Producer

Liam Johnson

Zandi Tisani directs a thrilling dance promo for South African artist Kamo Mphela's Thula ThulaThe track is taken from NTS's Amapiano Now compilation, celebrating the genre that emerged from the townships of Gauteng and Pretoria and, as the NTS website describes "has quickly established itself as the defining sound of the South African club underground."Kamo's Thula Thula is riotous fun both sonically and visually, and intertwines playful movement with slick, sharp performances.&nbsp;An abstract narrative, featuring a nervous stranger with a briefcase full of secrets, adds an enigmatic layer to the concept, which is an absolute blast to watch from start to finish.[imgtoken data:1]“My motivation for shooting this video was an opportunity to work with Kamo who I see as being a world-class performer," says director Zandi Tisani "It’s only a matter of time before she hits the major league and I wanted to be able to say I was there in the early days."With the video I wanted to take her beyond the expected visuals from Amapiano, and create something closer to the cannon of classic pop music videos. Something visually sophisticated but still fun and entertaining.”

South Africa

Zandi Tisani

Peta Sacke

Robot

Chuanne Blofield

Alfred Manzini

Neo Seriti

Lazola Kindness

Matome Kgomo

Marcelle Mouton

Post Modern

Africa Majola

Sarah Modiba

Andried Jager

Callan Paul

Khaya Jali

Amapiano

Dance

Kamo Mphela 'Thula Thula' by Zandi Tisani

Nts-'Thula-Thula'-by-Zandi-Tisani

In the second part of his sci-fi epic for teen hearthrob HRVY, Matthias Hoene moves the action from neon-lit urban dystopia to the opposite extreme: the futuristic city is now covered by baked-hot drylands.In Nevermind, the sequel to <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/02/21/hrvy-me-because-you-matthias-hoene/63429" target="_blank">Hoene's previous&nbsp;HRVY&nbsp;video, for Me Bc of U</a>, HRVY makes his way through the desert landscape to find his only chance of going back home. Along the way he meets a young friend who knows the whereabouts of the portal that will take him home,&nbsp;and helps guide him.Throughout their journey they stumble across interesting characters that ultimately lead them into a tribal dance-off where they meet the queen of the tribe. it all leads to the deserted, post-apocalyptic city, where&nbsp;HRVY enters&nbsp;the portal and finds his way back home.The end reveal shows him being confronted by the thugs in the previous video - only now he now has the future power glove to keep him out of trouble...If you want to enjoy both parts of the HRVY-Hoene as one epic piece, you can do so <a href="https://www.partizan.com/video/hrvy-me-bc-of-u-and-nevermind" target="_blank">here</a>.

United Kingdom

Matthias Hoene

Mayling Wong

Partizan Darkroom

Godfrey Matsika

Travis Nel

Fabian Vettiger

Juan White

Mandla Dlamini

Dallas Madala

Wayne Smith

Nao Serati

Hayley Adams

Joseph Bicknell

Company 3

Frender

Max Colt

Claire Stubbs @ Mouthpiece

James Hackett

Universal

Lisha Gungadheen

HRVY 'Nevermind' (Director's Cut) by Matthias Hoene

HRVY finds himself trapped in a neon dystopia in Matthias Hoene's&nbsp;video for&nbsp;Me Because Of U. The promo follows the artist as he escapes the harsh realities of his life as a tormented teen, and transports to a futuristic universe filled with AR junkies, surreal noodle-slurpers, and flying cars... Cinematic and packed full of high-energy set pieces, the video is the first in a two-part series, with the final segment coming later in the year.&nbsp;

Mac Colt

HRVY 'Me Because Of You' by Matthias Hoene

Hrvy-'Me-Bc-Of-U'-by-Matthias-Hoene

So it's summer, and the brief the label just emailed over is simple: go off and shoot a sunny,&nbsp;summery music video. By next week. And you're in the UK, and,&nbsp;of course, it's miserable and raining...Well, Liam Johnson may have the solution for you. Liam is the MD of Robot Films, a production company in South Africa that has serviced-produced numerous UK music videos over the past few years - not only in South Africa, but all over the African continent - for the likes of Tom Odell, Sigala, Shy FX and Tiggs Da Author.We talked to Liam, on the phone from the Robot office in Cape Town. We asked him about his career to date - and the attractions of coming to Africa off-season (our summer is his winter in South Africa, of course). Apparently in the off-season it's still a fantastic place to shoot. And&nbsp;it's not raining...[imgtoken data:1]On set: Liam Johnson (in blue T-shirt) while shooting&nbsp;Tiggs Da Author Run in South Africa, 2018 (pic: Nils Botha)<blockquote>I was living in London but I had to come home. It was a blessing in disguise.&nbsp;Africa is a wild untamed land bursting with unbridled creativity.&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote>Promonews: Tell us a bit about yourself. How did you get into working in film production - and music videos in particular?&nbsp;Liam Johnson: I started studying law but university wasn't my thing. I wanted to travel, tell stories and make music. Unfortunately I lack rhythm so it was a better bet to focus on the film making.I spent three&nbsp;years in London working at Rogue, as a runner then production coordinator. London was such an amazing experience, but due to some unforseen circumstances I had to come home. It was a blessing in disguise though - Africa is in my blood. A wild untamed land bursting with unbridled creativity.&nbsp;&nbsp;What have you been working on so far in 2019 - the most interesting and exciting work, and also the most challenging work?This last year we have worked on some amazing projects - Sigala, Shy FX, and an epic video for a French hiphop crew. That&nbsp;was probably the most challenging, shooting five days in Cape Town and Namibia. Literally moving mountains to build sets in sand dunes, everything shot in camera with hyena and vultures, camped out in the Namibian wild with a host of dangerous wild animals.We didn't sleep. Some of us bled. But it was an incredibly bonding experience with some awesome local and international talent.[imgtoken data:2] In the wild: Liam Johnson (left) with Movi op Myron Mance and Phantasm line producer Alexia LevyA lot of top artists in the UK have African roots, in Nigeria, Ghana, and elsewhere. Has that impacted upon music video production in Africa? Any good examples?&nbsp;Yeah I am really excited about the recognition artists with African roots are getting overseas - not just with their expat communities but having a real impact on the industry as a whole. Look at guys like Tinie Tempah, Tiggs da Author and Fuse ODG with massive international following. Dave is just blowing up and he got back to his roots and did a direct comparison between life in London and Africa for his smash hit Black.Then artists like Major Lazor who keep returning to Southern and Western Africa for fresh collaborations. Its looks like the international community is really interested in the African aesthetic and all its mystery. We even finally have our own Marvel Heroes.[imgtoken data:3]<blockquote>We're super quiet in the winter months. It means everyone is more negotiable and keen to work on creative projects.&nbsp;Our winter = UK summer.&nbsp; &nbsp;</blockquote>We’re now moving into the off-season in Africa. What are the benefits of shooting at this time of year in Africa, and South Africa in particular?&nbsp;Because our industry is so seasonal we're super quiet in the winter months. It means everyone is more negotiable and keen to work on creative projects not just fill their coffers. The secret though is that South Africa probably has a lot more landscape variety to offer over the winter months - from snow covered peaks to tropical beaches and crisp barren deserts. Our winter = UK summer...&nbsp; What do you think are the most interesting locations at this time of year - urban and country, for African flavour or for sheer beauty?&nbsp;I feel a general trend is for more urban type locations - they're more relatable for most audiences. Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Accra offer incredible urban spaces that can be high end or post apocalyptic without having to dress or rely on post production.But because majority of South Africa has a dry winter you also get amazing country locations - especially up in the desert landscapes of Richtersveld and Namibia. They're so otherworldy and strange. Beyond imagination.[imgtoken data:4] &nbsp;<blockquote>Favourite jobs have to be Tom Odell's Magnetized, Tiggs da Author featuring Lady Leshur's Run (above)&nbsp;and Shy FX's We Just Don't Care.</blockquote>What’s the favourite job you've worked on in the past couple of years? And what's your favourite ever video shot in Africa in the past few years?Favourite jobs have to be Tom Odell's Magnetized, Tiggs da Author featuring Lady Leshur's Run,&nbsp;and Shy FX's We Just Don't Care.Without trying to sound cheesy I could list all the music videos I have worked on as favourite jobs. I love music videos for their uninhibited creativity including low budget problem-solving. I find it such a great collaborative process with director, producer and artist, massive dreams with limited budget and still make it so dope.Right now I really love Simon Schmitt's Love Supreme Lonely Feelings film that recently came out. It was actually shot in Johannesburg and Eastern Europe, but I love how they have gone with this weird sci-fi asthetic, using an extremely iconic JHB building and contemporary cast.• For more information about shooting in Africa contact Liam at <a href="https://www.therobot.tv/#digitalfilmcontent" target="_blank">ROBOT</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;

Q&A: ROBOT's Liam Johnson on shooting in Africa

Craig Moore collaborates for a sixth time with&nbsp;Sigala for Lullaby - a dead cert to be a 2018&nbsp;summer anthem &ndash; featuring ​Paloma Faith. Shot in Cape Town, Moore&#39;s striking, colourful video has Paloma singing a sweet lullaby that has the contrary effect to the norm: characters don&#39;t fall asleep, but wake up to find themselves in a series of stunning landscapes.With simple styling to emphasise the scale and beauty of the locations, each performer goes through a journey as they digest their surroundings, begin to move gracefully within it,&nbsp;and gradually take on an increasingly celebratory mood.

Craig Moore

Toby Walsham

FAMILIA

Hannah Bilverstone

Chris Kelly

Tony Miller

Lee Brinkley

Kat Hawker

Nico Nigrini

Inga Hewett

Chris Roebuck

TenThree

CHEAT

Dan Millar

Sony Music

Bianca Prinsloo

Karl Willett

Sigala, Paloma Faith 'Lullaby' by Craig Moore

Sigala,-Paloma-Faith-'Lullaby'-by-Craig-Moore

Craig Moore gets a little Mad Max in this slick dance clip for Shy FX.Despite the song's title, a lot of care has gone into this video . With excellent choreography matched by some energetic camerawork and a solidly paced edit, this dance clip has a meticulously crafted aesthetic. Combining Afro-dance and breakdance with some highly fashionable post-apocalyptic vibes makes for some striking imagery throughout.

Kelly Grobler

Craig Griffen

Candice Mc Nicol

Ryan Beck

Final Cut

Marisa Garner Associates

Jason Wallis

Ardith Birchall

Electric Theatre Collective

James Savage

Westley Durand

Shy FX ft Shingai 'We Just Don't Care' by Craig Moore

Shy-Fx-Ft-Shingai-'We-Just-Dont-Care'-by-Craig-Moore

An exotic&nbsp;girl&nbsp;and a handsome backpacker&nbsp;experience a series of chance encounters against the idyllic backdrop of Cape Town, South Africa - but are we being told the whole story?This feelgood video for Jonas Blue's Perfect Strangers puts a welcome twist on a story of traveller love.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Name Redacted

Harriet Towler

Kelly Grobler (production Coordinator)

Sita Sityana

Derek Carlow

Haley Meyer

Taryn-lee Kelly

Aislinn Clifford

Dan Moran

Coffee & TV

Ailsa Robertson

Virgin EMI

Jonas Blue ft JP Cooper 'Perfect Strangers'

Jonas-Blue-Feat-Jp-Cooper-'Perfect-Strangers'-by-Sashinski

George Belfield follows up his video for Tom Odell&#39;s Wrong Crowd with a dramatic&nbsp;sequel that&nbsp;reveals the nature&nbsp;of Odell&#39;s troubles in the first one.&nbsp;It&#39;s about a girl.Through a series of flashbacks - some from the previous video, some new - the story reveals itself, in which Odell&#39;s attempts to process the pain of a doomed love affair is accentuated when she turns up at the club he visits in Wrong Crowd.&nbsp;And&nbsp;with this sumptuous outdoor photography by Steve Annis - and an important contribution of a gorgeous vintage Porsche 911 booming down a deserted highway&nbsp;&ndash; Belfield builds the emotion in&nbsp;Magnetised to a higher level.

George Belfield

Tom Birmingham

Steve Annis

Willhelm (Bubi) Furst

Verity May Lane

Vid Price

The Assembly Rooms

Simon Bourne

Framestore

Laura Clayton

Sony

Hannah Turnbull-Walter

Somesuch

Indie, singer-songwriter

Tom Odell 'Magnetised' by George Belfield

English singer-songwriter&nbsp;Tom Odell&nbsp;is&nbsp;back, channeling&nbsp;the distinctly&nbsp;darkened, jaded&nbsp;swagger of a man that has matured past the age of uncomplicated love songs.George Belfield&nbsp;achieved the artist&#39;s newfound&nbsp;style and disposition&nbsp;through an icy cool treatment that sees the dejected singer waking up in an anonymous&nbsp;hotel room.After&nbsp;taking in some&nbsp;old videos of his&nbsp;ex-lover, he drowns his sorrows by&nbsp;pouring&nbsp;himself a stiff drink, even though its still daytime. Then,&nbsp;our lonely bachelor&nbsp;hits up the club - throwing himself into a night of dancing and drinking&nbsp;with his band&nbsp;of party animals.The video - which was handsomely shot by DoP Steve Annis -&nbsp;is part one of two, so look out for the next instalment soon to be released.

Pop, Indie

Tom Odell 'Wrong Crowd' by George Belfield

Tom Odell - Wrong Crowd (Official Video)

Tinie Tempah is back with this sexy&nbsp;video for his track Girls Like, shot&nbsp;in a colourful street in South Africa.It's a&nbsp;nicely shot,&nbsp;fun-loving clip capturing some good times under the sun, with plenty&nbsp;of great dance moves,&nbsp;stunts and twerking, out on a&nbsp;hot day as well as at the club where the party continues into the&nbsp;night.&nbsp;

Sam Seager

Parlophone

Caleb Heymann

Siya Sityana

Wilhelm Furst

Le Fras Mouton

Kayley Meyer

Tarryn Lee Kelly

Simon Hargood

Marty McMullan

Rushes

James Dooley

Chloe Hayward

Hip-Hop

Grime

Tinie Tempah 'Girls Like' by Craig Moore

Tinie Tempah - Girls Like ft. Zara Larsson (Official Video)

An impressively&nbsp;cinematic clip for Danish band Phlake for their song Pregnant&nbsp;starts with the tension of a bank robbery, and then flashes back to&nbsp;the same man behind the motorcycle helmet,&nbsp;working as a cook at a diner, then meeting and falling for a newly-employed waitress.After a steamy romance, the pair move in together and the waitress falls pregnant, and the pressures begin - especially as it coincides with him being laid off work. Which then brings us back to the bank robbery which starts the video... &nbsp;

Denmark

Lisa Foo

Mikkel Kehlet

Ash Lockmun

Michael Cleary

Jacobus Kriel

Wilhelm "Bubi" Furst

Siya Sitana

Tegolin Markham

Marionette Newman

Fred Pearson

Phlake 'Pregnant'

Phlake - Pregnant - Director's Cut

Craig Moore follows up his superb rollerskating extravaganza in&nbsp;Sigala&#39;s <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/11/16/sigala-sweet-lovin-craig-moore" target="_blank">Sweet Lovin&#39;</a>&nbsp;with an equally trick-heavy spectacle&nbsp;for Tiggs Da Author&#39;s Run, featuring singer Lady Leshurr.This time -&nbsp;instead of staging&nbsp;contortionist feats,&nbsp;rollerskating&nbsp;pirouettes&nbsp;and BMX tricks -&nbsp;Moore captures the awesome, ridiculously risky&nbsp;world of South Africa&#39;s car spinning stuntmen. There&#39;s some really breathtaking tricks performed here.It&#39;s a joyful, wholly entertaining&nbsp;video for a lively&nbsp;track, reminding the viewer to let loose and approach life&#39;s little troubles with light-heartedness. Just don&#39;t try that hanging out the car window stuff, kids...[imgtoken data:1]

Joseph Tausigg

Rory O’Grady

Maffie Hane Leitch

Nicholas Cherry

Wilhelm “Bubi” Furst

Warrick Le Seur

Eric Lolo

Bia Hartenstein

Richard Fearon

Reggae, Hip Hop

Tiggs Da Author ft. Lady Leshurr 'Run' by Craig Moore

Tiggs Da Author - Run (Official Video) ft. Lady Leshurr

Fuse&nbsp;ODG&#39;s video for his&nbsp;new single&nbsp;Only,&nbsp;directed by Craig Moore, had&nbsp;him go out to&nbsp;Johannesburg to capture some colourful African vibes in the heart of the motherland.Under Craig&#39;s guidance, the&nbsp;British musician of Ghanaian descent celebrates the flavour of what makes Africa special in the video,&nbsp;showcasing&nbsp;the buzz of Jo&#39;burg&nbsp;with its interesting characters,&nbsp;colourful textures, and wild animals &ndash; including a lion.He may be from South Africa himself, but Craig Moore&nbsp;won&#39;t forget&nbsp;the lion in&nbsp;a hurry. &quot;That lion was fierce - such a boss!&quot;

Kabelo Seane

Devin Toselli

Litha Mbuthuma

Andree Du Preez

Andre Beumer

Adriaan Hanekom

Tash George

Mada Sthembiso

Samantha Neal

Peepshow Post

Andy Brown

Four Walls

Jon Leese-Pomfret

Afro-Beat

Afro-Pop

Fuse ODG 'Only' by Craig Moore

*NEW NEW* Fuse ODG - Only (Official Music Video)

Francis Wallis has directed this&nbsp;quirky and fun video for&nbsp;Hard Rock Sofa &amp; Skidka&#39;s&nbsp;Arms Around Me, shot in South Africa,&nbsp;which&nbsp;follows the highly flexible Jabu&nbsp;as he literally &ldquo;makes moves&rdquo;&nbsp;to impress a girl who runs the till at a local gas station.Contortionism and some&nbsp;mightily impressive hat tricks prevail as we watch Jabu pull out some mindbending and even stomach-churning movements with his pal JR.&quot;We actually&nbsp;shot this last&nbsp;November, so its nice to see it finally released,&quot; says Francis. &quot;JR and Jabu where amazing and&nbsp;really carry the video. I&rsquo;m happy that they can finally see it too.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Francis Wallis

Cobus Oosthuizen

Esme Viviers

Jon Leese Pomfret

Cut+Run

Hard Rock Sofa & Skidka 'Arms Around Me' by Francis Wallis

Hard Rock Sofa & Skidka - Arms Around Me (Official Video)

What a feat! Frank Borin&#39;s music video for The Script&#39;s Man On A Wire essentially accepts the challenge offered by the name of the song, and turns it into reality. And although the idea of placing the talent on a real tightrope, suspended over 100 ft above the streets of Cape Town, seems too far-fetched, too dangerous, and too terrifying to be seriously considered, that is what Frank and his team have done here.Singer Danny O&#39;Donoghue really is on that tightrope, while drummer Glen Power has his back to a hundred-plus foot drop, while guitarist Mark Sheehan&nbsp;stands on&nbsp;the side of a building.&nbsp;Working alongside&nbsp;FAMILIA in the UK and Farm Films in South Africa to realise the vision, the treatment evolved into&nbsp;an epic shoot involving helicopters, technocranes and wirework.Obviously it was completely safe, but you have to say The Script are a brave bunch (or possibly mad) for even considering doing this stuff. Hats off and big respect to all concerned...&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

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