Director of Photography

Jordan Buck

New pop hope Griff turns in a splendid live performance of Black Hole in Thomas Ralph's film shot at the newly restored Hackney Church. In the process it&nbsp;shifts from infinite darkness to space and light, and then back and forth between day and night.Griff is initially seen against total blackness - actually a&nbsp;black infinity wall that&nbsp;is revealed as such when the camera moves outwards to reveal the location and the teenage singer's fellow musicians. Then the church is revealed and a sense of space and light streaming from a giant stained glass window is a real mood-lifter.Most importantly of all, Griff reveals herself as a genuinely exciting talent with a great version of this excellent song.[imgtoken data:1]

Thomas Ralph

Lana Salfiti

Caviar

Daniella Manca

Anna Horlick

Jake Whitehouse

Ben Keswick

Ali Baines

Josh Tilley

Bill Rae Smith

Kamran Rajput

Tomoni Roppongi

Chynara Kojoeva

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

Angela Hart

Tim Smith

CHEAT

Ray Okudzeto

Dom Mckiernan

Warner Records

Cinelab Film and Digital

Griff 'Black Hole' (Live at Hackney Church) by Thomas Ralph

Griff - Black Hole (Live Performance from Hackney Church)

Maxim Kelly employs 19th century tech to create a mesmerising, appropriately-shaped video for Django Django's Spirals, the band's first new material since 2018.By recreating the Phénakisticope, a pre-cinematic invention to create 'motion pictures', Kelly has created&nbsp;a series of mandala-like circular patterns, encompassing images of Django lead singer David Maclean, that animate as they spin around. As they do so, they also replicate the spiralling effect that's referenced in the lyrics and also the music.This smart visual idea takes the viewer on a psychedelic experience that also sits perfectly with the band's canon&nbsp;of inventive visuals for their music.The single will be available to stream and download on all the usual digital platforms and also as a 10” vinyl b/w exclusive track The Ark, available from www.djangodjango.co.uk and all independent record shops.

Maxim Kelly

Stephanie Paeplow

Daphne Do

Jess Morgan

Kerry Green

Emma Friend

Michael McDuffie Finlay

Bobby Brown

Jono Yates

Charlie Reddie

Nomad Editing Company

Martin Goodwin

Felipe Szulc

Liv Lawton

John Hassay

Because Music

Django Django 'Spirals' by Maxim Kelly

Django Django - Spirals (Official Video)

Libby Burke Wilde teams up with Lewis Capaldi for a fourth live session video.Featuring a stripped back concept, with pulsating lights intermittently revealing the musicians playing in the shadows, Capaldi's haunting performance creates an air of wistful yearning.Slow camera movements help us soak in the emotion of the song, and reflect the transitional themes of the track.&nbsp;

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Libby Burke Wilde

Franky Chadwick

Alibi

Jerome Franc

Jon Mitchel

Peter Bishop

Meg Thorne

Cut+Run

Jax Harney

Thea Dagnaud

Connie Meade

Lewis Capaldi 'Bruises (live Orchestral Version)' by Libby Burke Wilde

Lewis-Capaldi-'Bruises-(live-Orchestral-Version)'-by-Libby-Burke-Wilde

Tash Tung directs a sizzling video for Bree Runway, featuring fetish styling, leather bunny boys and sensual choreography.Confidently performing in a variety of minimalist setups, Bree ensures the attention is on her throughout, and Jordan Buck's dramatic lighting and hyperactive&nbsp;camera movement&nbsp;keeps the energy high right until the last second.&nbsp;Tung picks up the baton from Fred Rowson, director of Bree Runway's three previous videos, for All Night, and does a great job, bringing out her sultry side.

Tash Tung

Ghandi El-Chamaa

Blink

Laura Northover

Sebastian Jowers

Joe Jones

Sandra Pennington

Alex Gibbons

Afra Zamara

Holly Adamthwaite

Marvin Francis

Paige Cole

Sam Marr

The Quarry

The Mill

Martha Kinn

Bree Runway 'All Night' by Tash Tung 

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It's been a long time coming. Samuel Taylor directed three videos for London fourpiece Superfood in the spring and summer of 2018&nbsp;- which unfortunately coincided with the band's&nbsp;break-up last year.Consequently it has proved to be a tricky business getting these three videos released for the director who has also directed notable videos for Bloody Knees, Magic Gang, Dirty Danger and Crows in the last year or so. But over twelve months later, this fantastic trilogy for the tracks Where's The Bass Amp, Natural Supersoul and Double Dutch is finally out.Sam Taylor tells us&nbsp;all about how he made these superbly uplifting, low-budget videos, that bring to life and visualise&nbsp;the defining impulse behind Superfood's&nbsp;music: it just makes you want to dance. &nbsp;&nbsp;SAMUEL TAYLOR:<blockquote>It all just kind of clicked, that&nbsp;it should literally be what the album feels like, which is wanting to dance.</blockquote>Essentially I came to Superfood pretty late. I met them and became mates with them before I'd heard their music. And having met them and then listened to their music, it was very clear: their music is exactly them.[Their last album Bambino&nbsp;came out in late 2017] I challenge people to listen to it and not want to move and dance to it. It's the most fun album you'll ever listen to.We would meet up and hang out, and I kept on saying, "We need to do something."&nbsp;And then I was listening to it one day,&nbsp;walking down to catch the Tube, and I saw a businessman, with a suit,&nbsp;briefcase and headphones.&nbsp;He was bobbing his head and walking down the street. And kind of doing this little jump off the kerb. And I was just like, "Wait, is he listening to this album as well?"&nbsp;He's moving in the same kind of way, and he must be dancing to this album.And it all just kind of clicked -&nbsp;a moment of like, "Oh, it should be dance." It should literally be what the album feels like, which is wanting to dance. So we picked the three that they wanted to do videos for. And I just wrote three very different stories, that all have this kind of link.&nbsp;I'm a big fan of that you can have dance, trying to not necessarily make it feel too real. In the sort of way that they would do it in a musical, like Singin' in the Rain, sort of chatting, but then the music kind of comes in, and then they start dancing. And I really like that sort of old school musical way of doing things.So we just applied that to all three, and kind of went for this approach. And also tried to get a nice range of ages, and range of sort of different places in society.Video: Where's The&nbsp;Bass Amp?[vidtoken data:0]Synopsis: A strait-laced London businessman finds it hard to keep himself from dancing as he makes his way around the City, while listening to Superfood...&nbsp;ST: With Bass Amp, Henry [Napier-Brown, the producer] got a street permit, and we went down to Liverpool Street first thing in the morning, with a load of rolls of 16mm film, with Jordan Buck (the DoP), and, few other mates – and Ally Green, the choreographer, and director in her own right, who's amazing.[imgtoken data:1]And we just kind of went down first thing in the morning with the guy, and just got him to listen to the track. And pretty much he just walked up and down the street.&nbsp;He hadn't really heard the track up to this point.&nbsp;And he had his own complete style. And Ally and I, we were just shouting out things to him as he was walking down the street. It was entirely improvised on the day. We just made it up as we went along essentially.<blockquote>Security got pretty lairy with us for shooting outside the NatWest</blockquote>It was all actually shot hand-held, because you couldn't put anything down. Security&nbsp;got pretty lairy with us when we were shooting outside Nat West building. So we just kind of carried on shooting. It was a day of bumping into businessmen, and trying to make mischief, essentially. It was fun.&nbsp;Video:&nbsp;Double Dutch[vidtoken data:1]Synopsis: The lovers on a park bench, overlooking London. A homage on the Hollywood musical, rather like a London version of the La La Land.&nbsp;ST: Double Dutch&nbsp;and Bass Amp were shot back-to-back, with basically the same team. We shot&nbsp;Double Dutch the day after Bass Amp.The location was this little gem of a view of London that Henry found out of nowhere. It's like a small park,&nbsp;up near Greenwich. It's kind of a bit hidden, but you get this viewpoint, where you can just see the entirety of London.<blockquote>We were absolutely blessed with that&nbsp;sunset</blockquote>I think we did two days recceing, driving around, trying to find the right place with a fantastic view. Obviously so many of them have been done before, like Hampstead Heath. We were trying to find something that hadn't really been shot before, and this was the last one we visited. We just walked up, and we were like: "Yeah, I mean this is definitely it."[imgtoken data:2]We got there reasonably early in the morning: just me, Ally, and the two dancers at first. We sat down on the benches, and worked out the thing in the day, so we had a rough idea of what we were doing. We did a bit of rehearsal, but basically we just sat there from 10am til sunset, and worked out the dance.This was in&nbsp;about April last year, and we were absolutely blessed with that sunset in that video. We had no idea it was coming; it was raining in the morning, and the weather was very up and down. It actually snowed about twenty minutes after we did the sunset take. Then we waited for snow to go, and then we put the spotlight on and did the night take.[imgtoken data:3]It was a really weird one, because I'm so used to talking during the shoot. If I'm operating the camera - which is quite often -&nbsp;I'm constantly trying to excite people, and be really involved in the process of creating the kind of movement of the scenes. But with this one&nbsp;I just sat by a monitor, and was just watching this amazing performance play out.Video:&nbsp;Natural Supersoul[vidtoken data:2]Synopsis: The little girl who visits the park playground with her mum, and is a bit ostracised from&nbsp;the others, but it all works out in the end...That one was done a lot later.&nbsp;We basically ran out of money after the first two – we spent it all on shooting on film. It always just seemed like the band weren't going to put them out any time soon, so we took our time with it a bit.&nbsp;I was like, "We don't have enough money to do another one on film, so how do we go about doing this third one?" In the end, it became&nbsp;a combination of iPhone 8 and&nbsp;Super 8mm. Which is quite a weird mixture.[imgtoken data:4]&nbsp;We wanted to start with the mom walking the young girl into the playground, as a sort of touchstone, to the beginning of the story, and jumping from an adult world to the girl's world.&nbsp;So we did that with the change from phone footage to film. Format was the thing that's led that, a little bit.But it meant we had the advantage of being able to&nbsp;to run around with such a small bit of kit. We could work with the kids a lot quicker, and&nbsp;it was much easier than having a big bit of kit.&nbsp;I shot all of that, and Ally essentially directed a lot of it with me as we went.&nbsp;We just played games with them, and managed to get little moments.&nbsp;And then I just ran around with an 8mm camera, and grabbed all the other kind of more fantastical bits.[imgtoken data:5]Shooting that way is essentially&nbsp;trying to get out the way of the story, a little bit. You&nbsp;do that as much as possible, and that one felt very much like that was what we had to do: try to&nbsp;allow these kids be as fun as possible without stepping in the way too much.I suppose I'm not afraid of being quite cheesy when I want to. This is cheesy, but it's so paint by numbers, sort of, that it's actually quite an enjoyable process to see it play out a little bit. Then when it happens, it's kind of genuine enough. You're not turned off by it.• Samuel Taylor is represented by Agile Films*This feature is a Promonews and Agile Films co-production&nbsp;

Samuel Taylor

Henry Napier-Brown

Tommy Banham

Agile Films

Gary Long

Milo Brown

Matt Alsop

Hamza Twomey

Alexandra Green

Elle Lotherington

Daniel Hawkins

Kuldip Singh-Barmi

Bradley Salter

Emma-Louise Stansall

Alternative

Superfood Trilogy: 'Where's The Bass Amp?', 'Double Dutch' and ''Natural Supersoul' by Samuel Taylor

Jazz and Chinese martial arts turn out to be natural bedfellows in this supercool video for Kamaal Williams - aka South London jazzer Henry Wu -&nbsp;by Greg Barnes.New Heights (Visions of Aisha Malik), which was released on 12-inch in December, is a prime cut from the current British jazz explosion and a soundtrack to a movie that has yet to be made, where fighters fly through the air feet first, and know how to handle a pair of deadly nunchakas. So Barnes has made that film -&nbsp;shot on 35mm - and it's terrific.“2019 is all about making movies… Bruce Lee was a huge inspiration growing up because he was the first Chinese guy on the big screen,” states Henry Wu aka Kamaal Williams, currently on tour in the USA. “I feel like music and martial arts have the same flow of energy and are respective art forms. So why not bring Wu Funk and Kung Fu together?”Greg Barnes adds: “Kamaal doesn’t make music, he makes soundtracks, and it’s inspiring to work with him in such a shared vision - especially if it means shooting some Kung Fu on 35mm film.”&nbsp;

Greg Barnes

Holly Wolfers

Black Dog Films

Martin Roker

Paul Allen

Will Olds

Black Focus Records

Ali Barnes

Mahalia John

Tom Stansfield

Joseph Bicknell

Jazz

Kamaal Williams 'New Heights (Visions Of Aisha Malik)' by Greg Barnes

Kamaal-Williams-'New-Heights-(visions-Of-Aisha-Malik)'-by-Greg-Barnes

Libby Burke Wilde captures the voice and guitar of Brit Award nominee Lewis Capaldi at London Road Fire Station in Manchester.&nbsp;Shot on beautiful 16mm film by DoP Jordan Buck, Burke Wilde helms Capaldi&#39;s&nbsp;performance of his song Someone You Loved as one continuous take.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Joshua Noon

Archer's Mark

Fiona Bamford Phillips

Barney Batchelor

Jessica Oxley

Andy Grundy

Jade Kewley

Paula Maxwell

Taylor Fawcett

OB Management

Virgin EMI

Singer-songwriter

Lewis Capaldi 'Someone You Loved' (Live) by Libby Burke Wilde

Lewis-Capaldi-'Someone-You-Loved-(live)'-by-Libby-Burke-wilde

Dan Medhurst&#39;s film for modern classical artist Grandbrothers is a loose adaptation of the ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus, who struggled to push a large rock up a&nbsp;mountain only for it to roll back&nbsp;down and for him to start again each day.In the dead of night, an elderly man&nbsp;(played by Mark Wingett) leaves his sleeping place among rocks to travel across a hillside, his journey floodlit by moving lights as he goes. Finally satisfied and fleetingly happy, he then realises he&#39;s back where he started, reflecting the infinite cycle of the universe.

Dan Medhurst

George Oxby

Sam Thompson

Laura Cairney-keize

Electric Theatre Collective

City Slang

Modern Composition

Grandbrothers 'From A Distance' by Dan Medhurst

Grandbrothers-'From-A-Distance-'-by-Dan-Medhurst

Dan Emmerson creates an intimate festival vibe with his video for Bonzai.For I Feel Alright, the London singer sends out the call from her very own stone circle, chills in her caravan and welcomes friends to a campfire rave. It&#39;s a step into harder-edged pop territory for Emmerson who has impressed as a resourceful visual stylist in his videos for Actress and DJ Shadow, and there&#39;s similar flair here too, including a less predictable use of drone-based photography.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Dan Emmerson

Jak Payne

Somesuch

Hannah Turnbull-Walter

Amber Millington

Caroline Sharp

Hayley Williams

Lee Brinkley

Matt Allsop

Barney Clarke

Claire Davis

Lauren Reynolds

Nadiva

Ben Crook

Speade

Zdravko Stoitchkov

Absolute Post

Mensch

Laura Clayton

Sony Music

Alt-Pop

Bonzai 'I Feel Alright' by Dan Emmerson

Bonzai - I Feel Alright (Official Video)

Hugo Jenkins&#39; clip for Dusseldorf-based duo Grandbrothers is a stream-of-conscious study of memory, family and spirituality.The clip uses multiple formats in a disparate, fragmented editing style to explore the ideas of spiritual therapeutic&nbsp;tasks and unwilling self-improvement exercises - each one encouraged&nbsp;by family members or outsiders. It&#39;s a sinister atmosphere that pits time, memory and the self against one another in a beautifully composed frame.

Hugo Jenkins

Daniel Kallberg

Tom Wynbourne

Alasdair Baines

Emanuel Asamere

Grandbrothers 'Bloodflow' by Hugo Jenkins

The-Grandbrothers-'Bloodflow'-by-Hugo-Jenkins

A young Muslim girl goes skateboarding, through striking and eerily deserted landscapes, in Hugo Jenkins&#39; video for Joe Hertz.Not unlike (and possibly a homage to) Aoife McArdle&#39;s video for Jon Hopkins&#39; Open Eye Signal, this was shot in and around Margate in Kent, in very unBritish weather conditions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Katie Dolan

Casey Levie

Mike Hannides

Steve Gilbert

Jack Booth

Skater: Savannah Keenan

Martin Roker at Black Dog Films

Joe Hertz 'Playing For You' ft. Bassette by Hugo Jenkins

Joe-Hertz-'Playing-For-You-Ft.-Bassette'-by-Hugo-Jenkins

Jack A. Bowden&#39;s promo for&nbsp;Breakage&#39;s track Future, sees a dramatic conflict between lovers broken up in time. A woman looks back at different glimpses into her home life, creating a portrait of the good,&nbsp;the bad and the uncertainty inherent to all human relationships.

Jack A. Bowden

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Kode

Jamie Whymark

Michael Hobdell

Jomar O'Meally

Henry Lockyer

Marina De Buchi, Faith Conolly

Gemma Stafford

Scott Temple, Lynne Anne Rodgers

Carrie Sutton

John Moule

Digital Soundboy

Dance

Breakage 'Future' by Jack A. Bowden 

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Taken from their Too Much Information, Maximo Park release their single Midnight On The Hill and team up with directing team The Marshall Darlings for the promo.Casting four young actors, the directing collective&#39;s very British video&nbsp;documents a&nbsp;tale of friendship, love and bittersweet memories set in the mundanity of suburbia. Oh what it is to be young...

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