Colourist

Jamie Noble

Henry Dean directs a moving promo for&nbsp;emerging Scottish sensation Aaron Smith.In the video, a&nbsp;chance encounter between two young lovers&nbsp;sparks a vision of a whirling, multifaceted romance.The cinematic concept captures the magnetism between its two lead characters (played by Jacob Avery and Isobel Imade)&nbsp;and blurs the line between fantasy and reality, offering up a rich, emotive visual universe to accompany the track.

United Kingdom

Henry Dean

Jordi Estapé

FAMILIA

Mike Moore

Charles Mori

Fraser Harrison

Brad Sparks

Ryan Anderson

Tobias Blackmor

Emma Regan

Studio RM

OB Management

Platoon

Micheal Newton

Rowan Mackintosh King

Aaron Smith 'Giving Up' by Henry Dean

Aaron Smith - Giving Up (Official Music Video)

Director Elena Petitti di Roreto reinterprets the classic artform of opera in her powerful new film Anna - Stage of Emotions -&nbsp;a multi-dimensional portrait of iconic opera singer Anna Netrebko, that has been graded in London by Studio RM's chief colourist Jamie Noble.[imgtoken data:1]Offering a behind-the-scenes look at the fragmented nature of performing, the 34 minute film embraces the emotional dichotomy of world-famous opera singer Netrebko, and her life lived between two worlds, in a narrative that skilfully unveils opera through a contemporary lens.[imgtoken data:2]Having worked together on numerous projects over the past three years,&nbsp;Studio RM's Jamie Noble underscores Petitti’s edit with skilful colour grading to maintain a constant level of saturation, resembling the feel of walking through a theatre utilized in the critically acclaimed Black Swan.[imgtoken data:3]“Our goal was to show a new facet of how opera can be demonstrated," says Werner Klemm, executive producer and CEO&nbsp;of German production company, Rekorder. "[This is] Opera as it was never seen before, modern and visual with storytelling at its core.”• Watch the trailer of Anna - Stage Of Emotions <a href="https://share.rekorder.de/index.php/s/a3a94p8QofqJbB2" target="_blank">here</a>

Germany

Elena Petitti di Roreto

Kleopatra Sofroniou

Leonie Petersen

Rekorder

Werner Klemm

Giuseppe Favale

Section 80 Marco Orlando

Caterina Colombo

Andrea Pitet

Martina Lattanzi

Marco Minunno

Georgia Tal

Francesco Roma

Deutsche Grammophon

Opera

'Anna - Stage Of Emotions' by Elena Petitti di Roreto

Alasdair McLellan recasts the post-industrial landscapes of England as a gorgeous&nbsp;dreamworld in his inimitable style&nbsp;for Saint Etienne's Pond House. Then in Penlop he integrates iconic British locations - Blackpool's Golden Mile, the Severn Bridge - into&nbsp;domestic and intimate&nbsp;scenes of youthful boredom.&nbsp;Both the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hau8CF-jzs" target="_blank">Pond House</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3nxanAgUOM" target="_blank">Penlop</a> promos are for tracks from&nbsp;the new Saint Etienne album I've Been Trying To Tell You, and are taken from McLellan's longform film of the same name to accompany the album, released&nbsp;in September.[imgtoken data:1]McLellan has applied the distinctive aesthetic that has graced his fashion photography and commercials (for Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu and others) to scenes shot in unfashionably provincial places in the UK: Avebury, Grangemouth, Portmeirion, Doncaster - McLellan's home town - and more.The theme of the album is a reflection upon&nbsp;the 1990s - the period after Saint Etienne's breakthrough with their debut album Foxbase Alpha -&nbsp;which they reflect back on with nostalgia and mull over the optimism and naivety of the times. And with all of the band's work, it's rooted in a specific vision&nbsp;on Britain.[imgtoken data:2]McLellan's film allows the viewer the space to reflect upon these issues in the hypnotic pacing and repetition of his gorgeously composed images - graded by his regular colourist-collaborator Jamie Noble at Studio RM.“My starting point was an interpretation of my memories from the time I first started to listen to Saint Etienne’s music," McLellan has explained.&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Of course, it is an interpretation of what I was doing then while looking back at it now. At that time, I was a bored teenager in a village near Doncaster, South Yorkshire; it was a place where very little happened. I now look back at that time as something quite idyllic – even the boredom seems idyllic – and a big part of its soundtrack was Saint Etienne.”The film I’ve Been Trying To Tell You is McLellan's first longform film project, and&nbsp;will premiere at NFT1 on the Southbank on 3rd September. Watch the trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ldhg1I7IgU" target="_blank">here</a>.

Alasdair McLellan

Heavenly Films

ORAC Productions

Indie

Alternative

Saint Etienne 'Pond House' & 'Penlop' by Alasdair McLellan

Jamie Noble is senior colourist at <a href="https://studio-rm.com/" target="_blank">Studio RM</a>, the boutique post production studio renowned for its work in fashion stills and moving image and&nbsp;increasingly&nbsp;music video - and is a debut sponsor of the Best Post Production Company Award at this year's <a href="https://www.ukmva.com/" target="_blank">UK Music Video Awards</a>.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamienoble_colour/" target="_blank">Jamie </a>studied at the London College of Printing (now LCC) in the late 1980s, then started his career&nbsp;as a photographic retoucher. It was his move to Studio RM nearly a decade ago that prompted the change to grading for moving image, and now the impeccable attention to detail he brings to his work has made him a sought-after colourist&nbsp;among a number of established and emerging filmmakers.Jamie has worked on more than 80 films with&nbsp;fashion photographer and director Alasdair McLellan, for commercial clients (including Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Miu Miu), editorial titles (like Vogue Italia, LOVE), music videos (including The xx, Sam Smith) and personal projects. He recently graded McLellan's first film&nbsp;I've Been Trying To Tell You - to accompany Saint Etienne's new album of the same name.The project is about recollecting the past - both real and imagined memories – realised in a series of films for each song, composed of&nbsp;beautiful, dreamlike images. Shot in multiple locations across Britain, from Southampton to Scunthorpe, I've Been Trying To Tell You will be premiered in September, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hau8CF-jzs" target="_blank">the promo for Pond House</a>, taken from the film, has just been released.WORK:How long have you held your current position? What were you doing before this? l have been at Studio RM for almost ten years. I was a stills retoucher first and the studio supported my ambition to become a colourist.What was your first job, or first significant break in the industry? My first job was as a runner at a studio in Tottenham Court Road. I worked my way up through the company, doing colour and black and white photographic printing and developing film negatives. My big break was getting into digital creative services as a creative retoucher in the early ’90s while the industry was in its infancy.<blockquote>[I became]&nbsp;a creative retoucher in the early ’90s while the industry was in its infancy.</blockquote>Name one music video that inspired you before your career started? I can name a few, but the one that made an early impression on me was David Bowie's video for Ashes to Ashes. I remember the VFX on the video vividly, as I had never seen anything like it before - especially the black sky![vidtoken data:0]Name one project you’ve done that was significant as a learning experience – and why? It was for the music documentary about James Lavelle called The Man From Mo’Wax. It was my first feature-length grade, on a tight deadline, and it taught me many new skills needed to get content from studio to cinema screen, as well as how to be efficient with my time and manage people.I worked closely with the director Matthew Jones, who wanted the film to have a natural look because it used a lot of home footage shot by James Lavelle himself, but wanted to subtly enhance the reds and blues where possible, because those were the Mo Wax label colours.[vidtoken data:1]What are your favourite music video-related jobs of the past year or so (2 or 3 different ones, ideally) , and why? I’ve always enjoyed working on music videos with longtime collaborator Alasdair McLellan. Our most recent collaboration was for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/01/18/sam-smith-kids-again-alasdair-mclellan/72147" target="_blank">Sam Smith's Kids Again</a> - it was shot on film so it has a lovely natural look and feel about it.[vidtoken data:2]<blockquote>I’ve always enjoyed working on music videos with longtime collaborator&nbsp;Alasdair McLellan.</blockquote>I just finished another project with Alasdair too, his first film. It accompanies Saint Etienne’s new album&nbsp;I’ve Been Trying To Tell You, and is a film made up of other films, about memories. It can be viewed as a whole film, or watched track-by-track. When the album is released in September, the film will be shown in the BFI cinema on Southbank a few days after.[vidtoken data:3]During the first lockdown I worked on a project for Griff’s Forgive Myself&nbsp;music video; because of the lockdown restrictions, Griff shot it herself at home, directed remotely by Imogen &amp; Riccardo @isstudioworld. The video and grade has a lo-fi quality that I really like.[vidtoken data:4]Working with co-directors Sophia &amp; Robert on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/02/25/biffy-clyro-instant-history-sophia-robert/63467" target="_blank">Biffy Clyro’s Instant History</a>&nbsp;music video was another standout. It was a hectic edit to go with the music, so the grade was similar, mixing many different looks and styles.[vidtoken data:5]What are your favourite other jobs of the past year or so? A recent project with Steve Mackey for Perfect Magazine and Gucci called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_svDQbBa2wEg8e_4kMmJgcucHqnJDIdS" target="_blank">Notes From the Underground</a>. It brings together 10 short films of 10 different musicians. Steve Mackey directed four of the videos, and the rest were shot by the musicians themselves.I love the diversity of artistic voices it incorporates. 10 very different musical and visual styles, all of which were a real pleasure to work on.[vidtoken data:6]What are you currently working on? I am currently working on a project starring the opera singer Anna Netbreko, with another of my favourite directors and collaborators, Elena Petitti di Roreto.What kind of work would you like to be doing in future? I love the range of work and directing talent I encounter here at Studio RM, and would love to add more longform work to the mix.What advice would you give someone entering your field? Work hard. Keep learning. Stay humble. And enjoy your work.<blockquote>Young directors are really exploring what’s possible.</blockquote>LIFE:When you’re not working, what do you like to spend time doing? Going to restaurants and the cinema, and going for walks with my wife.What’s the best movie (or movies) you’ve seen recently? Rocks, Possessor, Les Miserables and His House.[vidtoken data:7]What are your favourite music videos by other people in the past year? Young directors are really exploring what’s possible. <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/09/17/michael-kiwanuka-you-ain%E2%80%99t-problem-leonn-ward/60809" target="_blank">Michael Kiwanuka's&nbsp;You Ain't The Problem</a> [directed by Leonn Ward]&nbsp;caught my eye. I really like the cinematography and it feels clean and natural but with really nice saturation.[vidtoken data:8]Favourite music artist(s), and favourite gig(s) in the past year? I've been listening to Sleaford Mods and Royal Blood this past year. And a lot of ambient music to help me relax in these troubled times.Best book you’ve read, and/or best exhibition you’ve seen recently? I keep re-reading Frank Herbert's&nbsp;Dune, and George Orwell's&nbsp;Homage to Catalonia.[imgtoken data:1]Favourite food and/or favourite restaurant(s)? The restaurant I keep going back to is the Spanish tapas place <a href="https://www.barrafina.co.uk/" target="_blank">Barrafina</a>.What’s your favourite political or charitable cause, and why? There are so many worthy causes, but <a href="https://www.amnesty.org.uk/" target="_blank">Amnesty International</a> and <a href="https://www.wateraid.org/uk/donate/donate-to-wateraid-today?gclid=CjwKCAjwmeiIBhA6EiwA-uaeFaCWnuAySRlQTE6RLYbdZpk_QvwHcppoLjg5xXmSHCRBdjBjt0IkThoCghwQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Water Aid</a> are two very important charities. I believe strongly in human rights and that people should have access to clean drinking water and basic hygiene and sanitation.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I believe strongly...&nbsp;people should have access to clean drinking water and basic hygiene</blockquote>Best recent purchase? As I was exercising more during lockdown, I finally relented and bought myself an iWatch. I had resisted getting one because I had no need. But once I started to get more active my cheap fitness bands were not really any good.• Jamie Noble is senior colourist at <a href="https://studio-rm.com/" target="_blank">Studio RM</a> in London. Contact Camilla Bateman at Studio RM at camilla@studio-rm.com for more information.&nbsp;

Work & Life Q&A: Jamie Noble, Studio RM

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Official Video)

The Man from Mo'Wax - Official Trailer

Sam Smith - Kids Again

Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You - Official Trailer

Griff - Forgive Myself (Official Video)

Biffy-Clyro-'Instant-History'-by-Sophia-+-Robert

Angèle David-Guillou performing 'A Question of Angles' | Notes from the Underground

HIS HOUSE | Official Trailer | Netflix

Michael-Kiwanuka-'You-Ain’t-The-Problem'-by-Leonn-Ward

Agent Provocateur ad for&nbsp;'Spring Summer Campaign', directed by Charlotte Wales. Pump it up!

Charlotte Wales

Helena Martel Seward

Mini Title

Agent Provocateur 'Spring Summer Campaign' by Charlotte Wales

Carolina Herrera campaign 'Good Girl' featuring Karlie Kloss, directed by Quenin Jones.

Quenin Jones

Cadence Films

Metil Edit

James Ketterer

Carolina Herrera 'Good Girl' TVC by Quenin Jones

Sam Smith's&nbsp;Kids Again music video directed by Alasdair McLellan.

Partner Films

Alexi Pissourios

Ragi Dholakia Productions

Sam Smith 'Kids Again' by Alasdair McLellan

This is not the usual Christmas, and Kodaline's This Must Be Christmas is not the usual Christmas song.&nbsp;Lee Holmes's video for the song adds some realism to the season of goodwill:&nbsp;it's set in a London pub, where a hard-working, badly-paid little helper&nbsp;is enjoying a few drinks&nbsp;after apparently being made redundant.She was lucky to find a pub that's still open...

Lee Holmes

M J Mcmahon

Matthew Jones

Capture

Eren Kaplan

Orlando O'mahoney

Nacho Muñoz De León

James Duffy

Johnny Savage

Tanja Martin

Lisa Chau

B-unique Records

Kodaline 'This Must Be Christmas' by Lee Holmes

Kodaline-'Kodaline---This-Must-Be-Christmas-(official-Video)'-by-Lee-Holmes

Marc Jacobs 'Daisy' fragrance TVC, directed by Alasdair McLellan,&nbsp;starring Kaia Gerber, Adut Akech and Meghan Roche.

Art Partner

Marc Jacobs 'Daisy' TVC by Alasdair McLellan 

Daisy Marc Jacobs

Gucci, 'So Deer To Me' commercial, directed by Alasdair McLellan.

Christopher Simmons

Alexandros Pissourios

Gucci, 'So Deer To Me' by Alasdair McLellan

So Deer To Me: The Gucci Pre-Fall 2020 Campaign

Biffy Clyro return with a carny-esque video for Instant History, directed with characteristic pizzazz by Sophia + Robert.Combining the band's muscular and quirky nature, the directing duo demonstrate their style works as well in rock as it does in pop. They manage to achieve a grand scale in a studio setting, aided by a cast of interesting characters - a carnival of likeminded souls - with a highly creative use of art direction and styling, and of course the directors' own intense editing style.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Sophia + Robert

Paulette Caletti

Prettybird

Juliette Larthe

Benji Landman

Franklin Dow

Juan Minotta

Chelsea Bernard

Noah Furrer

Hatty Ellis-Coward

Tommy Taylor

Lindsay Low

Nathan James Tettey

Marisa Garner Associates

Michael Whitham

Eliot Mcqueen

Biffy Clyro 'Instant History' by Sophia + Robert

Charlotte Lawrence's Why Do You Love Me? video directed by&nbsp;Alasdair McLellan.

Charlotte Lawrence 'Why Do You Love Me?' by Alasdair McLellan

Charlotte Lawrence - Why Do You Love Me (Official Music Video)

Alasdair McLellan paints a portrait of youth and sexuality in the town of Marfa, Texas for The xx.Classic iconography of the American High School experience complete with cheerleaders and football players gives this video a nostalgic feel, with vibrant colours enhancing the more tender moments as the couples depicted in the video explore the freedom of youth.The band, who recorded part of their album in Marfa, are on hand as revellers in the parties the kids throw. Exploring similar nostalgic ground to Spike Jonze&#39;s Scenes From The Suburbs&nbsp;film with Arcade Fire a few years ago, but with more emphasis on intimacy.

Ellie Grace Cumming

Mark Hampton

Frankie Boyd

Imogen Snell

The xx 'On Hold' by Alasdair McLellan

The xx - On Hold (Official Video)

In&nbsp;her video for Brolin&#39;s heartfelt cover of Cyndi Lauper&#39;s Time After Time,&nbsp;Phoebe Arnstein directs a intimate study&nbsp;of a girl in New York - the&nbsp;English actress and model&nbsp;Chloe Hayward (as opposed to the director Chloe Hayward) &ndash; where the observational&nbsp;recording of her everyday life slowly develops into something more intimate.

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