Production Manager

Enrique Soares Da Silva

Femi Ladi crafts a late-night fever dream drenched in rhythm and heat in a pulsating and ultimately dramatic visual&nbsp;for Leigh-Anne.The video for dancehall-influenced Been a Minute opens in a packed after-hours basement. The air is thick with heat, sweat&nbsp;and anticipation - a&nbsp;sea of bodies moves in perfect, chaotic sync at the best party on Carnival weekend.Femi Ladi brings this energy to life on screen by using a variety of stylistic camera techniques and setups to fully immerse the viewer in the moment. The aesthetic is encapsulated in the gorgeous glow of Stefan Yap's cinematography and Vlad Barin's grade that captures the sense of unbridled passion and&nbsp;intense heat&nbsp;in the movement&nbsp;of Leigh-Anne and her friends.&nbsp;And then comes the curveball, when a visual dominated by dance adds an edge of drama and mystery: Leigh-Anne's focus is disturbed by a passing female in red, starting a party of her own in the next room - who&nbsp;turns out to be her own&nbsp;alter-ego.It's an intriguing way to end the first release&nbsp;from this new chapter of Leigh-Anne's career. Can we expect a sequel?

United Kingdom

Femi Ladi

PRETTYBIRD

The Quarry

REPmedia

Dancehall

Garage

Leigh-Anne 'Been A Minute' by Femi Ladi

Leigh-anne-Pinnock-'Been-A-Minute'-by-Femi-Ladi

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is up to her old tricks in Sophie Muller &amp; Theo Adams' dazzling promo for Freedom Of The Night.&nbsp;Paying homage to iconic hit Murder on the Dancefloor, the artist plays an overwrought dance mum, dragging her on-screen daughter through a local talent show.&nbsp;When push comes to shove, she releases a big bag of sugary sweets onto the unsuspecting competitors, causing a riotous distraction for Ellis-Bextor and her mini-me to take the crown.&nbsp;Featuring a cameo from one of the original MOTDF judges, it's a delightfully sweet, disco-tinged concept, with a heavy dose of nostalgia and charismatic charm.&nbsp;And let's just take a moment to appreciate the twirling ribbon solo at the bridge - it's safe to say that Ellis-Bextor has reclaimed the dancefloor, almost 25 years after her breakout hit.&nbsp;

Theo Adams

Sophie Muller

Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Freedom Of The Night' by Sophie Muller, Theo Adams 

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Freedom Of The Night (Official Music Video)

PRETTYBIRD’s Kelvin Jones has directed a cinematic music video for M Huncho’s latest single Of Course. Shot on location during wild weather in Hastings, which Jones has lensed with an aesthetic that evokes Midwest America, a humorous narrative runs through the promo, based around central character ‘The Plug’, played by the artist.Kelvin Jones explains: “It was a privilege to work with Huncho on this video, he was so easy to work with. He originally hit me up for the job and it was a no brainer, he trusted my creative vision to create something he was more than happy with. We had a weather warning on the first day and we couldn’t move the shoot, so we was hit with heavy rain and terrible wind, and we was in Hastings so the intensity of everything was worse."So pickup day here we come, and on the second we ended up leaving with the scenes we wanted but under a different scope. We used a vast array of lenses for different purposes because I was searching for a lens that had a lot of character. However, we only had our main lenses on the main shoot but we couldn’t get them on our pickup day, so we ended up shooting on Arri’s Signature Primes and the ANGÉNIEUX ZOOM LENS.”