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Harvey Pearson addresses a tough subject in a hugely affecting way&nbsp;for young indie-soul&nbsp;singer Puma Blue.Jacob Allen (aka Puma Blue) wrote Velvet Leaves a few years after his sister attempted suicide - when he was finally able to process&nbsp;this traumatic and tragic event. Pearson's video for the song explores the relationship between the singer and his sibling - their friendship and the impact of her mental health issues upon him - in an impressionistic fashion, with reality slipping into a dreamworld and then veering towards somewhere nightmarish.With Mia Gill playing the sibling foil to Allen's sensitive performance, Pearson uses a number of effective, lo-fi&nbsp;visual devices to express emotion and instability: the film speeding up to a blur, the vision of the girl becoming indistinct; the siblings frozen in a fiercely white spotlight, as if in grave danger.&nbsp;But perhaps most effective of all is a more realistic snapshot, after Allen witnesses his distressed sister storming out of the house.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"This was a really special project and the first job out of lockdown," says Pearson. "Jacob (Puma Blue) came to me with this beautiful track and the touching story it told, one of family and getting through the hard times - balancing on the line of life and death. The video is a small tribute to Jacob’s sister, exploring memories and an abstract journey through mental health."&nbsp; &nbsp;

United Kingdom

Harvey Pearson

Frankie Willcock

My Accomplice

Jamie Clark

Imogen Harrison

Natalie Wetherell

Hunter Daly

Josie Thieme

Alex Hudson

Millie Tennant

Matthieu Toullet

Edwin Elkington

Kodak

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Mia Gill

Blue Flowers

Indie

Jazz

Soul

Puma Blue 'Velvet Leaves' by Harvey Pearson

Puma Blue - Velvet Leaves (Official Video)

Molly Burdett's latest video for singer-songwriter Arlo Parks explores&nbsp;feelings of loneliness and insecurity, whilst emitting a sense of confusion and disconnection.Arlo’s dream-like voice acts as a guiding force for Saidu, the boy in&nbsp;the video. Shot during lockdown in an abandoned Jewish boarding school, Burdett depicts Arlo as the narrator,&nbsp;using low angles to place her in a position of silent power. Surreal imagery reinforces the sense of the boy's turmoil in a hyper-real setting.

Molly Burdett

Ed Fairweather

Spencer Young

Black Eye Films

Miles Ridgway

George Telling

George Beattie

Alicia Howitt

Suzie Walsh

Lauren Webster

Oskar Brockbank

Jessica Vile

Saidu

Mouthpiece

Transgressive

Cinelab Film and Digital

Arlo Parks 'Hurt' by Molly Burdett

Arlo Parks - Hurt (Official Video)

Molly Burdett's fourth collaboration with Arlo Parks, for the yearningly beautiful Black Dog, tackles the subject of mental health in a way that is as gently supportive as the song's lyrics.The song comes a matter of weeks after Arlo was named an ambassador for CALM, and documents what she describes as&nbsp;"the feeling of helplessness that comes along with watching a loved one suffer".&nbsp;Burdett's video similarly focusses upon the quiet fortitude and support of the carers.In simple yet effective&nbsp;vignettes, we see parents supporting their troubled loved ones, intercut with Arlo's performance. Not over-dramatised yet seamlessly composed, and all the more powerful for it, the video builds on the promise of Brudett's previous videos she&nbsp;directed for Parks last year, including <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/06/14/arlo-parks-george-molly-burdett/59221" target="_blank">George</a>.

Forever

Gabby Millicent

Suzi Walsh

Emilie Louizides

Jake McClean

Max Ferguson-Hook

Time Based Arts

Claire Stubbs @ Mouthpiece

Beatnik

Jem Morton

Cameron Culver

Singer-songwriter

Arlo Parks 'Black Dog' by Molly Burdett

Arlo-Parks-'Black-Dog'-by-Molly-Burdett

Youthclub are back with this video for Suspect, who seems like a charming fellow.&nbsp;

Youthclub

Greatcoat Films

Simon Oxley

Andy Cooper

Alfie Biddle

Vlassis Skoulis

Henry Gill

Loona Riia Kasemets

Antonin Bonafous

Jon Dobson

Wash

Sheree Amour, Stevie Basaula

Rinse

Zac Baker

OB Management

Hip Hop

Grime

Suspect  '1.5 #Still' by Youthclub

Suspect--'1.5-#still-'-by-Youthclub

Colonel Blimp&#39;s newest director Maxim Kelly flips the world on its head during the apocalypse for Palace.Set within the confines of a church during the looming presence of the end of the world, Kelly shows us people repenting, confessing and attempting to live out their final days with a desperate dignity. With striking lighting and choreography highlighting the duality, and performance aspects of religion, it&#39;s a great portrait of desperation, anarchy and helplessness.

Maxim Kelly

Colonel Blimp

Paul Weston

Corin Taylor

Chantelle Lue

Richard Grewe

Sverre Sørdal

Ben Hoy-slot

James Wicks

Christopher Barber

Del Mak

Alien Monodee

Ciaran Linden Beale

Lou'ana Carron

Chloe Edwards

Zoe Wheeler

Palace 'It's Over' by Maxim Kelly

Palace - It's Over

Following on from her impressive directing debut with the video for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/04/15/roisin-murphy-exploitation-roisin-murphy" target="_blank">Exploitation</a>, where she&nbsp;created and played a fading-star persona inspired by the actresses she loves, like Gina Rowlands and Catherine Deneuve,&nbsp;Róisín Murphy has now directed a startlingly good video for Evil Eyes,&nbsp;the next single from her first album in seven years, and created another character of intriguing depth.Again, Róisín plays&nbsp;a woman who clearly has a past, and is finding it difficult to deal with the everyday present. She&#39;s a mother who&#39;s unpredictable behaviour suggests a touch of madness - perhaps more than a touch &ndash;&nbsp;existing within&nbsp;a hyperreal, surrealized domestic environment. And not only does she give a riveting performance, but its directed with real visual flair.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]No doubt she&#39;s learned a thing or two along the way, making videos with the likes of Dawn Shadforth, Hammer &amp; Tongs, and others.&nbsp;And she&#39;s clearly getting great support from her production team, led by executive producer Phil Tidy. But&nbsp;on the basis of this she has the makings of a really good director in her own right.&nbsp;

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