Producer

Ellis Fox

Alexander Brown directs an evocative promo for British-French artist Maïlé Doremus-Cook (aka Memory of Jane).&nbsp;"The video&nbsp;is about the artist's anxieties, which manifest in a swarm of butterflies which he has learned to coexist with," director Alexander Brown mentions.Delivering a striking performance whilst covered in several real-life butterflies, it's an angsty, reflective visual with the artist at the centre, whose calm yet vulnerable demeanour offers a shortcut to his inner world.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Alexander Brown

Dax Sharkey

Sam Hotson

Avner Shiloah

ABPC.UK

Blue Flowers

Alternative

Memory Of Jane 'So Pacific' by Alexander Brown

Memory-Of-Jane-'So-Pacific'-by-Alexander-Brown

Jocelyn Anquetil directs a mesmerising promo for Californian bedroom popster Dora Jar.&nbsp;The&nbsp;fantasy-inspired promo is beautifully otherworldly, and boasts eccentric art direction and styling, and an overarching sense of whimsy.&nbsp;Experimenting with texture and colour, the video is refreshingly unique and standout, and perfectly matches the ethereal tone of the track.&nbsp;

Dale Oliver Slater

Jocelyn Anquetil

Hands 

Pulse Films

Alisa Robertson

Ian Stowe

Adam Barnett

Nnena Nwakodo

David Maart

Rosie Owen

Jamie Cobb

James Wicks

Simeon Geyer

Lauren Anne Groves

Ryo Narushima

Grace Ellington

Vid Price

Alex Gregory

Lee Delves

Trim Editing

No.8

Dora Jar 'Bump' by Jocelyn Anquetil

Dora Jar - Bump (Official Music Video)

Having directed lead single Talk&nbsp;from Beabadoobee's new album - which pays homage to Papa Roach's Last Resort&nbsp;- directors Luke Casey &amp; Alex Leese follow up with this more intimate portrayal of the artist.See You Soon&nbsp;is a nostalgic black and white journey through the English countryside. The track inspired by the clarity Bea found during a memorable trip on shrooms, has an ethereal-like quality which is only emphasised by the grainy 16mm footage.

Anthony Hensman 

Patricia Villirillo

Alex Leese

Luke Casey

Mouthpiece

Ground Work

Jon Moore

Ed Hubert

Aaron Z. Willson

Anna Butler

Elle Lotherington

Oliver Waters

Chris Starkey

Callum Reeves

Shunsuke Meguro

Tim Smith

Electric Theatre Collective

Dirty Hit Ltd

Beabadoobee 'See You Soon' by Luke Casey & Alex Leese

Beabadoobee-'See-You-Soon'-by-Luke-Casey-&-Alex-Leese

THE REST direct an eerie, metaphorical&nbsp;tale for Bodmin Moor - SBTRKT’s first single in six years.With the unmistakeable atmosphere of an English horror movie, two young men enter the modern home of an assured older woman, unravelling the artwork that they have brought with them to show her. The pair are then split up. Never a good sign...THE&nbsp;REST - Alex Motlhabane and Lewis Levi - ratchet up the tension throughout this enigmatic narrative, alluding to&nbsp;the legendary tale of the Creature of Bodmin Moor and a cult that feverishly worships it.SBTRKT came up with the concept, with Nila - who created the artwork that is central to the narrative. "There's a whole lot of story layers in the video which i’ll leave you to figure out!"&nbsp;SBTRKT writes under the video on YouTube. "Check the trailer which is the prequel to it!&nbsp;"The main plot for the video represents my journey through the music business - and my prior records being owned in perpetuity by someone else. A big part of my reason for taking so long to return is navigating the industry and figuring out how to own my art."&nbsp;

Jakob Thorhallsson

Andrew Patrick

Suzie Walsh

The Rest

Bianca Bhagat

Steve Cameron

Pieter Snyman

Rik Green

Peter Wilson

Oliver Walters

Austin Philips

Josh Tue

Tom Orr

SBTRKT

Nila

Georgia Hope

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Chaneil Kular

SBTRKT 'Bodmin Moor' by THE REST 

Sbtrkt-'Bodmin-Moor'-by-The-Rest-

The Safdie Brothers meet&nbsp;Blade in Milo Blake's surreal, visceral video&nbsp;for Biig Piig's Fun.&nbsp;This intense horror-drama begins at full-throttle with Biig Piig playing one half of an outlaw couple, who are deep in&nbsp;an argument after a robbery gone wrong. Then a dark energy engulfs the couple, transforming them into vampiric alter-egos of themselves.With menacing new auras, chaos then ensues - with a lone medical worker carrying blood supplies as the pair's hapless&nbsp;victim.&nbsp;In terms of the nature of the narrative this is&nbsp;quite the metamorphosis for Biig Piig, who steals the show in vampire villain mode.&nbsp;Meanwhile, the surreal aesthetic and horror concept has the wider impact of visualising the idea of toxic love, and how the darker side of our personalities&nbsp;can run riot in the heat of an argument.It's another&nbsp;intriguing step forward for Milo Blake - this time into a&nbsp;tangibly creepy netherworld&nbsp;- with the help of excellent cinematography by&nbsp;Deon Van Zyl, and a kinetically breathless edit by&nbsp;Lainy Black.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rose Moya

Joshua Gochez

Lea Federmann

Milo Blake

Spindle

Kat Cattaneo

Massimo Filippi

Deon Van Zyl

Nosisa Majuqwana

Jack Woodcraft

Sunjna Mullick

Brett Hills

Klim Jurevicius

James Burns

Lainy Black

The Assembly Rooms

Jonny Thorpe 

Studio Dosage

Harvey Mcgarry

Sony Rca

Biig Piig 'Fun' by Milo Blake

Biig Piig - FUN (Official Video)

Silence directs a wonderfully offbeat promo for Priya Ragu.&nbsp;In the playful yet surreal video for Illuminous,&nbsp;Priya&nbsp;is depicted as four different characters, each of whom&nbsp;abstractly represent&nbsp;Priya's personality, strength, humour and confidence.The film depicts the artist&nbsp;as a champion in a flurry of conceptual vignettes&nbsp;- a leader addressing her army, a success-obsessed bodybuilder, a warrior on her motor war horse, and a regal goddess supported by&nbsp;her Tamil procession.It's a brilliant showcase of Ragu's multifaceted skills as a performer, and the sight of her head on&nbsp;a&nbsp;greased-up&nbsp;bodybuilder's torso might just be the most uncanny thing you see all week...&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Alan Scott

Danny Kiln

Ellie Walker

Silence

Kirstin Cruickshank

Joe Sherno

Joe Douglas

Jeff Vine

Christian Swain

Emily Davies

Jake Hunt

Daniela Monteiro

Wilson Fok

Myles Bevan

Talha Vfx

Warner Records

Priya Ragu 'Illuminous' by Silence

Priya Ragu - Illuminous (Official Video)

India Rose Harris directs a bubbly&nbsp;live video for Griff &amp; Sigrid's&nbsp;collaboration on&nbsp;Head On Fire for The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.&nbsp;Opening in a hazy studio space, we see the artists perform alongside a live band, whilst the camera follows their lively, impromptu choreography.&nbsp;The video carries over the charming, playful vibes of the <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/01/27/griff-x-sigrid-head-fire-cc-wade/74700">official music video</a>, and ends in a fiery climax - a very fitting end to an unexpected yet explosive collaboration.&nbsp;

India Rose Harris

Sticker Studios

Leopold Naessens

Tristian Chenais

Harleymoon Kemp

Paolo De Bautista

Beau Pritchard-James

Hermes Contreras

Izabella Malewska

Jay Revell

Griff & Sigrid 'Head On Fire' (Live for 'Jimmy Fallon') by India Rose Harris 

Griff & Sigrid x Jimmy Fallon Show

NAVS directs an evocative promo for Stereophonics' Forever.&nbsp;Exploring freedom and the nostalgia of youth, the video interweaves performance shots of vocalist Kelly Jones in an empty gallery space, with stylised vignettes of characters finding their own form of liberation.&nbsp;Experimenting with abstract patterns and projections to add another textural layer&nbsp;to the visuals, the video feels both intimate and indefinable, a celebration of what it means to live the human experience.&nbsp;

NAVS

Cardel

Paranoiia Productions

John Hassay

Tristan Chenais

Carla Mooney

Delwyn Mooney

Andrea Sastoque

Paolo De Battista

Luke Priadi

Anthony Hensman

Amanda Bowen

Cal Laird

Dante Gianni

Rock

Stereophonics 'Forever' by NAVS

Stereophonics - Forever (Official Video)

Alexander Brown directs a brilliantly ferocious performance promo for Bloc Party's return to action with Traps.&nbsp;Playing their comeback single, frontman&nbsp;Dele Okereke and his bandmates are effectively trapped themselves, within a seething&nbsp;mass of enthusiastic fans.&nbsp;This is presented in a disorientating fashion, mostly in extreme close-up - this was shot by DoP Pieter Snyman on a probe lens -&nbsp;intercut with the frenetic motion of the crowd, forcing their way ever closer to the group, and at one point dragging a bandmember from a car.&nbsp;The blood-red lighting&nbsp;and indistinct shots of the people surrounding them (they are wearing masks throughout) creates a breathless atmosphere, which matches Bloc Party's unconstrained energy. Overall, it's a brilliantly kinetic and stylish piece of work by Alexander Brown, making one of his irregular returns himself to music videos.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>There’s something intrinsically cathartic but also unsettling about being in a crowd.</blockquote>"The basic idea for me, was to make a video which felt like you are in the middle of a mosh pit," says Brown.&nbsp;"After being conditioned by lockdown, there’s something intrinsically cathartic but also slightly unsettling about being in a crowd."I was immediately drawn into the sardonic character Kele created in the lyrics, which is all a bit wild and unhinged and lurid. I wanted to capture that feeling of being in a crowd or a club and not being entirely comfortable with the intimacy. It’s a performance video in all it's&nbsp;glory. I wanted it all to be shot in an unhinged way, as if the band are playing from within the crowd, removing the stage/crowd divide."The camera swings and turns like a headless chicken - and everywhere it turns we unravel a new moment. It feels chaotic but within the chaos we have disorientating, dizzying transitions, and carefully orchestrated setups with surprises and twists and turns along the way. The song is called Traps. So it seemed interesting to have the band feel like they were trapped in this mob and we can’t quite tell if its amazing, or uncomfortable.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I wanted to give the video a touch of&nbsp;The Evil Dead.</blockquote>"It was a conscious decision to give everyone masks. Aside from the safety aspect, I wanted the crowd to be anonymous and menacing - we don’t see anyone’s faces, only their legs, or chest. I want it to feel like a jungle of limbs. They are all wearing dark clothes so there is a homogenous feel to them, threatening."We shot this with a probe lens so we could go right up to the band, and do all sorts of amazing movements. Big thanks to Piet [Snyman] for waving around a metre-long camera completely handheld! We shot this on a Red Komodo, which I think makes it the longest lens, with one of the smallest cameras."Brown adds that the moment when the bandmember is dragged from the on-set car was another touch of madness that the song required.&nbsp;"I wanted to give the video a touch of The Evil Dead, and having the crowd pressed up to the glass, pulling Russel out of the door at the end just seemed to do that. We weren’t sure if we were going to get that on the day as it was the last shot, with twenty&nbsp;minutes to spare we just managed to squeeze it in. It was handy having an incredibly long lens as it means we could poke it right through a car window. "I want to give a big shout out to all the people who came down on the day, the energy we got from the crowd was fantastic!"

Sophie Roberts

Jonny Tully

John Moule

Patrycja Cygan

Helio Ribeiro 

Indie Rock

Bloc Party 'Traps' by Alexander Brown

Bloc Party - Traps (Official Video)

Shan Phearon returns with an electric visual for maverick rap star and cult wordsmith Potter Payper.&nbsp; Street-futurism, big set-piece spectacles and subtext collide as introspective Potter travels a long, dark road in a glowing VW Golf flatbed truck ridden by outlaws, and performs the confessional Gangsteritus amongst mysterious, symbolic figures in the abyss of the night.Taking the texture of UV in a forward-thinking direction, Shan and his team devised and built one of the world's first UV blacklight drones for film, to achieve the striking vision. The music video is part of Apple Music's The Agenda series, pairing UK music's most important contemporary performers&nbsp;with trailblazing filmmakers.

Shan Phearon

Greatcoat Films

Simon Oxley

Kareem Adeshina

Amara Rossell

Alessia Lendrum

Fred Searle

Jaime Ackroyd

Domingo Simon Silva

Phil Harris

James France

Noah Furrer

Charlie Morris

Talha Rana

Nicola Sheppard

0207 Def Jam

Grime

Hip Hop

Potter Payper 'Gangsteritus' for The Agenda (Director's Cut) by Shan Phearon

Potter Payper feat. Tiggs - Gangsteritus (Director's Cut)

Luke Brookner has created and directed one of two original films for leading children’s bereavement charity&nbsp;Grief Encounter, for Children’s Grief Awareness Week (CGAW).Luke has co-written I Got Through, which was released this week alongside well-known London poet, spoken word artist and mental health advocate&nbsp;Hussain Manawer, whose mother died three years ago.Luke’s parents passed away before he was eight years old. Using inspiration from real experiences of bereaved children and young people - including Joe Bellman, 20, who features in the film and experienced the death of his mother only a year ago - the film follows the milestones and moments which cause isolation in grief. Luke, Hussain and Joe hope the film will give voice to moments a young bereaved person finds tough, but often cannot say.The video is heartachingly raw and emotional, and is shot in an intimate, documentary-style fashion. The range of characters and situations represents the wide-ranging effect grief has on our communities, whilst simultaneously giving these people a voice and platform.&nbsp;This is a superb film, with a poignant and important message.&nbsp;

Luke Brookner

Beatriz Sastre

Spoken Word

Luke Brookner and Hussain Manawer 'I Got Through' by Luke Brookner

'I Got Through',  for Children's Grief Awareness Week 2020 & Grief Encounter

A struggling&nbsp;artist, working alone in an empty&nbsp;country house, becomes obsessed by a golden mask&nbsp;- in Alexander Brown's video for Claptone's Just A Ghost.&nbsp;As the artist becomes increasingly haunted, in his dreams and otherwise, by the appearance of&nbsp;a mysterious masked man and his party&nbsp;guests, Brown concocts a swirling fever dream of a narrative, filled with glimpses of trangressions and tangled visions.The video is for a track from the often-masked dance producer, featuring the&nbsp;unmistakeable voice&nbsp;of Seal, returning after a six year absence.&nbsp;It was shot, appropriately enough, in the house where they filmed that latterday Hammer horror classic The Woman In Black.Alexander Brown tells us about the experience of making the video.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>I saw this as an origin story... in which Claptone could comfortably inhabit as a character.</blockquote>What kind of brief did Claptone give you and what were your immediate thoughts when you saw it? When Claptone approached me, the brief was fairly loose. Basically, I could pitch anything, but the focus was to make sure Claptone the character wasn’t mishandled.I sort of saw this as an origin story, not really explaining Claptone, but making the video feel like a story in which Claptone could comfortably inhabit as a character - much in the same was Daft Punk were always viewed as robots, or Gorillaz record at Kong studios. I wanted it to feel like Claptone had a reason for being in this world. I wanted the Claptone mask to be a character itself, a sort of presence in the house.When I wrote the idea, it was the middle of winter, in the middle of lockdown, and I guess the video was riffing on the idea of memories of how much fun it was having parties, being social, and how winter can feel so isolating. Initially, I had the idea of a butler left in a mothballed country house - sort of inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains Of The Day - someone who has been left behind and finds himself reflecting on times gone by.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I wanted the Claptone mask to be a character itself, a sort of presence in the house.</blockquote>Claptone liked the idea but didn’t want to have someone look like his servant, so we developed the idea into a struggling artist going through a creative block. This was great because it gave him something to do apart from polishing the silverware - though I still think that would have been fun too.Tell us about filming. How was this shot? We shot this in the same house that the 2011 movie The Woman in Black was shot. The house has been renovated over the last three years and a lot of it was a building site, but we were very lucky to have the access. We shot it all in one day, which was a testament to the wonderful crew. We had a great second unit to pick up some of the scenes, as there was just too much to cram in. We had a great team thanks to Ellis [Fox, producer].[imgtoken data:3]What do the masks signify? The masks don’t really signify anything. Claptone wears a mask to DJ, and I wanted him to have some friends who felt as though they occupied the same astral plane as him. I wanted the video to have a Stanley Kubrick feel - Eyes Wide Shut being an obvious reference - but beyond that, I think I just wanted Eduardo (the hero) to feel out of place at this gathering.&nbsp;

Ellis Fox

Producer

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