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Electric Light Studios

Andy Morgan directs an emotionally affecting promo for Billie Flynn's Forever Goodbye.&nbsp;The track explores love, loss and not being able to see someone again, and Morgan captures this emotion through a strong conceptual device.&nbsp;Presenting eleven takes of the same movements - Flynn walking, sitting on a bench and being touched on the shoulder by an old man's hand - the video has a repetitive, cyclical feel, yet the degradation in the aesthetic and the slightly off-beat moments build to a heartbreaking climax.&nbsp;Clever in its simplicity and execution, the video is further elevated by the stunning natural landscapes of the New Forest.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>I set the video in the ‘60s,&nbsp;inspired by Hitchcock's screentests for Tippi Hedren.</blockquote>"Forever Goodbye&nbsp;is a beautiful song, honest and affecting, with extremely personal lyrics, and in transcribing the song’s intimate story visually, I felt a simple and more abstract idea was the best approach," says Morgan. "I wanted the whole video to be like watching the rushes for the multiple takes of a single scene in a movie."I set the video in the ‘60s after being inspired by Hitchcock's screentests for Tippi Hedren. It also made sense to make this a period piece as viewing processed dailies is not really something that happens anymore."Each shot has an identical action, following the song chronologically. I timed eleven&nbsp;takes, each with a slightly different consideration for things such as when Billie should sit and when the meeting takes place which guides the cut. I chose to have each take become increasingly more grainy and degraded, representing the unfortunate fading of memories over time."That is until the final take, when no meeting takes place. Here I wanted to show Billie’s strength as she walks away from this moment, ready to face her future."

United Kingdom

Andy Morgan

Riyadh Haque

Matt Gillan

Naomi Hancock

Hannah Daisy Braid

Billie Flynn 'Forever Goodbye' by Andy Morgan

Billie-Flynn-'Forever-Goodbye'-by-Andy-Morgan

Andy Morgan directs a visually stylish live performance by Griff of her song One Night, created in a Gregory Crewdson-like version of suburbia."With this live session, Griff wanted to pay homage to the work of Gregory Crewdson with theatrical lighting in a real space," says Morgan. "Something I wanted to do was have a reason to introduce this otherworldly light, because not many live sessions offer an opportunity to have any kind of narrative."A buzzing sound from above causes Griff to investigate, then once the spotlight is introduced it follows her every move, enticing her to perform. The hardest part was actually getting the spotlight in place as we had an enormous crane that boomed out over the bungalow. We had the luxury of an incredibly quiet night, as well as very accommodating neighbours, meaning Griff could actually record live on location."She absolutely nailed the vocal, with her performance heightened by how dreamlike the setting was. Once she’s finished with her performance, once again the buzzing sound builds in intensity. Then just as this sound reaches a crescendo, we immediately cut to black."

Richard Dunton

Andreea Gruioniu

Noah Furrer

Lily Burdis

Lottie Llewellyn

Griff 'One Night' (Live) by Andy Morgan

Griff-'One-Night-(acoustic)'-by-Andy-Morgan

Gavin James takes to the rollerskating rink, and revives some of iconic movie moments of the Eighties, in Andy Morgan's entertaining video for Greatest Hits.James and Morgan have fun with a tongue-in-cheek approach to a sad love song, with his doomed rollerskating romance dotted with references to classic movies - Footloose, Back To The Future, Say Anything, to name a few&nbsp;-&nbsp;to James pulling off some unlikely moves in the rollerdisco with&nbsp;champ&nbsp;skater Tinuke O'Yediran,&nbsp;thanks to champ skater stand-in&nbsp;Zachary Martin.And there's a nice bloopers reel during the credit sequence at the end showing how much fun they had making it.[imgtoken data:1]"Gavin's brief was he wanted to skate his feelings, Footloose-style, in a roller rink, with the idea to put in lots of 80s references. Being a big fan of that era I figured if we’re going 80s then let's not hold back!&nbsp;"I wanted to hinge the idea on a narrative which lead me to the opening which is a combination of&nbsp;The Goonies’&nbsp;doubloon scene and&nbsp;Back To The Future. The rest of the video was seeing how many 80’s references we could fit into a single shooting day."It seemed like everyone on this shoot was a professional level skater, whereas Gavin had only been learning for just over a month! Our female lead Tinuke O'Yediran is a double Guinness world record holder for skating, Gavin’s double, Zachary Martin, is an award-winning member of Team GB, and Chris Dumount camera operated on skates which gave us some amazing dynamic moves."It was a hard shoot, but Gavin’s neverending enthusiasm and hilarious ideas for improv, as well as an immense effort from the entire crew held everything together."

Mike Downs

Franklin Dow

Juan Minotta

Aida García Vega

Nigel Greene

Bekki Mitchell

Mattieu Tullet

Katia Kush

Tinuke O'yediran

Stella Foster

Gold Soldier Records

Altaira Morris

Joanna Coleman

Gavin James 'Greatest Hits' by Andy Morgan

Gavin-James-'Greatest-Hits'-by-Andy-Morgan

Dan Massie steps out of his customary field of live performance and into high-end VFX for Clean Bandit's collab with Croatian/German DJ Topic and UK R&amp;B singer Wes Nelson.The video for the energetic dance-pop track Drive features Nelson as a happy lorry driver, performing from the cab of his big truck through country and city - and then beyond, into outer space.Intercut with performances by Clean Bandit with dancers in a virtual space, the video employs state-of-the-art back projection technology, as well as dazzling use of lazers and CGI - plus a real 18 tonne truck - to create an effervescent visual for the feelgood track.&nbsp;

Dan Massie

Clean Bandit & Topic ft Wes Nelson 'Drive' by Dan Massie

Clean-Bandit-'Clean-Bandit-&-Topic---Drive-(feat.-Wes-Nelson)-[official-Video]'-by-Dan-Massie

Dan Massie directs a moving performance promo for Ed Sheeran's Visiting Hours.&nbsp;Shot in a spectacular church location, the visual is similar in execution to the other videos that Massie has produced in this series, but is elevated in its own way, through ethereal, drifting camerawork.&nbsp;Sheeran's performance is top-notch - of course - but also incredibly expressive and emotive, cutting through his happy-go-lucky exterior to drill right into the core of the subject matter.&nbsp;

Justin McGillivray

Chris Randak

Alex Gibbon 

Ed Sheeran 'Visiting Hours' (Official Performance Video) by Dan Massie

Ed-Sheeran-'Ed-Sheeran---Visiting-Hours-[official-Performance-Video]'-by-Dan-Massie

Dan Massie directs an uptempo live performance promo for Ed Sheeran.Filmed in the Session Arts Club -&nbsp;a brand new venue in London -&nbsp;the video features Ed jamming with friends, performing an acoustic version of his hit song Bad Habits.&nbsp;The rich decor and earthy colour palette&nbsp;matches the organic feel of the stripped-back track, and showcases both Ed and the ethereal location in a great light.

Bud Gallimore

Charlie Hippisley

Acoustic

Singer-songwriter

Ed Sheeran 'Bad Habits (Official Performance Video)' by Dan Massie

Ed-Sheeran-'Ed-Sheeran---Bad-Habits-[official-Performance-Video]'-by-Dan-Massie

Dan Massie directs a brooding&nbsp;promo for Ed's current hit Bad Habits.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shot in one take in a grungy, austere room, Ed performs an acoustic version of the track, as the camera carefully unravels around him.&nbsp;The use of minimal art direction and cracked, boarded up windows, creates an enigmatic vibe, raising questions that linger unanswered in the background of the concept. The balance between the sunlight burning through the windows and barely flickering practical lights also reflect the contrast of the lyrical themes.&nbsp;

Ed Sheeran 'Bad Habits [Official Acoustic Video]' by Dan Massie

Ed-Sheeran-'Ed-Sheeran-–-Bad-Habits-[official-Acoustic-Video]'-by-Dan-Massie

For the acoustic version of Clean Bandit and Mabel's collaboration, Dan Massie goes for a combination of futuristic and retro.It's set in a stylised art gallery meets retro TV sets - shot full frame on super-sharp lenses and super-soft filters - and Massie upcycled some of the broken-up clock set from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA" target="_blank">official music video</a> directed by the band.

Chelsea Bernard

Alex Gibbons

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Clean Bandit & Mabel 'Tick Tock (Acoustic)' by Dan Massie

Clean Bandit and Mabel - Tick Tock [Official Acoustic Video]

Dan Massie directs an intimate two-thousand capacity show for Taylor Swift's City Of Lovers album launch.&nbsp;Shot pre-lockdown, the video is shot in the beautiful L'Olympia venue in Paris, with Taylor performing to an excited crowd of competition winners flown in from around the world.&nbsp;In contrast with the shimmery pop promos Swift has become known for, this visual has dramatic lighting and shadows, creating a more cinematic and&nbsp;mysterious aesthetic.&nbsp;Captured with seven Alex Minis and some stunning anamorphic zoom lenses, the full concert film is now streaming on Disney+, having had it's network premiere on ABC.&nbsp;

United States

Tom Land

Ben Coughlan

Andreea Gruionio

Aaron Hindes

Taylor Swift 'City Of Lovers Concert Film' by Dan Massie

Taylor-Swift-'City-Of-Lovers-Concert-Film'-by-Dan-Massie

Harry Lindley directs a spiritual successor to Regard's Ride It, in his futuristic promo for Secrets.&nbsp;Interweaving CGI and remote performances from both Regard and Raye, the video narrative follows a motorcyclist who is drawn to a mysterious location, before being chased down by an unknown pursuer.&nbsp;Slick and futuristic in its style, the video leans into more conceptual territory, and delivers a high-energy, quickfire succession of striking set pieces.

Harry Lindley

Ministry of Sound

Dance

Regard, Raye 'Secrets' by Harry Lindley

Regard,-Raye-'Secrets'-by-Harry-Lindley

A heavy smoking old codger has his soul fought over by God and Satan in Tony Burke’s video for Wet Shave.&nbsp;The bizarre concept is a lo-fi visual romp through the old man’s final moments, as an S&amp;M-harnessed devil and a bowler-hatted God. Watching in complete awe, the lead character sinks into his seat as the hallucinogenic visuals get wilder and wilder. All he can do is sit back and strap in for the ride - and so can we.&nbsp;

Tony Burke

Poppy Aston

Jade Rache

Ailsa Chaplin

Natalie Milan

Miles Tudor

Alternative

Wet Shave ft Brave Dave 'Old Man' by Tony Burke

Wet-Shave-Feat.-Brave-Dave-'Old-Man'-by-Tony-Burke

For a song that was originally performed by Sheila E and featured in the early hip hop movie Krush Groove, this Prince recording from the 1980s&nbsp;gets a well-executed,&nbsp;time-specific comic book treatment by Aaron Lampert.Inspired by a Prince comic book from the early 90s, this is&nbsp;a&nbsp;welcome piece of additional Prince visual content - approved by his estate -&nbsp;to be enjoyed by his&nbsp;avid fanbase.

Aaron Lampert

Sharon Liu

Nicolette Van Gendt, Duncan Gist, Reg Isaac, Andrea Simonti

Jamie Carter

Warner Music UK

Funk

Prince 'Holly Rock' by Aaron Lampert

Prince-'Holly-Rock'-by-Aaron-Lampert

After the first wave of visuals for Ed Sheeran's No 6 Collaborations Project&nbsp;comes the live performance visuals. And Dan Massie has captured&nbsp;two new songs, performed live by Ed and guest musicians at Abbey Road Studios.The first is this one for Best Part Of Me, a duet of Ed with an awesomely talented&nbsp;vocalist, Yebba.

Ghandi El Chamaa

Frank Dow

Maiya Rose

Juan Minotta, Chelsea Bernard

Jon Walton

Dan Curwin 

Atlantic Records

Ed Sheeran ft Yebba 'Best Part Of Me' by Dan Massie 

Ed-Sheeran--'Best-Part-Of-Me-Feat-Yebba'-by-Dan-Massie-

To reflect a song about feeling broken and lost, Andy Morgan places Majik singer Marcus Fowler&nbsp;in an extreme situation - he&#39;s tied up and left for dead by a fire in the wilderness.The video for Animal charts his journey back to safety, as he frees himself and then travels&nbsp;back across isolated desert landscapes, tracing lost memories.Morgan&#39;s well-shot clip makes the most of the brilliant location. The clip was shot&nbsp;in Andalusia, showcasing the&nbsp;beautiful, desolate scenery - and&nbsp;eccentric Spanish winter weather.

Adam Grasso

Majik 'Animal' by Andy Morgan

Majik-'Animal'-by-Andy-Morgan

Dan Massie captures a superb live performance by Rudimental of their latest hit These Days at the iconic Abbey Road Studios.&nbsp;Massie handles Rudimental&#39;s large band size&nbsp;- including all three featured artists, Macklemore, Jess Glynne and Dan Caplen - by arranging them in a full circle and keeping it campfire-intimate. &nbsp;With the camera on a track surrounding the players,&nbsp; that works a treat.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Lydia Handford

Bruno Travers

Robyn Rowan

Cecilie Hildebrandt

Jo Frost

Chris Morris

Fiona Byers

Rudimental ft Macklemore, Jess Glynne & Dan Caplen 'These Days' (Live at Abbey Road Studios) by Dan Massie

Rudimental-Ft.-Macklemore,-Jess-Glynne-&-Dan-Caplen-'These-Days-(live-At-Abbey-Road)'-by-Dan-Massie

Maisie Peters laments her solitude as the camera pans between a perfectly iced cake and other untouched sweets, in Dan Massie&#39;s video for Birthday.For a video consisting of close-ups of food, and a single burning candle on a cake, it gets quite emotional.

Andrew Morgan

Kobalt Music Recordings

Maisie Peters 'Birthday' by Dan Massie

Maisie-Peters-'Birthday-'-by-Dan-Massie

Dan Massie directs a stripped-back golden performance in the hills of Ibiza for Rudimental.Shooting with a super-wide aspect ratio and a super-narrow timeframe, the stripped back performance captures the beauty of magic hour, and an intimacy that feels like a group of friends just hanging out and playing a song.Shot on an Eco Farm deep in the hills of Ibiza, it manages to capture a summer spirit in a way you&#39;d never normally associate with Ibiza at this time of year.

Jaime Fiorito

Adam Feeney

Lee Brinkley

Danielle Oglieve

Scupper Jenkins

Jessie Jones

Rudimental ft James Arthur 'Sun Comes Up' by Dan Massie

Rudimental--'Sun-Comes-Up-Feat-James-Arthur'-by-Dan-Massie

Dan Massie&#39;s live session with Ed Sheeran is a stripped back and simple living room performance.Ed, with his guitar and backing from a pianist, stands in a room - a living room in a stately home, perhaps, but co-opted into a recording studio space. A few physical lights dot around the room, but mostly the daylight spills in from the huge windows behind the pair. A single camera floats from Piano and swoops around Ed, this is a small-scale intimate feeling live session with plenty of breathing room for fans to immerse themselves into that room with Ed.

Ghandi El-Chamaa

William Gardner

Daniel Goodall

Daisy Mason

Callum Caulfield

Ed Sheeran 'How Would You Feel (Paean) [Live]' by Dan Massie

Ed-Sheeran-'How-Would-You-Feel-(paean)-[live]'-by-Dan-Massie

Finnish animator Inari Sirola has developed a Pop Art look for a serious subject, in her video for&nbsp;Press to MECO.It&#39;s a Photoshop and After Effects-fired animation that explores the heartfelt themes of the song through superficially slick imagery: a surreal&nbsp;hospital deathbed scene with a candy-coating. And suggestions of inner body workings, and jutting bones, correspond with the songtitle Autopsy.

Inari Sirola

Graham Filmer / Youthquake

Press To MECO 'Autopsy' by Inari Sirola

Press-To-Meco-'Autopsy'-by-Inari-Sirola

PINT - that is, NFTS graduate Peter Pint - has created an engrossing video for Maurice O&#39;Connor AKA Sample Answer&#39;s&nbsp;Collision, set around a car crash in the woods, from which O&#39;Connor is seemingly being rescued by a&nbsp;woman who comes across the wreckage.But their relationship is a bit more complicated that that, as the woman&#39;s expressive dance takes us through her emotional journey, and the car crash shows its full metaphorical meaning. This was a process that took weeks of preparation by O&#39;Connor and actress/dancer Becks Rosen, and choreographed by Annie Deakin-Foster.The Collision video itself was shot in Coldharbour Wood in Surrey, with the 80s Jag, says the producer MZL, sourced from a local breakers yard, and the Alpha Sud also after a long search for &#39;80s marques. &quot;Both delivery tow tucks got stuck in the mud but luckily managed to pull each other out!&quot;

Ireland

PINT

Rob Holden

Will Hadley

Andrea Gruionou

Ihunna Eberendu

Lorraine Dublin

Pauline Briscoe, Waveney Wallace-sims

Raf Curtis

Alex Beaumont

Maurice O'connor, Becks Rosen

Chris Norton

Acp Recordings

Annie Deakin-Foster

Sample Answer 'Collision' by Pint

Sample-Answer-'Collision'-by-Pint

Dan Massie&#39;s performance video for Frightened Rabbit&#39;s Woke Up Hurting was filmed in a great location: an&nbsp;abandoned German military hospital, just outside Berlin.&nbsp;The band&#39;s performance was shot in the hospital solarium, and Frightened Rabbit give it everything &ndash; in what were sub-zero temperatures.

Alexandre Costa

Frightened Rabbit 'Woke Up Hurting' by Dan Massie

Frightened-Rabbit-'Woke-Up-Hurting'-by-Dan-Massie

This lovely video of British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin performing What Did You Do was&nbsp;directed by Jamie Carter and was&nbsp;shot live&nbsp;at Wilton&rsquo;s Music Hall.The video is made up of&nbsp;soft, filmic&nbsp;black and white shots taken from&nbsp;multiple viewpoints throughout the hall.&nbsp;Capturing a live performance can&#39;t be easy, with no multiple takes, redos or pauses to make adjustments, but Carter and his crew&nbsp;did a great job of capturing the action and making it look great in the process.&nbsp;

Necker

Martin Knight

David Loudoun

William Nichols

Gabrielle Aplin 'What Did You Do (live)' by Jamie Carter

Gabrielle Aplin - What Did You Do? (Live from Wilton's Music Hall)

Shot at Adele producer/writer Paul Epworth&#39;s&nbsp;Church Studios in London, director Jamie Carter captures The Wombats in a stripped-down, intimate live setting performing new single Give Me A Try - beautifully lit and captured in one take by DP Bud Gallimore.

Malte Hubner

Cathy Ennis

Warner Music

Ben Kaplan

14th Floor Records

The Wombats 'Give Me A Try (Live Church Sessions)' by Jamie Carter

The-Wombats-'Give-Me-A-Try-(live-Church-Sessions)'-by-Jamie-Carter

Shot in London and directed by Jamie Carter, five-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum selling US country star Hunter Hayes and his band set up shop in a vast but minimal warehouse-style space for this performance piece to partner new single Light Me Up.

Aaron Reid

James Matai

Ky Brasey

Lee Parfitt

Kim Perrett

Megen Pearson

Zeb Chadfield

The Finish Line

James Francis

Sophie Morgans

Mem Youssouf

Martin Kloud,  James Cannavan

David Ashby

Tom Amesbury

Hannah Dudley

Lee Lighting Services

Hunter Hayes 'Light Me Up' by Jamie Carter

Hunter-Hayes-'Light-Me-Up'-by-Jamie-Carter

The scene is set, tensions are high, moods are moody, and with a good-looking girl there to be won,&nbsp;the stakes are... well,&nbsp;think Rebel Without A Cause,&nbsp;but this time with motorbikes &ndash; attached to an arcade game.Directing team CRY\\WOLF do a splendid job&nbsp;creating a slick 80s style video for&nbsp;Paul Thomas Saunders&#39;&nbsp;In High Heels Burn It Down.&nbsp;Satire at its most serious.

Paul Thomas Saunders 'In High Heels Burn It Down' by CRY\\WOLF

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