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Greg Davenport

A heavy cloud looms over a series of characters in Greg Davenport's pensive promo for Honne, featuring Khalid.&nbsp;Shot in an observational fashion, the concept visualises themes of introspection and retreating into oneself, through gentle vignettes which hint at a backstory and narrative, but focus more on the feeling and emotion involved in a moment.&nbsp;Beautifully put together, Davenport strikes a rare balance of quantity and quality of setups, capturing an unplaceable mood and feeling in every single shot.&nbsp;

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Mike Vega

Honne ft Khalid 'Three Strikes' by Greg Davenport

HONNE - THREE STRIKES (Feat. Khalid) (Official Video)

Greg Davenport directs If The World Should Ever Stop, the third in a series of five interconnected films exploring family, faith, love, confusion, fear and joy.The video follows a couple performing interpretive dance&nbsp;by the water, and offers a&nbsp;beautiful message of support and solidarity, of care and unwavering love in the face of adversity.&nbsp;Beautifully shot by&nbsp;Adric Watson, the one-take, fluid structure allows the choreography to breathe and expand to the space, creating a softly absorbing atmosphere.&nbsp;

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Island Records

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JP Cooper 'If The World Should Ever Stop' by Greg Davenport

Jp-Cooper-'If-World-Should-Ever-Stop-'-by-Greg-Davenport

Greg Davenport has a knack for directing moving&nbsp;human dramas within distinctive, sometimes harsh settings. He&#39;s been doing it in music videos for Lonely The Brave, Steve Mason, Frightened Rabbit and others over the past four years. Now Rag&#39;N&#39;Bone Man&#39;s new single Skin has provided the inspiration for Davenport&#39;s most epic video - a compelling story told in a spectacular (and spectacularly harsh) backdrop.[vidtoken data:0]Davenport (above) and his crew - including DoP Pat Scola &ndash; travelled to Kazakhstan, in the farthest reaches of&nbsp;Europe, to shoot this heart-rending dystopian story of a boy wandering in a deserted world. And as he explains to Promonews, shooting in Kazakhstan&nbsp;provided the team with enormous challenges and also opportunities&nbsp;- including the unexpected one of having two actors playing&nbsp;the same role.&nbsp;BTS photography: Anna LaznyaPromonews: How did you come up with the idea for the Skin video?Greg Davenport: The &lsquo;last kid on earth&rsquo; is an idea I&rsquo;ve had in my mind for a while now and somehow it just worked with the lyrics and music of Skin&nbsp;in such a perfect and unexpected way.The original brief mentioned a desire for scale and cinematic expansiveness, as well the theme of &lsquo;missed opportunities&rsquo; - so my idea was simply to take that to an epic place. And rather than focus on a romantic narrative to instead look to create something more universal. To see this kid in such impossibly huge landscapes, against the odds in a desperate search purely to find other people and not be alone.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>&quot;Kazakhstan was perhaps an unexpected choice -&nbsp;it gave us the mix of expansive natural locations and abandoned/ruined spaces we needed&quot;</blockquote>You&rsquo;ve shot in Central/Eastern Europe before. Did you have Kazakhstan in mind? What made it an excellent location?It had always been my intention to shoot in Kazakhstan and a lot of the images in my treatment came from there. The sheer epic scale and breadth of locations was truly inspirational and thankfully our producer and service companies did an incredible job to allow us to shoot there.As well as being a genuinely breathtaking place, I felt that Kazakhstan was perhaps a more unexpected choice and it gave us the perfect mix of expansive natural locations and abandoned/ruined spaces we required. I was also able to bring over some crew members from Kyiv, where I spend a lot of my time, who worked together with the incredible local crew to make it all possible.How did you find your talented young lead actor?Despite the fact that the talent pool in Almaty is fairly small and this was an incredibly tough brief, Nadine our casting director managed to bring us some good options. And luckily enough for us within those options were identical twins, Alibek and Alisher. The stuff of production dreams!The boys really excelled naturally with the physical stuff, running around the place like a couple of action heroes. And with such an ambitious and exhausting shoot for all of us, it really was key to be able to utilise the two boys at different times.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>&quot;Luckily enough the casting options included identical twins, Alibek and Alisher.&nbsp;The stuff of&nbsp;production dreams!&quot;</blockquote>What were the main challenges during the production and in particular on the shoot?Kazakhstan is a huge country and the distances we travelled were eye-watering, that in itself is a challenge when it comes to scouting locations. I had a tough time cutting them down, with some intense late-night decision-making going on ahead of the shoot.On the shoot days themselves we kept crew size to a minimum but still travelling was a big, big deal, both in terms of distances and even the terrain itself. Navigating the canyon&rsquo;s huge teetering boulders is certainly a memory I won&rsquo;t forget in a hurry.It&rsquo;s fair to say we faced some challenges with both our drone and the inclement weather, but these things happen. The local crew were fantastic and there&rsquo;s nothing like spending a night in the middle of nowhere (some crew staying in yurts) to really bond everyone together.What equipment (camera, lighting, etc) did you use?Patrick Scola our cinematographer and I chose to shoot with the Alexa Mini and beautiful Arri master anamorphics. A lighter body was a gimme on this kind of shoot, enabling Pat to really get in close and move with our kid in those moments that demanded it, and allowing us to improvise too which was key.With large distances to cover and lots of locations to shoot the plan was never to be in one place too long. There&rsquo;s no better light than the sun so apart from a little fire flicker in the final scene and some bounce along the way, that&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;re seeing.[imgtoken data:3]<blockquote>&quot;The Alexa Mini enabled Pat Scola to get in close and move with our kid&quot;</blockquote>Rag&#39;N&#39;Bone Man appears at the start, singing Skin a capella. Was he on the shoot with you?He was! I didn&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;d be able to make it happen, but yes Rory came out to Almaty to perform the acapella for the opening. I was adamant that doing it for real and recording him singing live would be a huge benefit to us and I stand by that. The audience can tell the difference, and the feeling you get from it is more powerful and more engaging this way. His first take just blew us all away, and standing where we were it felt like a special thing to experience.Rory also remained on set with us until the very end of the day, if you look very closely you might just spot him during the end scene.

Greg Davenport on Rag'n'Bone Man's Skin: "There’s nothing like spending a night in the middle of nowhere"

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Rag'n'Bone Man 'Skin' by Greg Davenport

Greg&nbsp;Davenport&#39;s long-awaited video for Rag&#39;n&#39;Bone Man&#39;s Skin charts the story of a young boy who is possibly the last boy on Earth.Rag&#39;n&#39;Bone Man himself provides a prologue to what follows, with an a cappella rendition of the song.&nbsp;Then we are with the boy as he travels through through unforgiving&nbsp;yet breathtaking terrain &ndash; the video was shot amid epic landscapes in Kazakhstan &ndash; in a relentless search&nbsp;to find a semblance of humanity. &nbsp;

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Rob Godbold

Stanislav Kotyay

Andrew Morozov

Pat Scola

Sasha Ahrimenko

Ivan Zaytsev

Anna Laznya

Yulia Mukasheva

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Chris Anthony

Alibek Bakhitov, Alisher Bakhitov

Sony Music

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Tanya Neistova

Sarah Tognazzi

Danil Kim

Chris Roebuck

Greg Davenport casts the story of two girls who despite their best efforts, can&#39;t get enough of each other. A beautiful, meditative piece of choreography married with narrative is set against the imposing, yet alluring backdrop of Soviet-era urban architecture.

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Jane Yatsuta

Nick Semko

Grits Makarenko

Nadim Carlsen

Sergey Panteleev

Martynenkov Dmitriy

Yuri Reznichenko

Andrew Shtern

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Andrew Rogovchenko

Alina Loshyna, Elizabeth Pentsarskaya, Vanya Karpenko

Dan Curwin

Atlantic

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Ruslan Makhov

Indie

Frightened Rabbit 'Get Out' by Greg Davenport

Frightened-Rabbit-'Get-Out'-by-Greg-Davenport

Greg Davenport&nbsp;has delivered this&nbsp;emotive&nbsp;video for Seafret&#39;s Be There, profiling a variety of relationships in considered vignettes, while&nbsp;the band deliver a tender performance of their song.It&#39;s power resides in the true-to-life feel of the video - from the&nbsp;serene&nbsp;interaction between a boy and his pet turtle, to a young couple&#39;s&nbsp;agitated fight. By giving the same importance to one interaction as the other, Davenport provides a&nbsp;broad perspective on the diverse patchwork of individual&nbsp;relationships.

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Adam Scarth

Malte Huebner

Sergey Smychok (ukraine)

Sam Alberg

Kat Janes

The Assembly Rooms

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Four Walls

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Marina Babentsova

Roma Pavlenko

Artyom Nadyozhin

Emil Shkulskiy

Dave Knox

Andrew Moroz

Anna Buryachkova

Acoustic

Seafret 'Be There' by Greg Davenport

Seafret-'Be-There'-by-Greg-Davenport

Greg Davenport perfectly matches the emotion in Lonely The Brave&#39;s strirring soundtrack with this incredibly bittersweet and poignant promo for The Blue, The Green.&nbsp;A young man suffering from cancer, makes the most of his life with the help of his brother...

Tina Pawlik

Oliver Hammerton

Sarah Aranda-Garzon

Dan Gibling

Patrick Meller

Jeff Vine

Alex Finlayson

Nathan Matthews

Emily Jerman

Edwin Metternich

Tom Pittman

Carl Rock

Dan Millar

Rock

Lonely The Brave 'The Blue, The Green' by Greg Davenport

Lonely-The-Brave-'The-Blue,-The-Green'-by-Greg-Davenport

Shot in Ukraine, Greg Davenport has drawn attention to the political unrest and the affect it has on its youth in Lonely The Brave&#39;s Backroads.Following a group of longboarding kids from the scene of violence in the city to sunkissed country roads &ndash; and intercut with the kids involvement in riots &ndash;&nbsp;the contrast&nbsp;highlights&nbsp;the dramatic changes each day can bring.

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Anton Vakulenko

Valentin Semko

Tuomo Virtanen

Yaroslav Braiko

Asya Krasilnikova

Valentin Bren

Flaura Atkinson

The Quarry

Yulia Pavluk

Ivan Levchenko

Pavel Botvinovskiy

Lonely The Brave 'Backroads' by Greg Davenport

Lonely The Brave - Backroads

For Band Of Skulls&#39; rocker&nbsp;Nightmares, Greg Davenport delivers this large-scale producion oscillating between a band performance in Essex and a narrative set 6000 miles away - making a seamless transition.Shot in Dagenham and California&#39;s Lucerne Valley, Greg Davenport portrays his story-telling skills&nbsp;and performance director&nbsp;as he takes us through a turbulent relationship out in the desert...

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Leonard Walch

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Spencer Scranton

Harry Gay

Adam Kolegas

Francisco 'Sonic' Kim

Anthony Mchugh

Brooke Hill

Katie Coward

Steve Vader

Harry Wheeler

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Electric Blues Recordings

John Moule

Band Of Skulls 'Nightmares' by Greg Davenport

Band Of Skulls - Nightmares

Greg Davenport reunites with Steve Mason for this surreal and compelling promo to the former Beta Band singer&rsquo;s new single Fire.Tunde Adsina heads a large cast as they individually make their way through a deserted central London - negotiating their way around falling TVs and an odd collection of mirrors - to a mysterious designated meeting point&hellip;

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Athena Stavrakis

Tom Wilkinson

Michael Middleton-Downer

Charlie Whiteway

Harriet Dennant

Alice Hobden

Martyn Culpan

Singer-songwriter

Steve Mason ‘Fire!’ by Greg Davenport

Steve Mason - "Fire!"

In Greg Davenport&#39;s thoroughly enjoyable video for former Beta Band frontman Steve Mason&#39;s A Lot Of Love, we witness the familiar scenario of a British Cabinet minister in very hot water, with his world, and a lifetime&#39;s work to rise up the greasy pole about to come crashing down, at the hands of a fearsome, Paxman-esque TV interviewer.&nbsp;If this covers similar ground to British political dramas and comedies from Yes Minister to The Thick Of It, Greg Davenport definitely puts his own spin on things, as the minister takes a course of action that would even leave Malcolm Tucker speechless....Greg says: &quot;It&#39;s one of my favourite ideas this - the story is of a much-maligned, unloved and aging politican under intense media pressure in the midst of a scandal... how will he react?&quot;&nbsp;Shot by Ben Fordesman, and with choreography from Holly Blakey &ndash; who also choreographed the recent Russ Chimes video &ndash; the video hugely benefits from a great performance from Tim Heath as the doomed politician, and Jeremy Drakes as his fearsome interrogator, drawing on the poignancy of Mason&#39;s soundtrack to brilliant effect.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Ben Fordesman

Ben Quirk

George Buxton

Holly Blakey

Domino

Steve Mason 'A Lot Of Love' by Greg Davenport

Steve Mason - A Lot Of Love (Official Video)

Singer-songwriter partnership Jon Lilygreen and Jon Maguire - two close friends from Newport in South Wales - team up with Greg Davenport for this utterly charming promo to new single Given Up Giving Up. 
Davenport shot the promo over two days in Streatham Common and Kingsbury, London. For the starring role, Greg cast Thomas Harrison - aged 7 - to play the part of an 11 year old "he completely blew us away" says Greg.
"The brief for the video was pretty open but we all agreed we wanted to stay away from a straight-up, ordinary romantic storyline" explains Greg. "I knew a Karate Kid-esque, archetypal plucky-loser turned victorious-winner story would work for the song - and as it's a genre we're all so very familiar with I wanted the competition itself to be a little quirky and unexpected. 
"So I trawled the internet for the strangest competitions I could find, and after a brief flirtation with Snail Racing (as a kid I kept snails from the garden and bred them in plastic tanks, much to my Mother's dismay with the continued disappearance of lettuces from the fridge) I eventually settled on Rock, Paper Scissors. 
"I thought there would be something inherently funny in a kid training so religiously for a competition that is largely seen as nothing more than blind luck and chance". 

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=VNW4UH9cSPg

Licia Conn

Bryony Spencer

Emilio Schlappi

Robert White

Merel Graeve

Amy Addison

Thomas Harrison

Lilygreen & Maguire 'Given Up Giving Up' by Greg Davenport

Lilygreen-&-Maguire-'Given-Up-Giving-Up'-by-Greg-Davenport

Filmed on location at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall in Glasgow, Admiral Fallow give a dead-pan, idiosyncratic performance in Greg Davenport&#39;s promo for their Guest Of The Government single.&quot;In the video we cast Admiral Fallow in what is a nightmare situation for any band&quot; explains Greg. &quot;They&#39;re playing at a wedding reception, it&#39;s the end of the night, the bride &amp; groom and many of the guests have left and those that remain are a mix of drunk parents, bored kids and other restless souls.&quot;The guys do their best to lift us out of this dreary atmosphere and find some magic in the air&quot;.http://www.youtube.com/watchv=_VwOPLTqN6Q

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Admiral Fallow 'Guest Of The Government' by Greg Davenport

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