Kevin Marien

Lewis Capaldi returns to action with Forget Me, and teams up with Louis Bhose to show he is up for a crazy, even mind-boggling challenge for its video -&nbsp;a shot-for-shot remake of a classic video from the early 1980s.Many viewers won't have seen the original when it first appeared - it is over forty years old, after all - but the iconic visual of WHAM!'s Club Tropicana&nbsp;is immediately recognisable in the opening frames of Bhose's video for Forget Me. Viewed through a contemporary lens, this is&nbsp;completely offbeat in the best way. Throw in Capaldi's cheeky personality and Bhose's love for whimsical ideas, and you're onto a winner.&nbsp;It's also something of a remarkable feat. And despite being a carefully structured&nbsp;remake, the video is still full of its own energy and vigour, largely down to the creative crew involved.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"It's not exactly what I imagine most people had on their bingo cards for 'Big Lewis Capaldi Comeback Vid'," reflext Louis Bhose.&nbsp;"But hey, sometimes you gotta kill yourself precisely recreating a classic paean to hedonism for a melancholy song about second heartbreaks. It was really fun though - a week in San Antonio getting carsick and annoying our excellent local art department ('yes! that's almost it!!')."Hard to single out members of our incredible crew, but everyone went absolutely above and beyond to make the vid the best it could be. Big shouts to Lewis for being up for anything and choosing such an odd idea... And am happy to report that I got heat stroke on the shoot and live in hope that any BTS will never see the light of day."&nbsp;

Bon Walsh

Holly Shearn

Joshua Gochez

Ellora Soret

Chris Anthony

Thomas Liam Davis

Vision

Louis Bhose

Scarlett Barclay

OB Management

Agile Films

Caroline Clayton

Willy Spruytte

Spike Morris

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Ffion Kunz

Álvaro Fernández

Eddy Ibarra

Toni Tur

Miquel Mayans

Ariane Kohler

Supple Nam

Ainslie Currie

Jack Williams

Assembly Rooms

Matthieu Toullet

Company 3

Alizee Levrino

Agile Studio

Martin Fickling

Virgin Records

Lewis Capaldi 'Forget Me' by Louis Bhose

Lewis-Capaldi--'Forget-Me'-by-Louis-Bhose

Zac Ella and Emile Rafael get together to explore a series of&nbsp;Bad Decisions in Bastille's latest video.&nbsp;In a series of violent vignettes, Dan Smith from Bastille kills another version of himself over and over, as his previous incarnation makes bad decision after bad decision. Funny and irreverent, the series of characters Dan plays are over the top, extreme and surprisingly incapable&nbsp;at doing the right thing.&nbsp;Shot with a public access television aesthetic, the main guru character is especially relevant in the current zeitgeist, where anyone can claim they are specialists without any kind of fact-checking. The juxtaposition of the TV persona and the guy we see eating in a run-down dive bar is hilarious and ironic, and each character following seems to get crazier and more absurd.&nbsp;Executed perfectly, Dan's strong performances bolster the project, and help turn a very good concept into a great final video - a one-off collaboration between Agile Films' directors Ella and Rafael.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Zac Ella

Emile Rafael

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Hayley Williams

Savvas Stavrou

Chris Malin

Nick Morris

Philip Herron

James Malamatinas

Bill Rae Smith

Wayne Wolfgram

Taff Williamson

Natasha Lawes

Dan Sherwin

Caroline Morin

Wash

Agile Films (in House)

Theresa Gasco

Freddie Hottinger

James Hackett

Ian Carew

Virgin EMI

Bastille 'Bad Decisions' by Zac Ella & Emile Rafael

Bastille-'Bad-Decisions'-by-Zac-Ella-&amp;-Emile-Rafael

Jamie Whitby directs this glistening cut for LA rapper Yoshi Flower. Hidden away in the mountains with his fortune, Yoshi still can’t shake the emptiness. The man’s sitting on so many diamonds, there’s nothing left to do but piss them away. Literally.Whitby takes shots at materialism with his wispy, playful style. Look out for the triumphant return of the star diffractor, an unfairly maligned piece of kit that now seems custom made for Yoshi’s diamond-encrusted luxuries (created by art director Lauren Kim).

Kevin Marien

VFX

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