatial&nbsp;surroundings.And when the jam gets all-consuming, the Liverpudlian band materialise into the spaces&nbsp;he&#39;s cleaning and dancing in.&nbsp;Domestic chores are never a bore with a rocking track in your head!&nbsp;And the final shot is perfect...

Joe Connor

Peter Lee Scott

Jeremy Goold

Dan Gibling

Annika Summerson

Michael Hannides

Salvador Gomes-lopez

Clementine Keith-Roach

Neesha Sharma

Jo Jo Copeman

Charlie Moreton

Work Editorial

Matthieu Toullet

Ellora Chowdhury

James Somogyi

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Hanan Cher

Polydor Records

Indie Rock

Clean Cut Kid 'Pick Me Up' by Joe Connor

Clean-Cut-Kid-'Pick-Me-Up'-by-Joe-Connor

Directing duo Brian and Karl have paired up with English folk rock trio&nbsp;The Staves for these lovely, troubling visuals for Steady.&nbsp;Shot on 16mm film, the ambiguous&nbsp;clip sees the three sisters in a state of anxiety and fear, looking at themselves into&nbsp;scenes of their own death. On their Facebook page,&nbsp;The Staves - who seem to enjoy a dark sense of humour&nbsp;-&nbsp;summarise the video with the phrase,&nbsp;&quot;Jess face down in a swimming pool, Camilla struggling to turn off an alarm clock and Emily pretending she&#39;s in The Godfather.&quot;&nbsp;

Brian and Karl

Hannah Shipley

Kadri Mahmoud

Chris Toumazou

COMPULSORY

Toby Sherborne

Benjamin Barber

James Leckey

Antonis Tsiakos

Dean Zinmarakis

Matt Perry

Juno Calypso

AJ O'Neill

Sophie Medhurst

Hope Van Joel

Laura Mellor

Oisín O' Driscoll

The Mill

Dan Curwin

Folk Rock

The Staves 'Steady' by Brian and Karl

THE STAVES // Steady

Alex Southam&#39;s engrossing video for Mumford &amp; Sons&#39; Ditmas follows a native Cossack breaking a horse set against the gorgeous&nbsp;rural landscape.Shot on location in the Ukraine, it&#39;s&nbsp;the first half&nbsp;of a two-part story &ndash;&nbsp;the second half will be released soon &ndash;&nbsp;and as Southam explains below their horse-breaker, Evgeniy Krutov, was most certainly the real deal.

Alex Southam

Mark Gibbons

Radioaktive Film

Jess Bell (uk) Darko Skulsky (kiev)

Olenka Avrahova (kiev)

Simon Ashen

Chris Clarke

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Ralph Messer (uk)

Howard Davidson (uk)

Guy Thompson

Valik Bren (kiev)

Anya Lisevich (kiev)

Chris Roebuck

Cut+Run

Joe Jamieson

Houmam Abdallah

Electric Theatre Collective

Evgeniy Krutov

Mike Mooney

Mark Morley

Freya Cardiff

Ole Yakoleva

Rock

Mumford & Sons 'Ditmas' by Alex Southam

Mumford-&-Sons-'Ditmas'-by-Alex-Southam

Rudimental&#39;s usual combination of rhapsodic visuals paired with&nbsp;high-energy&nbsp;drum and bass are&nbsp;paired way down in this video for Rumour Mill by directing collective&nbsp;I Owe Youth. Shot in a classy, polished black and while (nicely photographed by Daniel Morgan)&nbsp;it features Anne Marie and Will Heard jamming in their convertible in a car park.I Owe Youth say that they wanted &quot;to give the viewer the impression we are witnessing a private moment between two friends,&rdquo; and its&nbsp;a cool, highly cinematic scenario, with styling and car subtly referencing&nbsp;the 90s pirate scene,&nbsp;in what turns out to be a joy-filled performance video.&nbsp;

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