Production Assistant

Kevin Staake

You know how we often have notes from the director about how they made the video, under this bit? Well, Ryan Staake had a better idea: putting his Director&#39;s Notes actually in the video itself.&nbsp;It wasn&#39;t quite what he had planned originally&nbsp;for the video for Young Thug&#39;s Wyclef Jean. But why explain further when Ryan does so in the video itself?Suffice to say, there have been meta-videos before, and they tend to be fun things. But this may well be the best ever. And as Young Thug doesn&#39;t come out of it in the best light, somewhat miraculous&nbsp;that it was released at all.

Ryan Staake

Young Thug

Pomp&Clout

freenjoy

Ryen Bartlett

Nathan Scherrer

Jeff Kopchia

Trevor Wineman

Eric Degliomini

Erik Mateo

Mike Misslin

David Torcivia

Pele Kudren

Riff Raff Films

Young Thug 'Wyclef Jean' by Ryan Staake

Young Thug - Wyclef Jean [Official Video]

David M. Helman collaborates again with James Vincent McMorrow on this moody, subtle character study.Shot in black and white with a 4:3 aspect ratio &ndash; excellent work by DoP Dustin Lane &ndash;&nbsp;the clip takes a dark turn early on when the protagonist takes a huge fall whilst skating. From there onwards the video studies the young inner-city friend group whilst this brooding pain (both physical and metaphorical) hangs overhead. Subtle low rumbling murmurs of sound design enhance the darker moments of this clip.

David M. Helman

Partizan Darkroom

Laura Jones

Dustin Lane

Nick Rondeau

Arcade

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Pomp &amp; Clout

James Vincent McMorrow 'Get Low' by David M. Helman 

Ryan Staake&#39;s video for Schoolboy Q follows the humble marijuana plant in its life cycle from harvest, to buyer and the many channels, deals and deaths that have to go along with that.It&#39;s an interesting POV video that makes the object in question the main character in the narrative - carrying on an aesthetic that <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/07/27/schoolboy-q-john-muir-aplus">APLUS started with their John Muir video</a>&nbsp;a few months back.

Ryan Huffman

David Ledwith

Kristian Zuniga

Mario Mascetti

Chris Gould

Clayton Beisner (la)

Zebah Pinkman (ny)

Jessica Galvan (ny)

Cherokee Neas (la)

Ryosuke Tanzawa

Aaron Vinton

Dave Free

Mark Bridges

Top Dawg Entertainment

Interscope

Schoolboy Q ft. E-40 'Dope Dealer' by Ryan Staake 

Schoolboy-Q-Ft.-E-40-'Dope-Dealer'-by-Ryan-Staake-

Ryan Staake turns his attention to the tricky business of Time Slice for Clams Casino, and bringing together mulitple images captured in the same spot in Long Beach,&nbsp;at different times of day. The result is a&nbsp;visually unique piece to echo the track and performance of All Nite by Vince Staples and Clams.

United States

Allison Acevedo

Bryan Younce

Columbia Records

Hip Hop

Clams Casino ft Vince Staples 'All Nite' by Ryan Staake

Clams Casino - All Nite ft. Vince Staples

John Merizalde takes the 17 year old indie prodigy Declan McKenna&#39;s Bethlehem and builds a&nbsp;story of blossoming love between two teenagers&nbsp;in a small American town where bigotry and religious zealotry&nbsp;hangs like a shadow over them.Shot on 16mm, Merizalde, who hails from Georgia, sketches a world of believable characters, and&nbsp;captures the claustrophobia of the place, with a lightness of touch that&#39;s perfectly pitched to the&nbsp;song. &nbsp;

United Kingdom

John Merizalde

Bullion Productions

Drew O'Neill

Oren Malik

Jennifer Chandler

Amber Flores

Whitelist

Chad Sarahina

OB Management

Laura Clayton

Columbia

Erin S Murray

Azariah Oldacre

Edward Martinez

Indie, Indie, singer-songwriter

Declan McKenna 'Bethlehem' by John Merizalde

Declan-Mckenna-'Bethlehem'-by-John-Merizalde

Jay Buim, regular collaborator with Future Islands, and director of the moving, even-handed mini-doc about modern cowboy life&nbsp;for their huge hit <a href="http://promonews.tv/videos/2014/02/26/future-islands-seasons-waiting-you-jay-buim" target="_blank">Seasons (Waiting On You)</a>, has now returned to the documentary form for Motez&#39;s The Vibe. What he documents is a sight for sore eyes. In fact, you may not believe your eyes.&nbsp;Buim gained permission to film the delegates of a &#39;furry&#39; convention, and records how the massive&nbsp;Marriot Marquis in downtown Atlanta&nbsp;is taken over&nbsp;by delegates wearing an astonishing array of imaginative cartoon-animal&nbsp;outfits.Following their progress from dance rehearsals to final&nbsp;party bash &ndash; and&nbsp;never seeing the people inside the costumes &ndash; is a fascinating, if bizarre&nbsp;spectacle. It does not explain as much as provoke questions &ndash; like who makes these extraordinary outfits? And how do I get one?

Jay Buim

Kyle Repka

Rachel Webster

Brett Mayfield

Motez ft Scruffizer 'The Vibe' by Jay Buim

Motez-'The-Vibe'-by-Jay-Buim

John Merizalde captures the world of New York newcomers Lewis Del Mar, from street football to partying with their crew,&nbsp;with the deftness that marks him out as a standout rising talent in music videos. The guy is going to go far. And the band aren&#39;t bad either.

Andrew Litten

Las Bandas Be Brave

Saul Levitz

Indie Rock, Alternative

Lewis Del Mar 'Loud(y)' by John Merizalde

Lewis-Del-Mar-'Loud(y)'-by-John-Merizalde

Prettypuke, the photographer with a knack for capturing a specifically&nbsp;gritty view&nbsp;of&nbsp;LA&nbsp;nightlife, has directed this (rather NSFW)&nbsp;music video for&nbsp;indie band Silverbird, capturing an off-beat romance between two young lovers.With scenes that include a girl&nbsp;masturbating to horror comics, playing with dentures and a bit of light weight suffocation, the proposition is definitely on the racy side. Prettypuke has managed to create a video that maintains the weirdness found in his photography but that also comes off as oddly cute and sincere.&nbsp;

Prettypuke

Robert McHugh

Zac Adams

Caleb Adams

Josh Hensley

Nick Sanders

Ntropic

Dave Hung

Luna Miu

Dry Drunk Records

Silverbird 'Smile' by Prettypuke

Silverbird--'Smile-'-by-Prettypuke

Alan Del Rio Ortiz has directed this tragic love story between Diplo (aka&nbsp;Major Lazer)&nbsp;and Wild Belle, for Be Together.The video cuts between two main scenes, one being a&nbsp;funeral procession led by the singer and the other, with her&nbsp;straddling the back of&nbsp;Diplo&#39;s motorcycle in loving bliss,&nbsp;going down route 66. But by the end, it becomes clear who the funeral is for, as the first scene ends with a motorcycle crash...

Alan Del Rio Ortiz

JJ Englert

Mike Simpson

Eric Zaragoza

Fawn Bowen

Ani Panditt

Irvin K. Liu

Gabe Figueroa

Samahra Little

Thomas Campbell

Will Elder

Chase DuBose

Mario Colli

Nate Robinson

Ely Gonzalez

Kenneth Bauer

Harrison Hudson

Major Lazer ft. Wild Belle 'Be Together' by Alan Del Rio Ortiz

Major Lazer ft. Wild Belle - Be Together

Ryan Staake has created&nbsp;the sleek, stately and, as it turns out,&nbsp;fittingly sombre promo for the vinyl release of Blackstar, David Bowie&#39;s final album.&nbsp;Staake&#39;s film reveals the detail of the black-on-black&nbsp;design of the&nbsp;Blackstar album cover - the only one of Bowie&#39;s albums not to feature his own image. An&nbsp;object&nbsp;of minimalist&nbsp;beauty that contains David Bowie&#39;s&nbsp;parting gift.

Kevin Staake

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