Director

Lucas Hrubizna

Toronto-based director Lucas Hrubizna creates a groundbreaking and bewildering&nbsp;vision of a near-death experience for Sad Night Dynamite, courtesy of cutting-edge 'VolCap' technology, to introduce new release Volume II.Hrubizna has directed an interlinked series of five video shorts that takes the pop-electronic duo's fascination with surreal and psychedelic narrative into amazing new territory. It was made possible by access to the Volumetric Capture facilities at Dimension Studios in London - where SND were filmed performed, and effectively transformed into 3D models.Together with 2D plates of the band performance against greenscreen,&nbsp;Hrubizna could use this material to place them with his created CGI worlds without leaving his home studio. It has taken months of work, but the end-result is mind-boggling, as the approach is to make these worlds as harsh, forbidding, uncomfortable&nbsp;and unpredictable as possible - in accordance with the artists' brief.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>Each piece is meant to be a mini-fever dream.</blockquote>“SND had imagined a series of pieces taking place within some sort of purgatory - an abstract in-between place where time has dissolved," explains the director. "Having experienced a near-death event, they had seen the visuals of this project somehow reflecting the dreamlike journey from life to the precipice of death and back."I started to think of the ascending levels of Dantés Purgatorio, and loosely re-imagined them as bleak, liminal spaces from the modern world, wherein reality has exploded into harsh, digital fragments."Each piece is meant to be a mini-fever dream that perfectly loops, reflecting the endless sense of time and space in purgatory while also functioning on social media platforms, where looped video playback is standard.”[imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Suzie Walsh

Rosie Brear

Blink

Sam Seager

Esteban Gimpelewicz

Jamie Harding

Laura Northover

Josef Byrne

Beatrice Warren

Annabel Clark Clements

Lauren Webster

Electronic

Alt-Pop

Alternative

Sad Night Dynamite 'Volume II' by Lucas Hrubizna

Sad-Night-Dynamite-'Volume-Ii'-by-Lucas-Hrubizna

Will Hooper presents a quickfire tapestry of chaotic performance setups, in his promo for Awa's Feelings.&nbsp;Intercutting a mix of contemporary and lo-fi aesthetics, the video charges forward with a sense of no-nonsense, unabashed energy.The performances from both Awa and&nbsp;Scofield are top-notch, and DoPs Jaime Ackroyd and Stefan Yap (who shared shooting responsibilities across the two-day shoot) create a strikingly vibrant world which fits together seamlessly.&nbsp;"The symbols of the&nbsp;Wizard of Oz-style floating house, the storm, the roses and the planet Venus cut against Awa’s performance, representing the chaotic energy that is synonymous with love," explains Will Hooper -&nbsp; who i nominated for Best New Director at this week's UKMVAs.&nbsp;"Feelings of uncertainty and turbulence sparring with desire and ecstasy - it’s that tumble dryer of emotions that makes up the fabric of this video."

Will Hooper

Eleri Evans

Harry Hardwick

Ty Hack

Jaime Ackroyd

Stefan Yap

Michael Hannides

Asia Rose Kilgallon

Ryan Monteith

Bon Walsh

Justin Hamilton

Marvin Francis

Liz Martins

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

India Hope

Jahmarley Bachelor

Elena Argiros

Sony Music Entertainment

Tom Kelly

Chris Hayden

Asia Rose Kilgallon / Kiloran Mclaren

William Pope

Stefania Lucchesi

Awa ft JB Scofield 'Feelings' by Will Hooper

Awa-'Fkn-Feelings'-by-Will-Hooper

Tamara Black references nostalgic fashion editorials in her&nbsp;video for Vancouver-based Sydney Kwan.In a world full of pastel colours and neon styling, Sydney performs the '80s inspired track nonchalantly, confidently taking the centre-stage of each concept. Switching easily from high school prom to '90s slumber party, the visual references are a delight, and it's obvious a huge amount of work has gone into&nbsp;the styling and art direction.

Canada

Tamara Black

John Alviz

Aimer Films

Sydney Kwan

Chris Dzaka

Wai Sun Cheng

Yandy Liu

Thomas Wang

Shona Wass

Miren Valdes

Talia Belmonte

Miel Enage

Matthew Gardner

David Tomiak

Sydney Kwan 'Hear Me' by Tamara Black

Sydney Kwan - Hear Me (Official Music Video)

In Canadian director Lucas Hrubizna's&nbsp;stirring video for Sam Tudor, we follow two&nbsp;teens as their lifeless bodies float through the halls of their high school.&nbsp;lacing the actors in a range of setups either facing away, or with their faces obscured, Hrubizna follows the song lyrics like a script, achieving a balance between realism and concept.The camera is in constant motion, to mirror the teens being drawn to something, and the nods to artwork such as&nbsp;René Magritte’s Not To Be Reproduced&nbsp;create haunting imagery within the scenes. The careful use of VFX in this impressive video helps to keep things looking naturalistic, and gives the final shot real impact.&nbsp;

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