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Harry Wheeler

Sam Smith reunites with Luke Monaghan in a triumphant comeback for&nbsp;Love Me More.The song is all about the singer being more comfortable in their self, and Monaghan - who has directed more&nbsp;Sam Smith videos than anyone else - allows that feeling to seep through the course of the film in both a direct and evocative fashion.After a prelude listening to a&nbsp;phone machine voice message from an old friend who craves to meet up with them, Sam heads out into the day with a spring in their step - in a street scene reminiscent of one of their early videos.The introduction of a supporting cast is done through a break from the course of the narrative - conceptual set-ups and portrait shots of Sam's 'gang' from the LGBTQ+ community&nbsp;- before they all come together on the dancefloor.Monaghan keeps things interesting and affectionate throughout, never deviating from a positive and joyous mood. That's anchored&nbsp;by Sam's radiant performance. This dovetails really nicely with a song which has a tinge of gospel revivalism about it.Sam Smith is definitely back - and so is Luke Monaghan.&nbsp;

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Arthur De Borman

Rose Waite

Ben Reardon

Luke Monaghan

MrMr

Shore Works

James Hackett

Sol Sahaiti

Alex Jefferson

Elliot Ruby

Ali Copland

Richard J Lewis

Jamie Monks

Phil Heron

Rob Hawkins

Max Randall

Sienree Du

Karla Q Leon

Sean Fazende

Houmam Abdullah

Capitol Records

Joe Mulvihill

Sam Smith 'Love Me More' by Luke Monaghan

Sam-Smith--'Love-Me-More-'-by-Luke-Monaghan

Wardens ride and die in Will Dohrn's latest visually inventive extravaganza for Jeshi - this one&nbsp;featuring Obongjayar.Following on from Dohrn's <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/08/jeshi-3210-will-dohrn/75291" target="_blank">brilliantly clever&nbsp;video for 3210</a>, in the promo for Protein the London rapper rides off into the distance in an Uber. This is viewed&nbsp;through a screen attached to the front of a now beaten up, Uber-turned-rally car which shows Jeshi and Obongjayar performing, whilst infrared lasers emitted by an original Xbox Kinect illuminates them.Throw in some mobedding traffic wardens and you have another highly stimulating and imaginative music promo from Dohrn, bringing avant garde&nbsp;ideas into the hiphop music video sphere.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Bon Walsh

Carmen Young

Oliver Whitworth

Ellie Rimmer

Will Dohrn

Joseph J Goldman

Ground Work

Ed Pearson

Aaron Z. Willson

Abbey Valentina

Chris Malin

Rory Power

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

Because Music

Anna Butler

Hip Hop

Jeshi ft Obongjayar 'Protein' by Will Dohrn

Jeshi - Protein (feat Obongjayar)

Will Dohrn directs a brilliantly inventive promo for Jeshi, mixing&nbsp;live action with thousands of printed photographs to brilliant effect.Shot entirely practically in locations around London, the video is a remarkable feat, with an arresting yet fluid aesthetic which interweaves multiple formats and storylines. Jeshi's understated performance style slots in to the concept perfectly too, ensuring the final project, which was graded by Connor Coolbear, is&nbsp;both seamless and brilliantly watchable.Will Dohrn reveals that his inspiration came from pre-motion film technology, adapted to the modern world.&nbsp;"Life as a zoopraxiscope," he says, describing the overall concept."The zoopraxiscope was invented by Eadweard Muybridge in the late 1800’s," Dohrn explains.&nbsp;"[Muybridge] realised that spinning a series of photographs or illustrations in front of the eye at a certain speed would animate the images, inventing the first ever motion picture or video as we now describe it.&nbsp;"In the film we unravel the zoopraxiscope into a seemingly never-ending line of photographs that portray recollections from Jeshi’s past, guiding his path through familiar or significant places in his life."&nbsp;

Louis Simonon

Olly Whitworth

Tom O’Driscoll

Mouthpiece

Peter Garajszki

Tara Sadeghi

Emmy Robinson

Alfie Brown

Jeshi '3210' by Will Dohrn

Jeshi-'3210'-by-Will-Dohrn

Hak Baker faces up to addiction, in Jon E Price's reflective promo for Irrelevant Elephant.&nbsp;The party is over, and Baker is shown hanging around his flat, seriously hungover and drowning in apathy, as an animated elephant begins to invade each frame.&nbsp;Starting off as a carefree, colourful character, the elephant - who appears when Hak thinks about taking to the booze again&nbsp; - soon distorts into an unwelcome and menacing presence.As his addictions take hold, the artist has to find the inner strength to take back control.[imgtoken data:1]

Jon E Price

Jack Filtness

Riff Raff Films

Tom Berendsen

Chris Mears

Max Openshaw

Lee Partfit

Jenny Gardiner

Lewis Munro

Lucinda Worth

Dave Davis

Trim Editing

Rich Fearon

Jade Deene

Hak Attack Records

Alternative

Singer-songwriter

Folk

Hak Baker 'Irrelevant Elephant' by Jon E Price

Hak Baker - Irrelevant Elephant

Noah Lee creates a palpably resonant dreamworld, full of quirky visual tricks streaming from the subconscious of&nbsp;his subject, the intriguing Celeste, in the video for Tonight Tonight.Once Lee sets the scene by putting Celeste through the mini-hell of not being able to light her recalcitrant cigarette, the video progresses&nbsp;into the psyche of the character our songstress embodies. The&nbsp;film meanders through dive bars and Alice-in-Wonderland-esque hallways filled with butterflies and complicated individuals.It’s definitely the film’s distortions on common realities that make its dreamworld feel somewhat familiar - an authentic imagining of a subconscious mind. It's also framed in a&nbsp;film aesthetic, and with use of lenses that creates an aura that manages to be glamourous and&nbsp;romantic as well as surreal.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;

Noah Lee

Suzan Mustafa

Kate Brady

Tom Berendson

Jack Meredith

Philip J Heron

James Malamatinas

Lee Parfitt

Elena Isolini

Emma Lipop

Vicky Morris

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Mikko Ruostila

Marco Grey

OB Management

Cinelab Film and Digital

Soul

Celeste 'Tonight Tonight' by Noah Lee

CELESTE [TONIGHT TONIGHT]

Loski and Stormzy are men on a mission - to deliver satisfaction to all sorts of women - in Joao Retorta's thoroughly enjoyable video for Flavour.They play a couple of delivery men, making a number of drop offs around London to supply their special product. What is it? Well, the clue is very much in the songtitle.It's a winning concept, which plays to the strengths and the chemistry of Loski and Stormzy, and provides a series of engaging episodes as they service an&nbsp;increasingly upscale clientele.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Harry Wheeler experiments with vibrant lighting and buoyant camerawork to match the steady flow of the track, allowing the charming performances to take focus. And it's a confident step by Joao Retorta into building a narrative around a pair of charismatic artists.&nbsp;

Joao Retorta

Joel Spencer

Bullion Productions

Jack Newman

Beatrice Giustini

Luke Goodrich

Joe Sherno

Ciaran Beale

Verity May Lane

Robyn Rowan

James Willis

Ellie Johnson

Ten Three

Tim Smith

CHEAT

No.8

Kat Catteneo

RCA Records

Grime

Loski, Stormzy 'Flavour' by Joao Retorta

Loski-With-Stormzy-'Flavour'-by-Joao-Retorta

Taz Tron Delix directs the star-studded posse of Headie One, Stormzy and AJ&nbsp;Tracey - reflecting on how far they have travelled in their careers - in an atmospheric affair for Ain't It Different.&nbsp;The heavy-hitters&nbsp;exchange verses in a beautifully-lit mysterious mansion with a hypnotic atmosphere, and ther is a butterfly motif, in a nod to the sample used in the song. And above everything - a huge statue of Headie One, towering over a North London high rise. It's an unmissable symbol&nbsp;of how big Headie has become. &nbsp;

Taz Tron Delix

Ghandi El-Chamaa

COMPULSORY

Kiran Mandla

Rebecca Waters

Ty Hack

Elizabeth El-Khadi

Holly Adamthwaite

Alex Gregory

The Mill

Elena Argiros

Sony Music

Headie One ft Stormzy & AJ Tracey 'Ain't It Different' (Director's Cut) by Taz Tron Delix

Delilah Montagu takes to her bed in Margot Bowman's video for Loud. But the bed just happens to be in a junkyard, or in the woods, or on the beach.The visual device helps to deliver a feeling of intimacy and expansiveness that is ideal for this excellent track.

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Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Juliette Larthe

Philips Nortey

Derek  Hardie Martin

Charlotte Roberts

Emily Wood

Matt Allsop

Lizzy Graham

Whitehouse Nyc

Luke Morrison

Delilah Montagu 'Loud' by Margot Bowman

Delilah-'Loud'-by-Margot-Bowman

We spend half our lives looking at screens - so NOISY&nbsp;and director Joao Retorta pose a crucial question: are we wishing our lives away?&nbsp;&nbsp;In his blistering video for I Wish I Was A... Retorta sends us into the head of a VR set-wearing youth, triggering an avalanche of imagery that idealises body image, sex, love, and pulsating, visceral excitement. But is any of it actually real?NOISY, with their distinctive brand of dance, pop and indie-rock, become a crucial part of these scenarios - particularly frontman Cody. His charisma and&nbsp;energy provides the focus as we waver between fantasy and reality.Shot in Kiev before Covid restrictions kicked in -&nbsp;at the Soviet-era Expocenter of Ukraine - a range of&nbsp;spectacular scenes are beautifully shot by UKMVA nominee Harry Wheeler,&nbsp;and graded by Jason Wallis. It's definitely worth some of your&nbsp;screentime.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Aleksey Savelov

Daniel Dubrovsky

Brendan Jenkins

TenThree

Jason Wallis

Island Records

Dasha Deriagina

2332 Films

Ruslan-Bohdan

Kate Maksymova

Yarik Kutnik

Dima Tartishnikov

Denis Kumeiko

Sasha Timkov

Sergey Volniy

David Knight

Dance

NOISY 'I Wish I Was A...' by Joao Retorta

Noisy-'I-Wish-I-Was-A...'-by-Joao-Retorta

Talking about his video for Jeshi's Mask On, Walid Labri&nbsp;told Complex: "The keyword in this video is elevated reality, and this whole visual is about Jeshi trying to be heard."Whether it's him shouting off a top of a cliff alone, hopelessly talking to someone on the phone, locked out and trying a last ditch effort to be heard through a peephole, or attempting to get the attention of driver who isn't trying to listen but rather drive... but his attempts at being heard are not being recognised -&nbsp;&nbsp;as if he has a mask on."

Walid Labri

Callum Harrison

Pete Wade

Elizabeth El-kadhi

Electirc Theatre Collective

Jeshi 'Mask On' by Walid Labri

Jeshi-'Mask-On-'-by-Walid-Labri

KLVDR creates a brooding, subtly slick visual for this heavyweight team-up of Da Beatfreakz, DigDat, Dutchavelli and B Young.Shot in various locations within an&nbsp;industrial warehouse space, each set-up is visually impressive, with excellent cinematography from Harry Wheeler, and grade from Alex Gregory; a riveting edit from Sam Hardy, and VFX enhancement from We Are Covert. &nbsp;Ultimately its&nbsp;beautifully-crafted return to the medium from&nbsp;KLVDR,&nbsp;precision-tooled for maximum impact.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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James Cross

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Rachel Bashford

Jonathan Sidwell

Marcus Albertsen

Liam Meredith

Murdo Hepburn

Sam Hardy

Edit Egg

We Are Covert 

Marisa Garner Associates

Alize Demange

Da Beatfreakz x Digdat x Dutchavelli x B Young '808' by KLVDR

Da-Beatfreakz-X-Digdat-X-Dutchavelli-X-B-Young-'808'-by-Klvdr

Will Dohrn's searingly intense video for IDLES employs a brilliant visual device to tell several parallel stories of life on the edge in modern Britain.It's so rare to see something which takes the familiar and bring a completely fresh, and instantly identifiable perspective. This is one of those occasions, as Dohrn's camera effectively becomes each protagonist, looking downwards at their own right hand as they go about their daily business.Against the incendary aggression of WAR, the director cuts kinetically between the stories, but building up a tapestry of gritty lives, grim outlooks and, as the camera spirals upwards in the final stage, human tragedy.You will need to watch again (and again) to discern each progression - and that is a key element to the success of this thrilling video which is, conversely also immediately impactful. With an execution as strong and inventive as the concept, it's certainly up there as one of the best music videos of the year so far.

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