Director of Photography

Jake Gabbay

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;

United Kingdom

Holly Tidwell

Thomas Liam Davis

Wpa Uk

Luis Hindman

Aidan Robert Brooks

CAMP 

Sachin Parmar

Francesca Woods

Justin Theodore

James Hills

Nick Thursby

Murdo Hepburn

Emma Regan

Tom Mangham

Black Kite Studios

Awal

Joesef 'Live From Apartment 22' by Luis Hindman

Joesef-'Live-From-Apartment-22'-by-Luis-Hindman

Gabriel Moses directs a powerful short film for Little Simz.&nbsp;The promo for No Thank You feature segments from five songs from the new album, and presents a powerful sequence of emotional vignettes, each tied to the lyrics of the track in an inventive, elevated way.&nbsp;The thematic landscape of the album centres on distrust in record labels, mental health and generational trauma, and these themes are weaved into the spectacular imagery across this ten-minute film.&nbsp;Switching between a heavily&nbsp;abstract, sometimes surreal style, and stripped back performance to camera, Simz is here to get her message across in a bold, unabashed way, and this surprise release is another example of her unmistakeable talent across music, visuals and music culture as a whole.&nbsp;

Gabriel Moses

Jules de Chateleux

Alice Wills

Lola Burelle

Clara Avazeri

Hugo Lebaillif

Kamil Tahiri

Anastasia Matouskoff

Thurot Frederic

Jerome Daudel

Lucie Ellis

Nibras

Amirah Haliyah

Joseph Taylor

The Assembly Rooms

John Lowe

Studio Private

Division

Hip Hop

Little Simz 'No Thank You' by Gabriel Moses

NO THANK YOU

Multi-hyphenate creative Wesley Joseph self-directs the etheral promo for Monsoon.&nbsp;As with Joseph's self-directed video&nbsp;for Thrilla last year,&nbsp;it's presented as a series of poetic vignettes, and imbued with a sense of otherworldly energy, exploring character and concept through dazzling costumes and slick styling.&nbsp;Without a narrative to tie things together, the abstract visual is instead left open to interpretation, and exudes a magical, fantastical vibe throughout. It's fantastic work, and&nbsp;absolutely stunning to look at.&nbsp;

Sarah Asmail

Wesley Joseph

Andrew Rawson

Stink Films

Krunal Saadrani

Dom Mckiernan

Michael Hannides

Sam Allen

Richie Oldfield

Secretly Canadian

Wesley Joseph 'Monsoon' by Wesley Joseph

Wesley-Joseph-'Monsoon'-by-Wesley-Joseph

Filmawi has directed a beautiful conceptual piece for Jvck James's soulful&nbsp;Hennessy Tears.Starting with a flock of birds flying through a clear blue sky, the camera pans to Jvck James, walking on desert-like ground, and performing the song about being overwhelmed by love with real feeling. The camera moves ahead of him, and as Jvck addresses the lens&nbsp;for the first time, stardust particles begin to flow from the singer.The particles coming from Jvck are echoed by the birds above, and then Filmawi adds another surprising element - the camera is a the person that Jvck is singing to. That adds another layer to the already captivating song and video, elevating the theme of all-encompassing&nbsp;love.

Filmawi

Henry Cristerna

COMPULSORY

Kiran Mandla

Theo Hue Williams

Lee Fairweather

Chris Malin

Michael Lewin

Orlando O'Mahoney Morris

Aida García Vega

Beau Pritchard James

Waddah Sinada

Lauraine Bailey

Lauren Groves

Jamie Hodgson

Work Editorial

Lola Cookman

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Olivia Jessop

Grizzle

Douglas McGinness

Nisju Thel Whirh

Soul

Jvck James 'Hennessy Tears' by Filmawi

JVCK JAMES - Hennessy Tears (Official Video)

Birdman meet UK rap as we see Asher D walking through a one-take rehearsal for a play - only for&nbsp;reality and fantasy to&nbsp;start to spill into one another - in Filmawi's riveting video for Dat's A Wrap.Beginning with a theatre director screaming at a runner as the camera slowly pans out to reveal a whole production with crew, with some trying to calm the situation down. In the middle of everything Asher appears on-screen, calm and&nbsp;smooth as ever. He moves through the scene&nbsp;performing the track to the camera, describing his film career. He keeps his interactions&nbsp;with the surrounding cast to a minimum - even when one has a medical emergency.Filmawi excels in putting the viewer in a position where they feel familiar with the situation, only to flip the script in a perfectly-timed surreal moment at the climax.&nbsp;Watch again to look out for clues... the ending makes it one to remember.&nbsp;

Supple Nam

Sasha Hilton

Bo Dube

Franklyn Nnaamdi-Okwedy

Harsha Chavda

Yasmine Sabri

Iliana Mavroeidakou

Alex Gregory

No.8

Nisju

Asher D ‘Dats A Wrap’ by Filmawi

ASHER D | DATS A WRAP

Simon Lane directs an ethereal dance-based promo for singer-songwriter&nbsp;Sandrayati Fay.The video is simple in concept - expressing a New Dawn, delicately expressed through movement - yet the tender cinematography by Jake Gabbay, shooting on 16mm, and Lane's considered direction ensure this is an absorbing piece of work.&nbsp;Everything from the art direction to the choreography is inspired by Sandrayati's connection to home, which creates an intimate connection and another layer to the emotional compexity of the project.&nbsp;

Ryan Morris

Worldwide Production Agency

Simon Lane

Visions Collective

Keiran Brown

Ieva Petrav

Andrean Sigurgeirsson

Darren Rae

Cinelab Film and Digital

Decca Records

Singer-songwriter

Sandrayati 'New Dawn' by Simon Lane

Sandrayati--'New-Dawn-'-by-Simon-Lane

Rianne White is back with the final promo in a three-part series for Winnie Raeder.&nbsp;The video seamlessly transitions from the final frame of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/04/28/winnie-raeder-promised-love-rianne-white/76090" target="_blank">Promised Love - Part Two of the trilogy</a> -&nbsp;and shows the camera stalking towards the artist as she performs, before spinning to reveal&nbsp;a large studio space, with theatrical art direction elements and the smashed pottery from the previous chapter of the concept.&nbsp;"It was so freeing to be fully immersed in this world we created on set," says White.&nbsp;"The entire process with Winnie across this project has been fuelled by such honest and personal observations of inner worlds. Finding the nerve in it all, entangled in our own physical and emotional bodies."This third and final part brings us full circle. Let’s feel it!!"&nbsp;

Furmaan Ahmed

Detroit Law

Rianne White

Jake River Parker

Mouthpiece

Kode

Kieran Brown

Nathan Killham

Rowan Mackintosh King

Joe Starrs

Sonia Rodriguez

Madeline Brown

Charles Gamble

Okay Studio

Ruth Wardell

Winnie Raeder 'I Could Swim' by Rianne White

Winnie-Raeder-'I-Could-Swim-(part-3)'-by-Rianne-White

Seb Tabe directs a vérité-style insight into a typical day in the life of Theodor Black, in the promo for Top Down.&nbsp;We see Theodor and his friends venture through the streets of London, hanging out and causing havoc, before settling down in the studio in the evening.&nbsp;Whether hijacking&nbsp;a pizza delivery driver's motorcycle or on the run from the police, the group thrive on the rush and thrill of their mischief, and these situations are perfectly encapsulated in a short film structure.&nbsp;

Tilda Bonham Carter

Seb Tabe

Zoe Gunn

Noir

Chaimaa Ormazabal

Greg Smith

Oscar Ginn

Orlando O'mahoney

Richard Angei

Poppy Ridell

John Holloway

Editegg

John Alexander Lowe

Theodor Black

Theodor Black 'Top Down' by Seb Tabe

Theodor Black - TOP DOWN (Official Video)

Rianne White follows the enigmatic visual for Winnie Raeder's <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/28/winnie-raeder-end-me-rianne-white/75581">The End Of Me</a> with Promised Love, the second promo in a three-part series.&nbsp;The video opens with a slow pull-out from a piece of priceless pottery, which slowly tumbles and shatters in slow-motion. The interconnectedness of the concept is highlighted by the use of the same shots to end one video and begin another, and a separate vignette suggests this will be the case for the third and final promo as well.&nbsp;The arresting imagery is stripped-back yet very effective, and remains open to interpretation.&nbsp;"Promised Love (Part 2) was truly the most humbling process to trust and believe in this vision," says Rianne White. "There is so much I could say about this film, but the real beauty of it is bringing this moment to the audience to find their own meaning within it."It's powerful to remind ourselves how we really feel and connect when we slow down and listen."&nbsp;&nbsp;

Winnie Raeder 'Promised Love' by Rianne White

Winnie-Raeder-'Promised-Love-(part-2)'-by-Rianne-White

Rianne White directs the first of three visuals for London-based&nbsp;Winnie Raeder's new EP, with&nbsp;a minimalist and near abstract piece for The End Of Me.&nbsp;The video explores connection and comfort, visualised through two pairs of hands entangled in twine, attempting to reach each other and free themselves from their binding. Rianne White explains that the idea came from the clarity&nbsp;of Raeder's delivery of her music.&nbsp;"Winnie has a sound that grants you access to your inner world and has you locked in a dance with yourself as you feel every word and note of it," she reflects.&nbsp;"We spoke about connection, feeling uncomfortable, playing with the nerve in the song - a place where you can be both fearless and vulnerable, consumed by a gas leak effect of your own emotions. Let’s sit still, and really feel it."The focus upon this symbolic imagery, and infusion of emotion perfectly match the downtempo track. It's an intriguing introduction to the video series.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Winnie Raeder 'The End Of Me' by Rianne White

Winnie-Raeder-'The-End-Of-Me-(part-1)-'-by-Rianne-White

Aliyah Otchere directs a contemplative promo for&nbsp;Ravyn Lenae.Using her considerable experience in photography as a foundation, Otchere presents a series of gentle performance vignettes, each with its own distinctive look and feel.&nbsp;Stylistically exploring space, light and texture, the video perfectly encapsulates the soft harmonies in the track, whilst navigating a transition of sorts from hanging in limbo to being grounded and confident.&nbsp;

Jeanie Annan-Lewin

Aliyah Otchere

Frankie Willcock

Agile Films

Krunal Saadran

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Sophia Dembitzer

Ali Copland

Adrian Greenfield

Ashley Rees

Simon Donnellon

Zateesha Barbour

Michelle Boggs

Jennifer Tividad

Jonny Tully

Agile

Julian Ofori-sey

Atlantic Records

Ravyn Lenae 'Light Me Up' by Aliyah Otchere

Ravyn-Lenae-'Light-Me-Up'-by-Aliyah-Otchere

Wesley Joseph self-directs a darkly comedic video for his track Cold Summer, about the travails of crime boss Fredrick.&nbsp;Shot in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the concept&nbsp;follows Fredrick - played by Joseph -&nbsp;on the run after escaping prison. In the narrative, Fredrick finds himself in a game of cat and mouse whilst on the hunt to bring home a mystical missing briefcase.A vibrant, visually arresting aesthetic accompanies the melodramatic&nbsp;yet comedic storyline, and grandiose themes of villainy, with the&nbsp;expansive desert and mountainous terrain acting as a hugely cinematic backdrop to the action.&nbsp; Contrasting colour palettes - along with the hypnotic visual effects and high-end art direction - lend a huge amount of production value to the project.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Action-packed and fast-paced, it's an introduction to the next chapter of the&nbsp;Wesley Joseph cinematic universe, and the artist's second video since signing to Stink Rising last year. Joseph explains that the idea for the video originated while recording the music with Leon Vynehall at his studio, The Ooz.<blockquote>The film feels out of this world and unfamiliar to me. So much happened so quickly...</blockquote>"We talked about how I wanted to create the theme music for a supervillain's return, something that felt uneasy, tense, and eerie, yet completely encapsulating - that would feel like the perfect beginning to the next chapter," he explains.&nbsp;"[The song] Cold Summer&nbsp;started to take shape at 1am after a day of working, and as soon as we got the atmospherics and drums down we couldn’t stop playing it. We wanted to make something simple that allowed my vocal to lead and bend the vibe in each section. Creating it was freeing process I think you can hear reflected in the song.[imgtoken data:2]"The supervillain concept expanded into the&nbsp;universe of the film, and I wanted to bring the alter-ego Fredrick a step forward in our world - making a video that felt cinematic, textured, eccentric, vivid and humourous at the same time. As the idea got bigger, more characters were drawn in, and when all the dots were connected it was a pretty unrealistic concept to shoot in the UK."We ended up shooting in Kazakhstan and after a ten hour flight&nbsp;and two days with next to no sleep, filming in deserts, old hotels and golf clubs in the mountains, we came back with the video. Luckily we had a great team out there who facilitated the idea and made it possible. The film feels out of this world and unfamiliar to me. So much happened so quickly, it’s still a beautiful lucid blur."

Zara Asmail

Samuel Allen

Glassworks

Johnny Thorpe

Lane Casting

Zhardem Daulbayev

Nurkhat Zulpykhar

Holly Shearn

Wesley Joseph 'Cold Summer' by Wesley Joseph

Wesley Joseph - COLD SUMMER (Official Video)

A young man struggles with the perceived notion that the whole world is against him, in Seb Tabe's profound promo for Ones' Blessings.&nbsp;Opening with a stylised interpretation of the lead character's -played by&nbsp;Leo Iheagwam&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;mental health battles, the video transitions into a series of vignettes, where strangers begin to harrass, belittle and assault the man.&nbsp;Ramping up the fear and paranoia in his mind, the concept is one which many viewers will relate to, and the authentic presentation of the themes and performances are a testament to Tabe's sensitive direction.&nbsp;

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