Production Manager

Kat Cattaneo

Chris Fowles directs an innovative and intriguing promo for singer-songwriter Henry Moodie, combining normal screen shape and vertical video in one clever concept.&nbsp;For Drunk Text, Fowles has Moodie sitting in the front seat on the upper deck of a bus during two different journeys -&nbsp;a day in April, and a night in November - captured from the same camera position. Meanwhile, behind him, a series of interconnected stories unfold among a number passengers who are also on both journeys.The regular 16:9 screen is also divided into three sections, which enables Fowles to use split-screen to cut between journeys, and emphasise the small dramas and interactions between the characters. And Moodie always remains in the central section of the 'triptych', performing the heartfelt Drunk Text."The concept was designed specifically for new video mediums like TikTok," Fowles confirms. "We wanted to experiment with using the format itself to tell the story."So when viewed vertically, you’ll only see the main performance. But when viewed with the widescreen you reveal all the stories and context."In&nbsp;doing so, Fowles has been entirely successful.&nbsp; There is a real complexity to the soap opera unfolding behing Moodie that makes it worth watching again. But in the&nbsp;dovetailing of both narrative and&nbsp;conceptual ideas it also makes a real contribution&nbsp;in addressing the issue of competing video formats.

United Kingdom

Chris Fowles

Alex White

Las Bandas Be Brave

Jealous Films

Jeff Celis

Jack Maddison

John Mouratis

Samuel Barnham

Ni Ferreira

Sony Music Uk

Singer-songwriter

Henry Moodie 'Drunk Text' by Chris Fowles

Henry-Moodie-'Drunk-Text'-by-Chris-Fowles

The full spectrum of human emotion is on display in a small photobooth, in&nbsp;Sayna Fardaraghi's evocative promo for Tom Grennan.&nbsp;The video for Grennan's Here sees the pop star as a DIY handyman, fixing and sorting out an aging photobooth, as a variety of different characters enter and exit, each with their own stories and purpose.[imgtoken data:1]There are romantic couples, friends, strangers, self-conscious prom queens, robbers...&nbsp;each taking centre stage in their own stylised vignettes.&nbsp;With energy and emotion packed into the concept - all tied together by several quickfire montages of still images, which expand upon the characters - this is an impressive&nbsp;debut pop video by Sayna Fardaraghi, who recently signed to Forever.[imgtoken data:2]"I've always wanted to create an intimate connection between complete strangers through shared memories, moments and experiences," says&nbsp;Fardaraghi. "A&nbsp;photobooth became the perfect&nbsp;microcosm&nbsp;for that for me. It's something so simple yet so effective&nbsp;and hasn't been often explored cinematically.[imgtoken data:3]"The photobooth in the music video is a room that experiences the good, the vulnerable, and sometimes the bad. It's that ephemeral moment that we've all had at some point in our lives, and bringing that to the screen accompanied by Tom's incredible song, his energy and the array of featured talent has been a pleasure to work with.&nbsp;"I couldn't have asked for a better array of talent and crew to bring this to life.&nbsp;It brought so many folks together and was packed with beautiful on-camera surprises.[imgtoken data:4]"When I spoke to Tom we discussed how it should be a range of scenarios and emotions that are more&nbsp;real&nbsp;than fictional, exploring more dark moments and not just all light and frivolous. I went through the scenarios I had in mind and made sure they're&nbsp;all at some point relatable and 'real life'&nbsp;than pure fiction and otherworldly."One of my favourite parts came when discussing the development of the peak of the song with my DOP Charlie Knight. We spoke about how integral the photobooth&nbsp;flash needed&nbsp;to be, and went through a series of tests with different bulbs to find the perfect one&nbsp; - I&nbsp;mean perfect colour, brightness intensity, flash size, etc. My goodness was it so worth it!&nbsp;[imgtoken data:5]"The trickiest part was the peak of the song and aligning the images as closely as possible. If you freeze on the hands you'll find that the next frame matches it as closely as possible, but still shows a different moment frozen in time. This took a long while to perfect, but truly has paid off and is such an integral part of the music video. Big thanks to Toby Heard our editor who was a dream to work with!"

Georgia Currell

Francesca Houlder

Thomas Viney

Olivia Jessop

Isabella Dupee

Sayna Fardaraghi

Sam Katz

Forever

Ana Krkjulius

Charlie Knight

Sasha Nixon

Oscar Stewart

Niomi Collins

Sam Barnham

Jonny Iseli

Catharina Scarpellini

Hannah Knowles

Holly Tidwell

Iliana Mavroeidakou

Toby Heard

Pundersons Gardens

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Sony Music

Tom Grennan 'Here' by Sayna Fardaraghi

Tom-Grennan-'Here'-by-Sayna-Fardaraghi

The best is certainly yet to come in Joel Barney's tender promo for Tom Walker.&nbsp;The black and white video for Walker's The Best Is Yet To Come is interspersed with real stories from some of his fans, shining the spotlight on their journeys and their connection to the track.&nbsp;Beautifully composed and emotionally affecting, the video is an important piece of work with an incredible message.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"Tom posted a clip of this track on TikTok a few months back, with no intention of releasing it as a a single," Barney explains.&nbsp;"Instantly, fans connected with the song and began posting videos of themselves sharing their stories and how the song had resonated with them. We invited Tom's fans to come in and share these stories with us and how the song had connected with them and their experiences."

Joel Barney

Becky Leigh

4th Floor Creative

Ollie Riches

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Cameron Sealby

Charlie Clinton

Tom Walker 'The Best Is Yet To Come' by Joel Barney

Tom-Walker-'The-Best-Is-Yet-To-Come'-by-Joel-Barney

"Inspired by the photography of Melvin Sokolsky, we placed Tom Grennan in a sphere and hung him over the River Mersey," says James Slater of his video for Grennan's All These Nights.Which works an absolute treat.

Chelsea O’Connor

Lola Cookman

Charlie Dalton

James Slater

Jack Hartley

Rosie Ford

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Zomdic Films

Chris Sarginson

Paul Mortlock

Ali Copland

Chris Macdonagh

Sam James

Dan Mccaffrey

Matthew Prickett

Work Editorial

Andi Chu

Black Kite Studios

Tom Grennan 'All These Nights' by James Slater

Tom-Grennan-'All-These-Nights'-by-James-Slater

Directing duo Fa and Fon direct an out-of-this-world promo for&nbsp;MØ.In the suitably extraterrestrial&nbsp;video for Spaceman, we see the artist wake up in some kind of futuristic holding pod, trying to get her bearings and formulate&nbsp;an escape plan.&nbsp;Later on, she wakes up in an unusually stark&nbsp;atmosphere, revered by a group of aliens, eventually being transformed into one of them.It's a distinct contrast to the video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/01/31/m%C3%B8-new-moon-fa-fon/74746" target="_blank">New Moon</a>, the London-based director-sisters' previous collaboration with MØ, which framed the Swedish superstar as a medieval goddess. But it's also an ideal companion piece for this catchy track that boasts&nbsp;striking art direction, eccentric styling and no-holds-barred performances. And confirms that Fa and Fon are definitely ones to watch.&nbsp;

Riley Wolf

Annabel Bennett

Jade Denne

Innes Woo

Fa and Fon

Scarlett Anderson

Riff Raff Films

Krunal Saadrini

Charlie Herrandz

Laura Clayton

Motunrayo Soyannwo

Kitty (keerthana) Rajakulasingam

Gary Kent

Fric Lopez

Rupert Hornstein

Jak Waughman

Furmaan Ahmed

Carlo Avena

Georgia Olive

Scarlett Bovingdon

White House Post

Sanna Kelly

Daragh Mccan

Chioma Ehiemere

Maggie Chen

Sarah Casbah

MØ 'Spaceman' by Fa And Fon

MØ - Spaceman (Official Video)

Thomas James directs a beautifully twisted and sublimely surreal exploration of&nbsp;inner demons coming&nbsp;to life, in his promo for Bring Me The Horizon's Strangers.In a nondescript industrial space, a host of characters undergo Cronenberg-style body horror transformations, intercut with a suitably haunting performance from the band.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Bodies twist, contort and conjoin in a horrific yet eerily beautiful way, balancing a nightmarish aesthetic with hyper-intimate, bravura cinematography by Adam Barnett.James draws on a host of influences - including&nbsp;a special nod to Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin's Rubber Johnny - but adds his own facility for narrative and sense of humanity to the outstanding VFX work. It's a brilliantly successful execution of a stunningly ambitious concept.[imgtoken data:2]

Finn Sullivan

Emma Garrett

Karen Plowden

Worldwide Production Agency

Thomas James

Craig Dixon

Ian Stowe

Adam Barnett

Sam Holmes

Chris Malin

Callum Watt  

James Wicks

Patrycja Cygna

Begoña Fernández Martin

Jake Armstrong

Whitehouse Post

Peter Oppersdorff

Tom Cole

Chloe Ensor

The Mill

Rca Sony Music

Lucy Bradley

Rock

Alternative

Bring Me The Horizon 'Strangers' by Thomas James

Bring Me The Horizon 'Strangers' (dir. Thomas James)

The Safdie Brothers meet&nbsp;Blade in Milo Blake's surreal, visceral video&nbsp;for Biig Piig's Fun.&nbsp;This intense horror-drama begins at full-throttle with Biig Piig playing one half of an outlaw couple, who are deep in&nbsp;an argument after a robbery gone wrong. Then a dark energy engulfs the couple, transforming them into vampiric alter-egos of themselves.With menacing new auras, chaos then ensues - with a lone medical worker carrying blood supplies as the pair's hapless&nbsp;victim.&nbsp;In terms of the nature of the narrative this is&nbsp;quite the metamorphosis for Biig Piig, who steals the show in vampire villain mode.&nbsp;Meanwhile, the surreal aesthetic and horror concept has the wider impact of visualising the idea of toxic love, and how the darker side of our personalities&nbsp;can run riot in the heat of an argument.It's another&nbsp;intriguing step forward for Milo Blake - this time into a&nbsp;tangibly creepy netherworld&nbsp;- with the help of excellent cinematography by&nbsp;Deon Van Zyl, and a kinetically breathless edit by&nbsp;Lainy Black.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rose Moya

Joshua Gochez

Andrew Patrick

Lea Federmann

Milo Blake

Ellis Fox

Mouthpiece

Spindle

Massimo Filippi

Deon Van Zyl

Nosisa Majuqwana

Jack Woodcraft

Sunjna Mullick

Brett Hills

Klim Jurevicius

James Burns

Georgia Hope

Lainy Black

The Assembly Rooms

Jonny Thorpe 

Glassworks

Studio Dosage

Harvey Mcgarry

Sony Rca

Biig Piig 'Fun' by Milo Blake

Biig Piig - FUN (Official Video)

Samuel Douek directs an emotional narrative for Tom Walker's Serotonin.&nbsp;Exploring how grief affects a family dynamic, and the bumpy road to forging new relationships with loved ones, the video follows a daughter struggling to connect with her father after the loss of her mum.&nbsp;The video was shot in&nbsp;Teotihaucan, Mexico, an area which relies on the&nbsp;hot air balloon trade, and this aspect of the concept provides the perfect backdrop for the story to take place.&nbsp;Absolutely beautiful to watch, the video captures a rawness within the locations and characters, which contrasts perfectly with the vivid, chromatic textures and materials of the balloons.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Juliette Wileman

Maria Teresa Gamboa

Samuel Douek

Fernanda Preciado

Violeta Films

CAMP Prods

Paco Quiroz

Angello Faccini

Alexa Haywood

Constanza Pérez

Ana Cardona

Francesca Woods

Irlanda Tapia

Axel Torres

Jorge Rodriguez

Aileen Ruelas

Paulina Martínez

Vania Palafox

Ollie Ireland

Absolute Post

Tom Walker 'Serotonin' by Samuel Douek

Tom-Walker-'Serotonin'-by-Samuel-Douek

KC Locke directs a mesmerising promo for Tom Grennan's latest anthem.&nbsp;The video for Remind Me follows Grennan as he transitions through a maze of vignettes, starting in a white hallway and ending up on a rooftop - with a breathtaking photorealistic CGI car drive through the city as its centrepiece.&nbsp;That's&nbsp;is the standout moment of the concept, and a lot of work went into bringing it to life on-screen - as KC explains below.&nbsp;The end result is a visual with maximum impact, and a completely&nbsp;new direction for Grennan's videography.&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>We are pushing the boundaries with each project... doing something different that stands out from the norm.</blockquote>"A lot of hard work, planning, dedication and long hours from the whole team went into making this idea come to life!  " says Locke.   "Prep for me is so important on each any every job, I spend a long time blocking out and planning each scene, camera movement, emotion, performance and flow. Tom Grennan is such a pleasure to work with, which gave me confidence in bringing something to him that’s far different to his previous videos and gave us a new world to explore and develop. "Once the plan was together, Jamil Shaukat (editor) helped put together a pre-vis which became the main reference point during all client &amp; HOD communications alone with the shortlist and written scripts. The team at LMNTL who we work closely with put a lot of hard work and effort into bringing the CGI elements of this visual to life.   Jenny O’Sullivan (production designer) and her art and construction team brought to life the practical sets and blue screen elements which worked seamlessly with CGI integration.[imgtoken data:2]"It became a bit of a military operation for Lewis Nicholson (producer) and our production team making this ambitious concept work logistically using our 13,000 sq ft film studio in Manchester. Nick Platt (gaffer) pulled out all the stops and brought in his experienced team from DropCity to handle the multiple lighting set ups and mountains of kit needed to pull this off in a day.   DoP Pieter Snyman understood what I was wanting to achieve and really supported me in bringing this idea to life!"We are pushing the boundaries with each project and it is important to be doing something different that stands out from the norm."Big thanks to the entire team for taking on the challenge of bringing high speed city car chases, magical maze labyrinths and cinematic rooftop worlds to life! We are very proud of the results and want to thank Tom for putting his trust in us and video commissioner Kat Cattaneo and&nbsp;Sony Music for supporting the journey."

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