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Kieran Evans

From an abandoned slate mine in North Wales to a theatre in Blackwood, Kieran Evans&#39;s&nbsp;latest video for the Manic Street Preachers features a powerful&nbsp;performance from the band alongside the alienated protagonist that featured in the previous film for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/01/15/manic-street-preachers-international-blue-kieran-evans" target="_blank">International Blue</a>.And now our intrepid traveller (Sarah Sayuri Hare) finds herself a long way from Nice. She&nbsp;finds herself among the&nbsp;industrial landscapes and forgotten landmarks of Welsh history and politics.The video was shot anamorphic 2:39:1 to continue the widescreen concept established with International Blue, the final grading slightly exaggerating the saturation and hues of the landscapes and contrasts against the stark, de-saturated look for the interiors of the theatre and the band performance.

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Manic Street Preachers 'Distant Colours' by Kieran Evans 

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Kieran Evans&rsquo; longstanding creative collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers continues with this promo for International Blue &ndash; the first single&nbsp;from the band&#39;s forthcoming album Resistance Is Futile &ndash;&nbsp;shot in Nice in&nbsp;France, birthplace of artist Yves Klein, and inspiration for a song described by MSP&#39;s Nicky Wire as&nbsp;the European sequel to their early 90s hit Motorcycle Emptiness. &nbsp;To tie in with the album artwork of Samurai warriors and Evans&rsquo; visual concept for the campaign, it features a Japanese woman,&nbsp;lost amongst the streets and spaces in the city, searching for the most perfect blue. The narrative elements are intercut with striking portraits of the band in and around the same places the character visits before ending up at the sunset shores of the Mediterranean.Shot in 2:39:1 (or as Evans and the band have termed it &lsquo;widescreen melancholia&#39;), Liam White&#39;s cinematography utilises&nbsp;beautifully composed shots of the band, character and locations around the city, and Clare Winters&#39; grade gives the promo a vivid visual dimension and atmosphere - and includes many shades of blue.

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Manic Street Preachers 'International Blue' by Kieran Evans

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Kieran Evans&#39;&nbsp;beautifully photographed film for Seamus Fogarty&#39;s new track uses the simple premise of a journey from land to sea as the backdrop to weave a vocal performance and a typographic treatment of the lyrics.Shot in the Isle of Sheppey in Essex, the combination of natural beauty and old industry is brought together in the great black and white cinematography, shot by Evans himself. Fogarty&#39;s journey through these landscapes under a cloudless summer sky is counterbalanced with closeups of his face, and lines from the song printed on clear celophane.&nbsp;Travelling along hidden paths and well-trodden tracks, the singer&#39;s journey reflects his lyrics - and eventually lead us to a vast, empty sea.And a word of warning - this video starts with over a minute of Evans&#39; imagery with no sound at all. So your headphones aren&#39;t broken.

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Seamus Fogarty 'Short Ballad For A Long Man' by Kieran Evans

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BAFTA-winning director Kieran Evans has conjured up this nightmarish&nbsp;vision&nbsp;for Erol Alkan and Richard Norris&#39; band Beyond the Wizard&#39;s Sleeve.Set in an abandoned house, Diagram Girl&nbsp;takes us through a maze of masked characters, broken mirrors and creeping&nbsp;shadows, with a&nbsp;fearful woman in the middle of it all. &nbsp;The video is the first in a series,&nbsp;accompanying different&nbsp;tracks from the album, so keep your eyes peeled...

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Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve 'Diagram Girl' by Kieran Evans

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve "Diagram Girl" (Official Music Video)

Kieran Evans has pieced together this 80&#39;s throwback for&nbsp;Hot Chip&#39;s cover of the Bruce Springsteen classic Dancing In The Dark. As Evans explains in detail below, the video was inspired by the randomness that was New York City&#39;s cable television programming&nbsp;during the 1980s.

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Hot Chip 'Dancing In The Dark' by Kieran Evans

In a three-way production between My Accomplice, Like An Egg in Wales and Mutter Und Vater in Germany, Kieran Evans continues his successful working relationship with the Manics in this alluring promo for new single Walk Me To The Bridge.Starring German actress&nbsp;Christina Simoneit running against the clock, Kieran&#39;s exciting video is part suspense thriller and part performance piece&nbsp;with the band filmed at an airbase in St Athen in Wales and the intriguing narrative element in Berlin.&nbsp;

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Manic Street Preachers 'Walk Me To The Bridge' by Kieran Evans

Manic Street Preachers - Walk Me to the Bridge (Official Video)

Kieran Evans has achieved great things with&nbsp;his trilogy of videos for the Manic Street Preachers&#39; album Rewind The Film about life in a South Wales mining village - and the second, for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/08/13/manic-street-preachers-show-me-wonder-kieran-evans" target="_blank">Show Me The Wonder</a>, has just won Best Video at the 2013 Q Awards.&nbsp;And Kieran has also completed his&nbsp;third collaboration between director Kieran Evans and the legendary Edwyn Collins. Too Bad (That&#39;s Sad) is a Northern Soul-inspired stomper from Collins&#39; latest album Understated, released on his own label AED. As such Evans sought to create a sketch book / road map from Collins&#39; recording studio in London to Wigan, the heart of Northern Soul.And the video features performances by Sex Pistols legend Paul Cook, Carwyn Ellis and Collins&#39; son Will.

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Edwyn Collins 'Too Bad (That's Sad)' by Kieran Evans

Edwyn-Collins-'Too-Bad-(that's-Sad)'-by-Kieran-Evans

Following his excellent promos for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/07/18/manic-street-preachers-ft-richard-hawley-rewind-film-kieran-evans" target="_blank">Rewind The Film</a> and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/08/13/manic-street-preachers-show-me-wonder-kieran-evans" target="_blank">Show Me The Wonder</a>, Kieran Evans delivers more brilliant&nbsp;work for Manic Street Preachers - &nbsp;this time&nbsp;for the bands next single Anthem For A Lost Cause.&nbsp;Its another moving and&nbsp;poignant piece, this time dealing with the struggle and impact of the Miners Strike in the 80s. Evans&#39; promo is&nbsp;woven with archive footage from the time (supplied by South Wales Womens Group and Swansea Womens History Group) and features a superb&nbsp;cast headed by&nbsp;Tori Lyons - delivering an emotional performance.

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Manic Street Preachers 'Anthem For A Lost Cause' by Kieran Evans

Manic Street Preachers - Anthem for a Lost Cause

In stark contrast to his <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2013/07/18/manic-street-preachers-ft-richard-hawley-rewind-film-kieran-evans" target="_blank">previous</a> video for the band, Kieran Evans delivers another winner for Manic Street Preachers in his promo for their Show Me The Wonder.Kieran and his crew set-up in a local workman&#39;s club in South Wales where the Manics star as one of the night&#39;s turns. Stylist Sarah-Jane Perez and make-up artist Jan Webster help nail the&nbsp;mid 70s retro-feel and props to art director Carla Wattley who adds some lovely touches...

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Manic Street Preachers 'Show Me The Wonder' by Kieran Evans

Manic Street Preachers - Show Me the Wonder

Manic Street Preachers,&nbsp;Mike O&#39;Keefe and Joanna&nbsp;Wier commission Kelly + Victor feature director Kieran Evans for this beautiful and&nbsp;moving promo to Rewind The Film, the title track from the band&#39;s forthcoming album.Shot in the Rhondda Valley over the course of one day and night, Evans casts his keen eye over a once proud mining community as they while away their twilight years. Taking his cue from the intense and haunting&nbsp;introspection of the&nbsp;soundtrack - featuring a lead vocal from Richard Hawley -&nbsp;Evans delivers a deeply respectful film with a&nbsp;dramatic, emotional punch.&nbsp;

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Manic Street Preachers ft Richard Hawley 'Rewind The Film' by Kieran Evans

Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Film ft. Richard Hawley

Five years ago Edwyn Collins was almost killed by a huge stroke that left him disabled and speechless, but his miraculous recovery reached another milestone this year with the release of a new album, and this excellent video by Kieran Evans helps to seal his elevation to the pantheon of Rock's great survivors. 
It's a banging performance vid, with a all-star backing band - featuring Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand and a statesmanlike Paul Cook, previously of the Sex Pistols - and real double-take moment. Somehow it also includes a fresh-faced, Orange Juice-era Edwyn.
Kieran, best known for his longform music work, also directed the vid for album title track <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watchv=2x64tqDrHgM" target="_blank">Losing Sleep</a>, and here he was ably assisted by DoP Neil Thomson, and excellent After Effects work and editing by Andrew Philip. It may have been made on a shoestring, but it looks great. 
As for spookily convincing 'young Edwyn' - that's actually the great man's son William, who now performs with his dad.

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