Executive Producer

John Hassay

Najeeb Tarazi directs superb promo for&nbsp;Arrdee &amp; Cat Burns that merges a very smart visual technique with real emotion.The innovative concept for Home For My Heart intertwines various portrait shots - of the artists and several narrative characters - with a clever mirrored transition, which blends together a series of 360 degree rotating shots.The video also packs an emotional punch, with heartfelt, intimate performances and enough narrative vignettes&nbsp;to make the lyrics feel really relatable and universal, and hint at the themes behind the track.&nbsp;Beautiful work and a timeless visual.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Jinjo Casting

Nubia Lima

Najeeb Tarazi

Rowan Mackintosh King

Las Bandas Be Brave

Common People Films

Charlie Relph

Ahmet Husseyn

Ramy Dance

Heba Elgamal

Maddy Williams

Philips Nortey

Stephan Knight

Rob Barlow

Samuel Harding

Chris Cole

Shani Mushington

Sunny Cradock

Zach Stone

Kristopher Smale

The Mill

Island Recordings

Arrdee & Cat Burns 'Home For My Heart' by Najeeb Tarazi

Arrdee-&-Cat-Burns-'Home-For-My-Heart'-by-Najeeb-Tarazi

Cauty Brothers directs an rip-roaring performance promo for Arrdee's latest banger.&nbsp;The video&nbsp;for Loser sees the camera rotate around Arrdee in several minimalist studio vignettes, watching his previous videography on screen, fighting in a boxing ring and sitting atop a mountain of empty moving boxes - perhaps suggesting that he is here to stay, and not going anywhere.The slick aesthetic is paired with frenetic, dynamic cinematography, which amps up the action and reflects Arrdee's angry posture on Loser, as he dismisses all&nbsp;the haters.It's the result&nbsp;of a new directing collaboration, where Harry Cauty - signed to KODE as a solo director - teams up with his brother Alfie,&nbsp;blending their styles and vision&nbsp;to&nbsp;embark on a&nbsp;partnership exclusively directing music videos through the production company.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Natalie Ruvimbo

Ede Dugdale

Cauty Brothers

Andre Wooz

Mouthpiece

Kode

Jack Cullis

Tom O’keefe

Nathan Killham

Jordan Rowley

Kashman Harris

Chris Froggy

Eyaz Chishty

Eddie Melbourne

Joe Munro

Hannah Sorcha

Paige Cole

Kaz Ove

Karol Cybulski

CHEAT

Ikki Dhesi

Hip Hop

Arrdee 'Loser' by Cauty Brothers

ARRDEE - LOSER (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Elliott Gonzo introduces us to an epic dystopian world in his promo for Italian DJ trio&nbsp;Meduza, featuring James Carter,&nbsp;Elley Duhé and&nbsp;Fast Boy.Set in Vietnam - it was shot in the&nbsp;remains of Ho Thuy Tien Water Park - the video experiments&nbsp;with extreme environments, lighting and shadows to depict a group of marginalised young people who are in search of something better, where a remarkable giant dragon statue becomes the focus for their self-discovery.&nbsp;It offers a fresh&nbsp;perspective on contemporary themes, experimenting with colour and cinematography, via infrared filters,&nbsp;to tell the story.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"It's a coming of age story, following a group of Vietnamese teenagers as they embark on a journey of discovery and self-realisation," says Elliott Gonzo. "By reconnecting with Vietnamese folklore and mythology, the narrative culminates in the discovery of a crumbling stone dragon statue set deep within a mystic jungle.Gonzo adds that he was inspired by&nbsp;<a href="https://photomonitor.co.uk/essay/the-representation-of-war-in-richard-mosses-the-enclave/" target="_blank">Richard Mosse’s&nbsp;The Enclave</a>&nbsp;to give&nbsp;the location an otherworldly feel and look through the use of an infrared lens filter."In Vietnam the dragon is a symbol of power and nobility, particularly of the nation," he continues. "The characters in the video embody the ancient dragon figure, with fiery red eyes and smoke billowing from their mouths, they represent the power of the youth and progressive subcultures in Vietnam."&nbsp;

Ed Chambers

Kim Ngan (thi Thi)

Elliott Gonzo

Isabella Culver

Line Producer - Le Nhu Uyen 

Le Thanh Tam 

Gianpaolo Lupori

Gordon Westman

Pham Thi Hoang Lan

Nguyen To Nga 

Nguyen Phan Anh Kiet 

Nguyễn Phi Long 

Phan Trong Hieu 

Cao Ngoc Thanh Tai

Le Than Hoang Long

Nguyen Thi Thuong

Huynh Phuong An (kylie) 

Myles Bevan 

Time Based Arts

Bench Films/redkimono

Alan Shelley

Dance

Meduza, James Carter ft Elley Duhé, Fast Boy 'Bad Memories' by Elliott Gonzo

Meduza,-James-Carter--'Bad-Memories-Ft.-Elley-Duhé,-Fast-Boy'-by-Elliott-Gonzo

Ben Newbury helms a scintillating and breathless POV journey of a rocket-powered space woman as she flies across the globe, Iron Man-style, for Navos and Galantis's uplifting dance anthem What It Feels Like.Newbury has harnessed the latest in both drone and greenscreen technology to create this action-packed extravaganza, to make it feel like a woman really can fly - speeding through&nbsp;some glorious landscapes, both natural and urban - until she makes a truly spectacular&nbsp;crash-landing.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"You know you’re on to a basic concept that will probably make a good video when each time you talk it through everyone keeps having more and more ideas for it -&nbsp;that totally happened with this," says Ben Newbury. "I have to give props to the commissioner John Hassay. He was looking for a video that: a young audience would watch to the end;&nbsp;a video that captured euphoria (the feeling not the TV show). Challenge accepted.<blockquote>Having a wild visual idea is one thing but you’re only going to hook the audience if they connect to it.</blockquote>"So the pitch was this… we experience the explosive, psychedelic journey of a spacewoman as she re-enters the atmosphere and hurtles round the surface of the earth - all from a POV inside her helmet. This hyper-colour, over-saturated, warp speed journey takes us from the edge of space, through epic mountains, forests, cities and deserts, flying through impossibly small spaces and trippy VFX wormholes, to match the euphoric feeling of the track. Before she smashes into the ground. Easy peezy."The flight itself was created with FPV drones, filmed around the world, frame matching different takes to create one sequence. Adding in the initial fall from space and trippy wormholes in VFX. Once our VFX wizards had the edit stitched together, and we had all enjoyed another Covid test, we headed to the XR stage in Garden Studios. After some careful testing, Olly Nice our cinematographer extraordinaire rigged the camera inside a space helmet, created by our fabulous art director Katie South, ready for the XR screens to play back the journey.[imgtoken data:2]"The XR screen array enabled us to perfectly match the lighting in the reflections inside the helmet and on her hands and arms, allowing our space woman to appear to look around and throw her arms out in time with the flight (as well as becoming the desert backdrop and lighting for our final shot). Our wonderful actress Poppy Christie positioned herself underneath the camera, while our SFX team (the whole rest of crew) held all manor of wind machines, spritzers, leaf blowers and smoke machines ready for launch. This made the final video pretty much a one-taker, with everyone firing smokers and squirting water at the camera."One goal I kept coming back to throughout pre-production was to make sure the video was about the emotional experience the space woman was having on her journey down to earth. Having a wild visual idea is one thing but you’re only going to hook the audience if they connect to it. If they care. It needed a human element to create that sense of jeopardy. So our solution was to shoot a plate shot of Poppy performing the flight facing the XR screen without the helmet, then composite that as a reflection into the visor in a final round of post, to allow the audience to see her performance.[imgtoken data:3]"Pulling all this off would not have been possible without the brilliant Ramy Dance and Alessia Lendrum from Common People Films. Alessia harnessed the true purpose of the internet, organising FPV drone pilots all around the world, who shot in deserts, mountains, jungles and cities to create the amazing footage that makes up the flight."Big shout out to Tom Bailey and Greg Ayala at FNDM who designed the artwork that kicked off the thought process. I also want to thank our head leaf blower op and PA - Ynez Myers, AC - Mark James, HMU - Eliza Clarke, the Drone Pilots - Luca Morandini, Fabrizio Botto, Smirnov Dmitrii Olegovich, Zakir Mohammad &amp; Jerry Chan. Then on Edit - Matthew Blacklock, Grade - Kathryn Dymmock, Sound Design - James Hall and our VFX brains - James Taylor, Darri Thorsteinsson and Shivam Solanki. As well as Andy Roberts, Amy Collins and Mariama Camara. And finally Navos and Galantis for making such a massive banger."

Ben Newbury

Alessia Lendrum

Olly Nice

Ynez Myers

Mark James

Katie South

Eliza Clarke

Matthew Blacklock

Katie Dymmock

Coffee & TV

Darri Thorsteinsson

Shivam Solanki

James Taylor

Poppy Christie

Island Records

Navos X Galantis ft YOU 'What It Feels Like' by Ben Newbury

Navos-X-Galantis-'What-It-Feels-Like-Ft-You'-by-Ben-Newbury

Michael Holyk creates an entertaining&nbsp;faux trailer for an epic summer blockbuster, in his new promo for David Guetta, Becky Hill and Ella Henderson.&nbsp;Shot between Miami and Spain, the video is inspired by classic movie Thelma &amp; Louise - featuring&nbsp;Becky and Ella&nbsp;on the run from Guetta's enigmatic police detective.&nbsp;The video is a high-octane, fast-paced amalgamation of performance and narrative vignettes, and perfectly matches the Summer vibes of Guetta's latest hit.&nbsp;The use of title cards and fake reviews helps sell the concept, whilst all of the artists bring their A-game with the performances.Who knows, maybe a real action blockbuster with the biggest pop titans is what we've all been waiting for...&nbsp;

Laura Folch

Lane Casting

Victoria Adcock

Adele Cany

Miguel Angel Romero

Michael Holyk

Andrew Rawson

OB Management

Noir

Alex Garloph

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Javier Alejandrox

Greg Smith

Alex Morego

Cesar Vega

Sergi Lafeuente

Freancesc Chico

Wendy Turner

Grace Griffiths

Lisa Laudat

Flaura Atkinson

Homespun

Conor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

B. Art. Studio

Warner Music

David Guetta & Becky Hill & Ella Henderson 'Crazy What Love Can Do' by Michael Holyk

David-Guetta-&-Becky-Hill-&-Ella-Henderson-'Crazy-What-Love-Can-Do'-by-Michael-Holyk

Gabriella Kingsley follows up recent ArrDee collaboration&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/03/10/arrdee-come-go-gabriella-kingsley/75330">Come And Go</a> with a cinematic promo for Early Hours.&nbsp;The video is the second chapter of a two-part narrative for the artist's debut mixtape release, Pier Pressure, and spans a handful of intimate vignettes of the pair enjoying each other's company.&nbsp;Kingsley showcases a more raw and vulnerable side of ArrDee, which his audience haven't seen before, and the use of subtle time-bending effects creates a dreamlike vibe which matches the themes of new love and romantic connection.&nbsp;

Eleanor Grace Hann

Liyanne Marie

Ola Christian

Ruth Minkley

Kiera Liberati

Polly Hartley

Gabriella Kingsley

Ersan Beskardes

Rebecca Williams

Irresistible Studios

Jovan Lawrence

Jomar O'Meally

Harriet-Kate Mckean

Matt Nelson

Elliot Ruby

Phillips Nortey

Pete Muncey

Eve Carreno

Nevzat Altinisik

Gary Coogan⁣⁣

The Quarry

Vlad Barin

Peter Welton

Island Records UK

ArrDee 'Early Hours' by Gabriella Kingsley

Arrdee-''early-Hours''-by-Gabriella-Kingsley

An intimate gathering provides the perfect opportunity to reconnect, in Gabriella Kingsley's heartfelt promo for ArrDee.&nbsp;The video for Come &amp; Go sees the artist at a house party, hanging with his new girlfriend but focused on an old flame who keeps catching his eye.&nbsp;Utlising slick motion transitions and a free-spirited tone throughout, Kingsley builds an intimate, intense vibe which matches Arrdee's dynamic performance.&nbsp;Paired with understated cinematography and snapshots of a narrative, it's another hit for the director, who recently teamed up with ArrDee and Aitch on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/02/10/arrdee-aitch-war-gabriella-kingsley/74903">the promo for War.</a>&nbsp;

Sam Storey

April Hughes

Marcus Albertsen

Gary Coogan

ArrDee 'Come & Go' by Gabriella Kingsley

Arrdee-'Come-&-Go'-by-Gabriella-Kingsley

NAVS directs an evocative promo for Stereophonics' Forever.&nbsp;Exploring freedom and the nostalgia of youth, the video interweaves performance shots of vocalist Kelly Jones in an empty gallery space, with stylised vignettes of characters finding their own form of liberation.&nbsp;Experimenting with abstract patterns and projections to add another textural layer&nbsp;to the visuals, the video feels both intimate and indefinable, a celebration of what it means to live the human experience.&nbsp;

NAVS

Ellis Fox

Cardel

Paranoiia Productions

Leopold Naessens

Tristan Chenais

Carla Mooney

Delwyn Mooney

Andrea Sastoque

Paolo De Battista

Hermes Contreras

Luke Priadi

Anthony Hensman

Amanda Bowen

Cal Laird

Dante Gianni

Rock

Stereophonics 'Forever' by NAVS

Stereophonics - Forever (Official Video)

KC Locke takes his motion-control ambitions to the next level, in the dreamy promo for Lola Young's So Sorry.&nbsp;In a conventional greasy spoon caff - the ominously-named&nbsp;Cruel Cafe -&nbsp;we find&nbsp;Lola Young playing a variety of different characters, on both sides of the counter, in an interweaving tapestry of narratives and slick camera moves.&nbsp;Technically advanced and head-spinningly complex, the video is anchored by the artist's down to earth performance style and authentic interpretation of each character she inhabits.&nbsp;It's another innovative promo for KC Locke and team, whose collaboration with Manchester-based G6 Moco has taken things up a notch once again.[imgtoken data:1]"After experimenting with motion control in 2021 across various projects I had been waiting for the opportunity to use motion control with a full track system," explains Locke. "We designed this concept with that in mind and wanted to create a video which allowed our camera to move around a set freely while telling a visual story."I've wanted to work with Lola Young for a while now and this was the perfect project to link up on. Lola was a pleasure to create with and I feel like we made something great here. The song So Sorry&nbsp;had this feeling of different personalities [so] after pitching the concept of multiple Lolas in her own End Of The F*cking World-style cafe, we got to work on bringing this to life.[imgtoken data:2]"Between Christmas and New Year's Eve when traveling to Thailand for our holiday, myself and Jenny O’Sullivan (production designer) spent many hours planning and discussing the creative and building a world for Lola. While I spent&nbsp;hours planning out each and every second of the motion control moments, Jenny spent equal time designing Cruel Cafe&nbsp;from the ground up while working remote with her art and set building teams."Once I had the whole video mapped out on paper, Andy Rider (G6 MOCO) then began to pre-vis the entire video for us. G6 MOCO’s dedication and attention to detail really helped in this process of really understanding what I had envisioned."The set construction came together beautifully along with the lighting direction by Stefan Yap (DOP) and Nick Platt (gaffer and Drop City owner) - the set really felt like a real cafe and gave the perfect backdrop for Lola to bring these characters to life."

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