Executive Producer

Francesca Woods

Luis Hindman returns with another mesmerising visual for Joesef, this time in the form of a three-part live film, where the Scottish soul singer performs songs from his debut album, Permanent Damage, released in January.Set in the same world as the excellent series of videos directed by Hindman for tracks from&nbsp;the album,&nbsp;the film takes place in the fictional 'Apartment 22' - a place&nbsp;referenced in the album, where Joesef has been stranded by a past lover.&nbsp;Shot on 16mm, the video was shot by Jake Gabbay, and is comprised of subtle Steadicam shots by&nbsp;Justin Theodore as Joesef and his band perform three songs: Joe, Borderline and Just Come Home With Me Tonight.The textural, almost surreal aesthetic perfectly contrasts the intimate live performance, and the concept as a whole is a brilliant extension to the universe Hindman and the artist have so lovingly brought to life.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

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Jake Gabbay

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Tom Mangham

Black Kite Studios

Awal

Joesef 'Live From Apartment 22' by Luis Hindman

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<h3>The latest of our new series asking British music video-makers about the past year and their thoughts about the year ahead, we grabbed some time with Francesca Woods&nbsp;- co-founder and executive producer at CAMP.</h3>Fran formed CAMP with director <a href="https://camp.productions/team/samuel-douek" target="_blank">Samuel Douek</a> during the pandemic, so she reflects on a year of greater freedom and expansion of the company's philosophy and ethos. She also hails the music video producer community,&nbsp;some groundbreaking hairstylists - and gives us the heads-up on her efforts so far on TikTok.<blockquote>We're opening an office... a CAMP&nbsp;creative space for our network to work and create from.</blockquote>2022How would you describe last year in a few words?Travel - Last year was the first year of travel since Covid, so 50% of our shoots were in sunny locations.Growth – CAMP&nbsp;grew from the seed of an idea into a production company with a growing roster and&nbsp;its own bricks-and-mortar HQ.What was your favourite project or projects you worked on last year?My favourite was our very last shoot of last year, shot in the week before Christmas:&nbsp;Tayce&nbsp;‘Swagzilla’ directed by <a href="https://camp.productions/team/kassandra-powell" target="_blank">Kassandra Powell</a>.It was so refreshing to work with an artist who had complete trust in the director and the process. She’s also brave and a phenomenal performer and it shows in the video. It was also a signature CAMP diverse, fun and accepting set.[vidtoken data:0]Above: Tayce's Swagzilla by Kassandra PowellWhat were the best aspects of the job last year?Seeing people face to face again! More and more meetings are becoming IRL and were able to attend edits and grades. With this in mind, we are opening an office this month to create a CAMP&nbsp;creative space for our network to work and create from.<blockquote>Last year was the year of the hair for me! Wigs have stepped up a notch.</blockquote>Best or favourite video or videos last year that you weren’t involved with?<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/04/22/doechii-crazy-c-prinz/76008" target="_blank">Docheii 'Crazy'</a> was my favourite video of last year. I’d never seen anything like it, so much 'fuck you' energy. It is electric and perfect for the track.What were the trends (creative or otherwise) that you thought were most striking last year?Last year was the year of the hair for me! Wigs have stepped up a notch thanks to incredible hair artists like <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shamara_roper/?hl=en" target="_blank">Shamara Roper</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/styledbyvodka/?hl=en" target="_blank">Styled by Vodka</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rosskwan/?hl=en" target="_blank">Ross Kwan</a>, who are becoming parts of the narrative and the creative.What was other cultural highlight (or highlights) of the year?Seeing our music video agent Alexa Haywood smash it at the UKMVAs, with <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/04/14/harry-styles-it-was-tanu-muino/75920" target="_blank">Harry Styles's As It Was</a> winning Best Pop Video UK,&nbsp;and then winning BEST AGENT OF THE YEAR.Any other personal experience that defines 2022 for you?The producer community! It's truly amazing. There are a few amazing Whatsapp and Instagram groups which are an open forum for helping each other out. I think I speak for us all when I say that we have all had our bacon saved on the groups.<blockquote>This year will be about helping clients use their money in the best way.</blockquote>2023What are you looking forward to in 2023 – both for work and for other parts of your life?Seeing our roster grow. We have purposely kept it small to give each director the attention they deserve in order for them to grow and flourish. We’re now at the stage where&nbsp;we can start that again, which is really exciting.Have you set work objectives for this year and if so, what are they?Helping more people get in to the industry. Winning more awards at the UKMVAsWho are the up-and-coming talents that you think will break through this year – or at least deserve to be successful?<a href="https://camp.productions/team/furmaan-ahmed" target="_blank">Furmaan Ahmed</a>. We first met when they were an art director, but they are quickly making waves as a photographer and director with a very distinctive style.[imgtoken data:1]Above: Earth Eater by&nbsp;Furmaan AhmedWhat is your prediction for the direction of the industry in 2023? And what will be the big trends for the year ahead?The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pyFQ0WXug8I" target="_blank">Mugler</a> show always tends to send ripples through the treatments of music video directors and this season will be no exception.I think we’ll also see more of the process behind the creative within the creative. Especially as camera and rig technology forges ahead.&nbsp;<blockquote>We all wish&nbsp;to be respected for our craft and we can’t just be paid through exposure.</blockquote>Any other comments about the current environment for music video production and music video creativity? What are the issues that we should be most concerned with?As we know, budgets are shrinking. So this year will be about helping clients using their money in the best way. It’s our job to stay up to date with emerging trends.If you could ‘make a wish’, and reform or change the environment in which you work in one way, what would you wish for?&nbsp;Same thing. I think we all wish&nbsp;to be respected for our craft and realise that we can’t just be paid through exposure.Where are the opportunities in the current environment?The golden question…Have you made any personal New Year resolutions? And if so, how’s it going?Tik Tok!!! I’ve uploaded two so far which have had a great response and have a whole 47 followers! If you are interested in life as a music video EP, go follow me - @francesca_EP• Francesca Woods is co-founder and EP at <a href="https://camp.productions/" target="_blank">CAMP</a>

State of Play: Francesca Woods, CAMP 

Tayce-'Swagzilla'-by-Kassandra-Powell

Girli is haunted by overwhelming emotions, in&nbsp;Kassandra Powell's promo for Imposter Syndrome.&nbsp;We see Girli in an American-style&nbsp;diner, where every other customer&nbsp;appears to be giving her the evil eye. She hallucinates a surreal barrage of mocking looks and angry stares.&nbsp;Surrounded by a judgemental mob&nbsp;in the restaurant, she breaks out, only to become part of another mob, of angry group protesters.“We wanted to create a combination of aesthetics taking inspiration from Americana &amp; Wes Anderson," says Powell.Casting from Girli's fanbase (Pinkies), the creative team were lucky enough to get a crowd of excited extras to hold placards in the protest scene, which adds a lot of production value to the project.&nbsp;

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Girli 'Imposter Syndrome' by Kassandra Powell

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Samuel Douek directs a rip-roaring promo for alternative rock oufit Yonaka.&nbsp;The evocative frenetic promo sees vocalist Theresa dragged through a series of chaotic scenes - including being strapped to the front of a moving truck - before finally breaking free, and taking control of her own destiny."I was so excited to work with Yonaka and direct my first punk music video," says Douek.&nbsp;"We shot this in the middle of freezing cold winter - and did three&nbsp;live stunts in the dead of night."It was an amazing feat from the whole team, and I'm forever in awe with the band’s willingness to get stuck in."Punchy, energetic and full of attitude, it's another brilliant video from Douek and the CAMP team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

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Agro Studios

Samuel Douek

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Luke Dryden

Daragh Mccann

Elsa Grace

Joshua Jacob

Sebastien Joly

Arie Priede

Jamie Lai

Caleb Johnston

Styled By Vodka

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Martina Derosa

Jack Oliver

Myles Bevan 

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Alternative Rock

Yonaka 'Panic' by Samuel Douek

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Kassandra Powell directs an electrifying&nbsp;promo for RuPaul's Drag Race UK alumn Tayce.&nbsp;The video for Swagzilla&nbsp;boasts spectacular performance setups, an explosive car journey and&nbsp;a whole host of impressive&nbsp;costume changes... and that's just the start of it.&nbsp;Imbued with Powell's singular underground art aesthetic and iconic inspirations - perhaps including Steven Klein's 2014 video for Brooke Candy's Opulence -&nbsp;it's a clash of creativity that is as wild and unpredictable as the track itself. And that is meant as the highest compliment.&nbsp;Get ready for blood sprinklers, shiny pleather outfits and luxury sports cars, broughto together in a phenomenally propulsive edit by Charlie France.Tayce is here to impress - and has picked the ideal&nbsp;director to bring the vision to life in Kassandra Powell.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

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Tayce 'Swagzilla' by Kassandra Powell

The fourth video in an outstanding series for alt-soul singer Joesef by Luis Hindman offers one final unexpected twist.Following the videos for It's Been A Little Heavy Lately, East End Coast and Joe, this one for&nbsp;Just Come Home With Me Tonight ties everything together, carrying through the modern film noir aesthetic, this time with Hindman collaborating with DoP Nikita Khatsarevich.Once again, Joesef is a night out - lovelorn and lonely - but then he finds someone. This turns into a dreamlike chapter of passion on London's drizzly and dark&nbsp;streets.Finally, there is a connection back to the first video when Joesef returns home - alone -&nbsp;where the love interest from that video (played by Adam Monks) is waiting for him. So is Joesef unfaithful, or did everything before that actually really happen?As with its predecessors this conveys the sense&nbsp;that the Scottish singer-songwriter&nbsp;is a romantic but restless soul, and does so in impressively cinematic fashion. All the films serve his debut album, Permanent Damage - out in January 2023 - very well indeed.

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Joesef 'Just Come Home With Me Tonight' by Luis Hindman

Joesef - Just Come Home With Me Tonight (Official Video)

Anne-Marie finds good reason to suspect that Aitch is up to no good, in Samuel Douek's entertaining video for Psycho.Douek creates a boisterously colourful, almost cartoonish series of environments in which Anne-Marie can wreak havoc upon Aitch's attempts at serial cheating. The director's approach gels nicely with the light-hearted tone of the collaboration between two of the UK's biggest pop stars.And he gets sterling support from the production design by&nbsp;Tilda Bonham Carter, styling by Cora Delaney and Justin Rose, and the casting of Aitch's numerous other girlfriends.[imgtoken data:1]"The idea of the video was to empower anyone who has been in Anne-Marie’s position before," says Douek. "It was no mean feat to pull off, shooting eight scenes in one day - including moving the entire production from one location to another."I'm really proud of what we managed to pull off and I hope the viewer has as much fun watching it as we did making it."

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Fingal Green

Cora Delaney

Justin Rose

Ella Kenny

Dan Curwin

Massimo Fillipi

Arron Green

Ben Worthington

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Aaron Carlo

Francesca Brazzo

Juliette Wileman

Absolute Post

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Anne-Marie X Aitch 'Psycho' by Samuel Douek

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Samuel Douek directs an emotional narrative for Tom Walker's Serotonin.&nbsp;Exploring how grief affects a family dynamic, and the bumpy road to forging new relationships with loved ones, the video follows a daughter struggling to connect with her father after the loss of her mum.&nbsp;The video was shot in&nbsp;Teotihaucan, Mexico, an area which relies on the&nbsp;hot air balloon trade, and this aspect of the concept provides the perfect backdrop for the story to take place.&nbsp;Absolutely beautiful to watch, the video captures a rawness within the locations and characters, which contrasts perfectly with the vivid, chromatic textures and materials of the balloons.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Angello Faccini

Alexa Haywood

Constanza Pérez

Ana Cardona

Irlanda Tapia

Axel Torres

Jorge Rodriguez

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Paulina Martínez

Vania Palafox

Ollie Ireland

Tom Walker 'Serotonin' by Samuel Douek

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Samuel Douek directs a glossy promo for German artist Tashan.&nbsp;Following the cinematic visual for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/02/28/tashan-oprah-samuel-douek/75174">Oprah</a>&nbsp;back in February, the video for Yoga boasts slick visual effects, luxurious styling and a captivating performance, all in just over two minutes of screen time.&nbsp;Celebrating feminine energy and themes of self-empowerment, the video is a confident and assured presentation, and the product placement of the Womanizer stimulator elevates these vibes - and indeed draws parallels with Douek's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/howlworldwide/">own sex-positive brand</a>, which he runs alongside his directing work.&nbsp;

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Frankie Willcock

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Asia Ahmed

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Justin McGillivray

Cameron Sealby

Furmaan Ahmed

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Shamara Roper

Simmi Virdee

Myles Bevan

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Warner Music Germany

Tashan 'Yoga' by Samuel Douek

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Non-binary author and&nbsp;journalist Tom Rasmussen - aka drag queen Crystal Rasmussen - storms the world of pop with Fantasy Island Obsession, and a fun video by Samuel Douek.As you can see Tom is pumped up - sporting&nbsp;some impressive instant musculature -&nbsp;and ready to tear down this beknighted Isle. Just as soon as they can find their big red axe...

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Myles Wilkinson

Jack Hamilton

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Joe Medlock

Leyah Titford

Lillie Hederwick Turner

Thassio Leal

Terry Barber

Globe Town Records

Tom Rasmussen 'Fantasy Island Obsession' by Samuel Douek

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Yassa Khan ushers in a momentous meeting of two icons, Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys, in the nostalgic promo for Purple Zone.&nbsp;The video combines performance with portraiture-style narrative setups of a diverse variety of characters,&nbsp;celebrating both the 1980s and present day through bold styling and art direction choices. Frozen in an anachronistic time capsule, it's an uncanny yet wildly effective concept, which visualises both group's longstanding success.&nbsp;Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys all make an appearance - in a playful ice cream truck vignette and pulling pints behind a bar, respectively - and the overall vibe of the video feels light-hearted, celebratory and above all, entertaining.&nbsp;

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Jorge Higgins

Jed Darlington-Roberts

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Ian Blackburn

Murray Cohen

Chelsea Bernard

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Randolph Gray

Sofia Paradis

Sam Hopkins

Jasper Woods

Rhiannon Davies

Paul Welsch

Chris Ali

Merlin Glozier

Rosalie Bell

Bibi Baker

Lavinia Co-op

Liam Wallace-Cook

Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 'Purple Zone' by Yassa Khan

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Anna Fredrikke Bjerke directs a slick performance promo for Mimmi.&nbsp;Delicately balancing glossy fashion vignettes and intepretive movement, the video for Tonight reflects the shimmery&nbsp;soundscapes in the track, taking a gentle, subtle approach in the cinematography and direction.&nbsp;The distinct separation in the setups - in terms of styling, colour palettes and lighting - keeps the visual fresh and engaging throughout.&nbsp;

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