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Joe Dixon

Life is a four-piece from London fronted by 20 year old Mike Sharp, who takes a fair old pasting in their video for debut single See The Light (taken from the forthcoming EP &lsquo;Elixir&rsquo; and available as a free download on 27th May), directed by Joe Dixon of directing duo Tim &amp; Joe.
In the video young Mike is tied to a chair, and then beaten to a pulp by various people. It&rsquo;s not quite a gangster scenario, possibly more of a metaphor for the perils of show business.
Says Joe: &ldquo;What self-respecting music video director hasn&rsquo;t wanted to beat the hell out of their star performer? Well happily for me, I got the chance. It was a really fun day, everyone worked brilliantly, beautiful lighting once again from Marcus Autelli and a superb performance from Mike and his abusive pals.&rdquo;

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Joe Dixon from directing team Tim &amp; Joe has made a very touching video for Texan band Black Books&rsquo; song The Big Idea &ndash; featured on the TV show&nbsp;Californication&nbsp;&ndash; in which Joe cast his father David Dixon as a man who finds a new companion in unconventional fashion: he draws her on his hand.It&rsquo;s an idea that&rsquo;s delivered with sincerity, and that&rsquo;s made possible by the sensitivity of the direction and performance. Ultimately this is about grief, and one man&rsquo;s way of dealing with it. And if David Dixon looks familiar to you &ndash; yes, he played Ford Prefect in the classic early 80s TV version of&nbsp;Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy&hellip;&ldquo;The band contacted us out of the blue and we just loved the song too much to turn it down,&rdquo; says Joe. I decided to make it with long time collaborator/lifetime father David Dixon and wrote an odd little story for him. It really lives (or dies) on the integrity of his performance, hopefully for us it&rsquo;s the latter.&ldquo;I just want to thank everyone who helped out along the way, especially Joe and Katy who designed the gorgeous Bette as she became known, as well as (far more than just a) DOP, Marcus Autelli. This is his first DPing job in the UK which I think is quite remarkable. He&rsquo;s got a bright future.&rdquo;

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The songtitle was presumably Sam Crack's inspiration to make a video where the Stricken City singer paints herself out of the picture.
It's a strong idea, neatly executed. And it had to be neat: there probably wasn't much leeway if black paint ended up in the wrong spot at the wrong time.
So nice one from Sam - who is now seeking new representation since leaving Manifesto.[pay]

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