Director of Photography

Dustin Lane

Young Replicant rounds off his visual trilogy for Sam Dew, with the intriguing promo for DJ.This is the third video for Dew by Alex Takacs aka Young Replicant, in a series for the singer's debut album Moonlit Fools, which&nbsp;follows a network of mysterious workers, unseen by anyone, who deliver bubblegum card-like messages in the middle of the night. These then act as catalysts for emotion, stirring up heartache or desire in the recipients.The delightful first video for NTWFL sets the scene for this enigmatic scenario.[vidtoken data:0]&nbsp;Then in Gone, we begin to see the same action from a different perspective, adding characters and deepening the mystery in a classic noir style.[vidtoken data:1]The video for DJ brings Sam Dew more to the forefront in a performance setting without compromising the overall dreamlike quality. A woman is drawn by the card of Dew to a screen in a carpark where she finds him and is then transported to a deserted beach, where another&nbsp;screen blots out the night sky.Posing abstract questions about our purpose on Earth in the age of technology, and what might be stopping us from becoming our best selves, the video is painted with a melancholic aesthetic, mixing intimate, slice-of-life vignettes with jarring reminders of technological influence, in the form of these omnipresent screens and displays.&nbsp;Young Replicant has long been able to establishing a visual universe and internal logic to his work that is entirely unique, and he has refined that further in this trilogy. It's a lovely thing - while also being a terrific&nbsp;showcase for Sam Dew's talent as a vocalist.

United States

Young Replicant

Jordan Harkins

Wolf Fleetwood Ross

Pulse Films

Holly Harding

Rik Green

Steve C. Wood

Erick Aguilar

Leigh Stiepel

Brice Bradley

Melanie Cyze 

Mike Howell

Color Collective

Mad Ruffian

Doug Klinger

Danna Takako

Sam Dew 'DJ' by Young Replicant

Sam Dew - NTWFL (Official Video)

Sam Dew - GONE (Official Video) ft. KIRBY

Sam-Dew-'Dj'-by-Young-Replicant

A futile struggle between twin brothers unravels in the shell of an old church, in Daniel Henry's poignant promo for Julien Baker.&nbsp;Sharing stories of various characters, all trying to hold on to a reality they once knew, the sentimental concept studies connection and yearning across different life experiences.&nbsp;Dustin Lane's cinematography experiments with desaturated colour palettes and long, drawn-out takes to allow the narrative to play out.&nbsp;The performances are also noteworthy, with each actor embodying complex emotions with their own quirks and subtle strokes of genius.&nbsp;

Daniel Henry

Nicole Prokes

Blond Production

Ryan Kendrick

Matador Records

Drew Weaver

Alternative Rock

Indie Folk

Julien Baker 'Faith Healer' by Daniel Henry

Julien-Baker-'Faith-Healer'-by-Daniel-Henry

Identical twins choose similar paths towards oblivion, in this Shakespearean family drama for British DJ-producer duo&nbsp;Camelphat.After saying goodbye to one another at a funeral, the brothers look for adoration in different places: one becomes a rockstar, the other becomes the leader of a cult. Through their search for control, they both spiral into self-destruction. They meet twice again. The first time, at the top of their game, they argue. But the second time, they meet under much graver&nbsp;circumstances.&nbsp;Charley Palmer Roe - who you may recognise as the spooky supporting character in absolutely everything - gives an alarming performance as both twins. The similarities between their separate lives are impressively realised with analogous compositions and match-cutting. The visual conceit drives the narrative, and there is exceptional work here by DoP Dustin Lane - shooting monochrome, as he did to award-winning effect for&nbsp;Alt-J’s Mexican epic <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/04/18/alt-j-3ww-young-replicant/47388">3WW</a>&nbsp;- and the director's regular editing collaborator Sam Bould.&nbsp;The Sacred Egg are still fairly fresh from their roles as second unit directors for Bohemian Rhapsody, and you can draw certain parallels between the Mercury biopic and this more insidious story. The duo are savvy enough to show us only a glimpse of this world before the video ends, leaving you curious. Who was the father of these men? Why were they drawn to take these paths and do the things they did?

United Kingdom

The Sacred Egg

Jess Bell

Riff Raff Films

Natalie Arnett

Brett Hodgkinson

Mike Berg

Sophie Fraser

Sam Bould

Cut+Run

Duncan Russell

Ryan Hancocks

Charlie Palmer-rothwell

Kat Cattaneo

Dan Millar

Sony Music

Orange Films

Richard Moerdyk

Dance

CamelPhat ft Jake Bugg 'Be Someone' by The Sacred Egg

West Midlands girl Mahalia decamps to Los Angeles for her latest video, teaming up with Andrew Litten (who's last outings was a smashing New Orleans-set video for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/04/06/youngboy-never-broke-again-diamond-teeth-samurai-andrew-litten" target="_blank">Youngboy Never Broke Again</a>) and giving a classic video trope a modern spin.Just like Spike Jonze's video for The Pharcyde's Drop and &nbsp;Jamie Thraves's for Coldplay's The Scientist we're in backwards-singing territory...

Andrew Litten

Rebecca Stone

Voyager Creative

Andrew Hutcheson

John Klymshyn

James Teninty

Kieth Hudson

Sarah Toshiko-west

Kristine Urzua

Nicola Hamilton

Chris Amos

Final Cut

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Electric Theatre Collective

Nicola Sheppard

Atlantic Records

Mahalia 'I Wish I Missed My Ex' by Andrew Litten

Mahalia-'I-Wish-I-Missed-My-Ex'-by-Andrew-Litten

A boy and a girl embark on a classic pre-romance rite of passage - the mock-serious chase - in and around the&nbsp;unmistakeable streets and buildings of Havana, in Brett Simon&#39;s&nbsp;video for Snow Patrol&#39;s Empress.Beautifully shot by Dustin Lane, winner of Best Cinematography at last year&#39;s UKMVAs, the action and chemistry between the young actors is captured with the fresh yet classic style of the French Nouvelle Vague. It&#39;s a superb&nbsp;accompaniment to a properly rousing Snow Patrol song - the second single from the band&#39;s new album Wildness is their best in ages.Brett Simon has created imagery for the whole album, to be unveiled when it&nbsp;comes out later this month. The Empress video seriously whets the appetite for that.

Brett Simon

Matthew Clyde

Iron Age Pictures

Luis Lago

Ian McLaughlin

The Outpost

Ben McFarlane

Carrie Sutton

Polydor

Shootcuba

Rock

Snow Patrol 'Empress' by Brett Simon

Snow-Patrol-'Empress'-by-Brett-Simon

Young Replicant&#39;s video for Alt-J is a beautiful death march frozen in time.The six-minute black &amp; white clip is a moody, poetic journey into the afterlife. Time around the grief-stricken in this small Mexican community slows almost to a standstill as they mourn the loss of a young woman - who is seen alive with her grandmother in the first moments of the piece.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then a&nbsp;journey across a desert comes with unforeseen hardships - and we as an audience experience these moments of struggle as if they last forever thanks to some excellent post production work. A perfect, morbid, visually arresting resurrection story &ndash;&nbsp;released, approrpriately,&nbsp;at&nbsp;Easter.

Sarah Park

Andrew Law

Infectious Music

Alternative

Alt-J '3WW' by Young Replicant

alt-J - 3WW (Official Video)

Linkin Park&#39;s Chester Bennington &amp; Kiiara face opposing sides of themselves in Tim Mattia&#39;s video for Heavy.The desaturated clip centres on an addiction support group which both singers are attending, but we also witness them facing their inner demons and personal struggles in a much more literal sense. Chester and Kiiara&nbsp;spend the video arguing with and running away from themselves, each having a second physical presence in the room (thanks in no small part to body doubles and clever framing).The short clip is a gloomy portrayal of a part of recovery that&#39;s usually unseen and it&#39;s only through mutual support that they start to overcome themselves.

Tim Mattia

Angela Gregory

Yella Inc.

Brandon Bonfiglio

Matt Smith

Ben Steen

Bianca Garcia

Cole Pisano

Sallie Falls

Billy Walsh

Bryn Carter

Tobi Almudarris

Joseph Michael

Deney

Telly Morente

Jen Kennedy

Tommy Labuda

Devin Sarno

Warner Bros. Records

Linkin Park 'Heavy' by Tim Mattia

Linkin-Park-'Heavy'-by-Tim-Mattia

David M. Helman collaborates again with James Vincent McMorrow on this moody, subtle character study.Shot in black and white with a 4:3 aspect ratio &ndash; excellent work by DoP Dustin Lane &ndash;&nbsp;the clip takes a dark turn early on when the protagonist takes a huge fall whilst skating. From there onwards the video studies the young inner-city friend group whilst this brooding pain (both physical and metaphorical) hangs overhead. Subtle low rumbling murmurs of sound design enhance the darker moments of this clip.

David M. Helman

Kevin Staake

Ryen Bartlett

Partizan

Laura Jones

Nick Rondeau

Arcade

Jason Wallis

Pomp &amp; Clout

James Vincent McMorrow 'Get Low' by David M. Helman 

A lazy afternoon hangout becomes gradually more oppressive as more and more men show up to ruin things in Riley Blakeway&#39;s musing&nbsp;on social norms for LA trio Cherry Glazerr.Just about everything in the world can be ruined by the addition of too many men, and a lazy afternoon band practice is no exception. The band tries and tries to play through their song, but the constantly multiplying number of uniformly dressed men makes things increasingly more uncomfortable.

Riley Blakeway

Molly Ortiz

Lindsey Ramey

Marlee Schneider

Mike Hart

Michael Goff

Ashley Otis

Lilit Grigoryan

Justin Brooks

Santiago Padilla Incendio

General Population

Cherry Glazerr 'Told You I'd Be With The Guys' by Riley Blakeway

Cherry Glazerr - Told You I'd Be With The Guys (Official Video)

Abra dances through her emotional turmoil in the desert under the direction of Zaiba Jabbar.It&#39;s a delicate and hypnotic meditation on vulnerability as Abra dances through scenes of dried-out urban decay in a gorgeous swirl of natural and coloured light. A bold, yet subtle statement on being emotionally exposed and embracing it.

Zaiba Jabbar

Nathan Scherrer

Jeff Kopchia

Christine Lai

Syd Szramowsk

Sean Fazende

Mike Spagnoli

Derek Hanson

freenjoy

Abra 'Crybaby' by Zaiba Jabbar

ABRA - CRYBABY (Official Music Video)

Tim Mattia&#39;s deftly-constructed drama with Halsey as a Polaroid-wielding schoolgirl double-dating with her mother with the most eligible son/father partnership in town, always threatens to spring a surprise. But when it happens, it still feels provocative.

Andrew Lerios

London Alley

Luga Podesta

Aubrey Woodiwiss

OB Management

Danny Lockwood

Capitol Records

Halsey 'Colors' by Tim Mattia

Halsey-'Colors'-by-Tim-Mattia

Shot in his home town of&nbsp;Long Beach, California, David M. Helman&#39;s video for&nbsp;Vince Staples&#39; Lift Me Up,&nbsp;from his debut album Summertime 06,&nbsp;captures the&nbsp;sense of tension and instability of the track with shots of the city taken at odd&nbsp;angles showing&nbsp;the rapper&#39;s inability to reach&nbsp;solid ground.When Staples&#39; body&nbsp;isn&#39;t seen tilting this way and that, it&#39;s floored on the ground as&nbsp;the world spins&nbsp;wildly around him. It&#39;s effective stuff,&nbsp;subjecting the viewer to the artist&#39;s&nbsp;own dizzying&nbsp;disorientation as he directly asks&nbsp;the viewer to&nbsp;be lifted up and out of it.&nbsp;

Arcade Edit

Greg Reese

The Mill

Ruffian Post

Amanda Jones

Chris Watson-wood

Def Jam

Hip-Hop

Vince Staples 'Lift Me Up' by David M. Helman

Vince-Staples-'Lift-Me-Up'-by-David-M.-Helman

Years &amp; Years - who recently topped BBC Radio 1&#39;s Sound Of 2015 poll - release their new single King, ahead of their hugely anticipated debut album later this year.Filmed in a hazy LA suburb, the London trio teamed up with director Nadia Marquard Otzen and choreographer Ryan Heffington&nbsp;for the intimate promo which sees charismatic frontman Olly Alexander has his&nbsp;personal space very much invaded by white-clad dancers...

Nadia Marquard Otzen

Academy Films

Morgan Clement

Liz Kessler

Ana De Diego

Christian Zollenkopf

Ryan Heffington

James Drew

Andrew Stewart

Richie White

Houmam Abdallah

David Stevens

The Assembly Rooms

Emily Tedrake

Coline Bach

Years & Years 'King' by Nadia Marquard Otzen

Nashville-based director&nbsp;Daniel Henry captures Purpl Monk &amp; Pradda on a chilled out summer day through vibrant southern US landscapes - on an afternoon of plenty of drinking and smoking and performing their track&nbsp;Hiii Rollers - with great photogreaphy by DoP Dustin Lane.

Cade Snyder

Planet Sun Productions

Jimmy Cadenas

Filmworkers

Purpl Monk Feat. Pradda 'Hiii Rollers' by Daniel Henry

Purpl-Monk-Feat.-Pradda-'Hiii-Rollers'-by-Daniel-Henry

A marvellous video for guitar virtuoso William Tyler&#39;s A Portrait Of Sarah by editor-turned-director Michael Carter, and photographed by Dustin Lane.It&#39;s a&nbsp;homage to Monte Hellman&#39;s cult 1971 movie&nbsp;Two Lane Blacktop &ndash;&nbsp;evocative of that&nbsp;brief&nbsp;period back when Hollywood made&nbsp;experimental movies &ndash; and comes off the back of Michael and Dustin&#39;s work on <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/07/09/jamie-lidell-big-love-michael-carter" target="_blank">the latest Jamie Lidell video</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Somehow they&#39;ve made everything look like its the early 70s, including a drag-racing event. And&nbsp;amid the downplayed&nbsp;loosely connected dramatic&nbsp;scenes, William plays amazing guitar on an old TV, on&nbsp;the Earl Grey Drizzle Test...&nbsp;&nbsp;

William Tyler 'A Portrait Of Sarah' by Michael Carter

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