Editor

Nick Armstrong

Greg Barth explores the irony of growing up in the modern world, in his&nbsp;spectacular video for Purple Disco Machine's Fireworks.&nbsp;Depicted as a dance battle between Gen Z and a group of Boomers, the video alludes to many crises that face the human race today; climate change, the use of fossil fuels and overconsumption&nbsp;being just a few examples.&nbsp;And whilst the Gen Z pack start off with their own minds, fighting against these injustices, they are soon twisted and distorted into an older way of thinking - leaving a planet in the midst of destruction, exploding and crumbling as the glossy dance number comes to its crescendo.&nbsp;Thought-provoking work with an accessible and unique twist.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Germany

Greg Barth

Ghandi El-Chamaa

Common People Films

Ramy Dance

Michał Sobociński

Marek Modzelewski

TenThree

Connor Coolbear

Electric Theatre Collective

Las Bandas Be Brave

Tony Roberts

Matthias Klein

Lucky Luciano Pictures

Jerzy Włodarczyk

Marcin Koszek

Andrzej Bierut

Adam Beta

Marcin Nowak

Michal Piss

Oliver Whitworth

Cinelab Film and Digital

Dance

Electronic

Purple Disco Machine 'Fireworks' (Director's Cut) by Greg Barth

Purple Disco Machine - Fireworks - Official music video

In theory, editors have been able to work pretty much as normal during the lockdown. So we asked a quartet&nbsp;of Cut+Run London's finest - above from left, Jamie O'Donnell, Meg Thorne, Nick Armstrong and Sam Bould - how they have adapted to WFH.Has the patience required for their exacting craft been taxed to the limit by demanding family members, as opposed to, er, lovely directors?&nbsp;NICK ARMSTRONG:Nick, the editor of videos in the past year for Easy Life, Two Door Cinema Club and Baxter Dury, says that the lockdown has given him some quality time with his two young children he may have&nbsp;otherwise missed. But then again... "getting in [to Cut+Run in Wardour Street] before everyone else with an overpriced coffee and having 30 mins all to myself... that feels incredibly priceless now.”&nbsp;<blockquote>Kids Cosmic Yoga is more fun then bundling onto the Bakerloo line.&nbsp;</blockquote>How has lockdown affected how you do your work? I would like to say it has massively affected the way I work, but the first joke I saw online was two identical pictures of an editor working - one labelled ‘before self isolation,’ and the other one labelled ‘after self isolation’.It reminds me of working on location in a remote set up in a hotel somewhere, with the Ocado delivery man replacing the room service, but with your own bed at the end of the day. We’ve even managed to maintain our Cut+Run Friday afternoon drinks (in more exotic locations then Wardour Street) which is an important tradition.What have you learned about yourself during quarantine? That good coffee is the most important thing I need in quarantine. I went through several different&nbsp;beans before settling on the East Blend&nbsp;from Nude Espresso. Oh and I'm as competitive&nbsp;at getting Ocado delivery slots as I am at getting Glastonbury tickets.What's the favourite part of your daily routine? Kids Cosmic Yoga with&nbsp;my three year old in the morning before I start working. It's more fun then bundling onto the Bakerloo line.Best meal you have eaten/are regularly cooking (send photo, if poss!) My wife has been getting creative with the&nbsp;kids afternoon fruit. &nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Best thing you’ve watched, or heard, while on lockdown, and why?&nbsp; The best thing I've listened to has been&nbsp;revisiting&nbsp;classic albums with <a href="https://timstwitterlisteningparty.com/" target="_blank">Tim Burgess' Twitter Listening Parties</a>&nbsp;#TimsTwitterListeningParty.At a designated time you collectively press play on an album and listen to it in full whilst the band, producer and even the album artwork&nbsp;designer share stories of the recording and making of it. [Kevin Godley was Tim's guest on May 21st, talking about his band 10cc's third album The Original Soundtrack,&nbsp;which includes&nbsp;I'm Not In Love - ed]. During this period there is real comfort in dusting off the vinyl and listening to music you already know with the added community aspect of listening together with other fans.What positives can we take from the situation (if any) and build upon? We’re learning how important certain media is in getting people through this - not NHS-level important, but still of value in these long, locked-down days. Gratitude is possibly one of the greatest positives we can take away from this. We work in an amazing industry that never really feels like work - some of us are lucky enough to be able to do it wherever we are.SAM BOULD:Once he had cleared out the spare room of accumulated junk,&nbsp;"forcing us to actually tidy up for once”,&nbsp;Sam was ready to work. He has missed the human contact of directors like regular collaborators The Sacred Egg - he's edited all their videos, including last year's one for CamelPhat&nbsp;-&nbsp;but it's enabled him to learn The Gruffalo off by heart.&nbsp;<blockquote>Dealing with the pandemic is a bit like a breakup.&nbsp;You start in denial...&nbsp;</blockquote>How has lockdown affected how you do your work? To be honest, I’ve become quite used to working like this.&nbsp;In the last few years I have spent as much time out of the edit suite, working from a laptop on set and sending cuts remotely, as I have in the suite with a room full of clients.You obviously miss that collaboration with a director which does work a lot better when you are in the room together. But it’s so easy to connect these days with tools like Zoom and evercast so that collaboration isn’t totally lost.&nbsp;What's the favourite part of your daily routine? It’s probably the 12th or 14th recital of The Gruffalo. I can do it entirely from memory now “A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood, a fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good...”Best meal you have eaten/are regularly cooking (send photo, if poss!) The thing I have been missing the most are the restaurants in Soho. In an attempt to recreate an authentic edit suite dining experience we made our own chicken katsu curry.[imgtoken data:2]Are things getting harder?&nbsp; Dealing with the pandemic is a bit like a breakup. You start in denial, then sadness sets in, next you get to anger, then a little bit more sadness. I’ve just moved on to acceptance. Ridding myself of all emotions seems to have helped.Best thing you’ve watched, or heard, while on lockdown, and why? We’ve been enjoying lots and lots of&nbsp;Veep.&nbsp;Watching politicians make catastrophic mistakes is a lot funnier when it’s fictional.[vidtoken data:0]What positives can we take from the situation,&nbsp;and build upon? Everyone is being forced to think very creatively to come up with solutions to the simplest of problems, hopefully when this is all over our brains will all be so finely tuned that making a music video will seem like a walk in the park.JAMIE O'DONNELL:Lockdown came just after a house move for Jamie, so for the first few weeks&nbsp;his spare time&nbsp;"consisted of unpacking boxes, assembling furniture and settling into a new environment!” Now things have settled down, he's coming to terms with the new normal. It's not so easy - but then there's that treat on Saturday night. Vegetarians look away now...&nbsp;<blockquote>Saturday nights rock!&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote>What have you learned about yourself during quarantine?&nbsp; I have discovered that I'm at my best when I am occupied and kept out of trouble!Best thing you’ve watched, or heard, while on lockdown, and why? And the worst…?&nbsp; I have been watching way too much Netflix! The best thing I&nbsp;watched was Unorthodox. It's a world I know little of and I though both the script and acting were really strong.[vidtoken data:1]&nbsp;The worst for me was Hollywood. I thought it looked great, but for me it felt self-indulgent and the mix of real and fictional just ended up annoying me. That being said, I did watch the entire thing! lolAre things getting harder/better/staying the same?&nbsp; Things are definitely getting harder. My partner and I moved into our new house days before lockdown started and at the time I was also working full time from my home office. As time has gone on we have finished unpacking and the job I was working on has slowly wound down, resulting in the days starting to feel longer and longer.&nbsp; &nbsp;Best meal you have eaten/are regularly cooking (send photo, if poss!)&nbsp; Saturdays have now become steak night. Steak, real chips, homemade onion rings,&nbsp;grilled tomato and chimichurri. And an amazing bottle of red (or two). Saturday nights rock![imgtoken data:3]MEG THORNE:With respect to the other editors here, Meg could be&nbsp;Promonews' favourite editor of lockdown. After all, she took on the tricky task of editing three episodes&nbsp;of Natalie Steiner's must-see film series for Promonews, Music Videos In Lockdown -&nbsp; <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-4-wonderings-and-worries-exclusive-promonews/64893" target="_blank">Episode 4:&nbsp;Wonderings And Worries dropped this week</a>&nbsp;- and&nbsp;has done&nbsp;a brilliant job. She has also managed to lead a very balanced life in lockdown -&nbsp;but still hankers for a few things about her suite at Cut+Run.&nbsp;<blockquote>I miss a proper chair and big monitor.</blockquote>What's the most surprising, or least predictable thing, that's happened to you&nbsp;during quarantine?&nbsp; Exercise!&nbsp; I've been walking and running so much more than I used to. Having more time because of no commuting is definitely&nbsp;helping with that. Also because I start going&nbsp;a bit mad trapped in my flat I love going outside for a long walk and fresh air.What's the favourite part of your daily routine?&nbsp; Waking up and enjoying my morning coffee in bed. It's nice not having to rush in the morning to catch a train! My husband works a&nbsp;lot with teams in Germany, so he has to be&nbsp;up earlier for Zoom calls etc, which means we're both up at 7am, so I'm thankful for that! I think I'd feel sluggish if I stayed in bed until midday.Are things getting harder/better/staying the same?&nbsp; A real mix. Extra time from no commuting is great. I've also managed to get better wifi although it took me about three&nbsp;weeks to get through to Virgin to organise! I miss a proper chair and big monitor though.What have you learned about yourself during quarantine?&nbsp; The importance of being healthy and exercising. I've had more time to focus on me over the past couple of months and it's really paying off.Best meal you have eaten/are regularly cooking? I hate to say&nbsp;I've become really cliché&nbsp;and got into making banana&nbsp;bread. It's with oats and almond flour instead of normal flour and sugar though - so at least it's healthier!&nbsp;We’ve also been experimenting a lot with our new Ooni pizza oven, making pizzas, chicken wings, steak and Padron peppers.[imgtoken data:4]Best thing you’ve watched, or heard, while on lockdown, and why? And the&nbsp;worst...?&nbsp; I read&nbsp;Normal People&nbsp;and wasn't that into the book, but now I'm now watching the TV series and I'm hooked.&nbsp;It's beautifully shot too!Also from working on the&nbsp;Music Videos In Lockdown&nbsp;interviews, Jax Harney pointed out that she's going through the imDb top 250. So we're slowly looking at that too. I watched&nbsp;Memento&nbsp;for the first time the other day. Mind blowing![vidtoken data:2]The worst thing I watched was&nbsp;Too Hot To Handle&nbsp;on Netflix. I'm&nbsp;embarrassed I even watched it.... Shouldn't have even told you!What positives can we take from the situation (if any) and build upon? Patience is a big one. I think our industry has become incredibly demanding. I've noticed that drop rapidly now because people know due to the current situation, things can't happen as instantly as they used to.How's your Work/Life balance at the moment?&nbsp; 4/5!• Check out the showreels of Nick, Sam, Jamie and Meg at the <a href="https://cutandrun.com/" target="_blank">Cut+Run website</a>. Thanks to Martin Macnamara.

Sam Bould

Jamie O'Donnell

Meg Thorne

Cut+Run

Quarantine Q&As: Nick Armstrong, Sam Bould, Jamie O'Donnell and Meg Thorne, Cut+Run

Veep - Season 1: Trailer - Official HBO UK

Unorthodox | Official Trailer | Netflix

🎥 MEMENTO (2000) | Full Movie Trailer in HD | 1080p

Baxter Dury has reached the point of no return in Tom Haines'&nbsp;video for I'm Not Your Dog.Following the sleazy performance and sickly aesthetic of their previous collaboration on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/11/21/baxter-dury-slumlord-tom-haines/62018" target="_blank">Slumlord</a>, there is considerably less grit and grime this time around. Instead we see Dury in a dramatic&nbsp;portrayal of a man in deep trouble, on the boardwalk of a city resort: it could&nbsp;pass for Miami, but is in fact a&nbsp;strip of Benidorm on a January morning,&nbsp;captured by Haines and DoP Steve Annis in a single take. &nbsp;Dury has a proper amount of acting to do in this video, but he delivers with an air of confidence and the cheeky humour that permeates both his music and persona. The juxtaposition of the dreamy beach location, and a man seemingly dying from a critical wound is ironic and dark, but it's a great fit for the artist and his alternative approach to music.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Tom Haines

Javier Alonso

Agile Films

Hayley Williams

Steve Annis

Sonia Royo

Fred Fabrega

Nil Tomakan

Simon Bourne

OB Management

Ben Beauvallet

PIAS

Sam Vines

Andrew Fletcher

Alternative, Indie

Baxter Dury 'I'm Not Your Dog' by Tom Haines

Baxter-Dury-'I&#039;m-Not-Your-Dog'-by-Tom-Haines

Greg Barth's has smuggled&nbsp;humour&nbsp;and satire into his bright and colourful pop videos for Easy Life, and this one for Nice Guys is their wildest&nbsp;and zaniest collaboration yet.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;band are the guest performers on a bizarre TV talk show - where the audience are whipped up by a host who is akin to a cult leader - that's disrupted by a Trumpalike and descends into mayhem. It's crazy - while the band manage to keep their cool, led by affably charismatic frontman Murray. Just don't say it couldn't happen.&nbsp;

Joseph J Goldman

Kerry Green

Franklin Dow

Josh Tue

Jamie Cook

Noah Furrer

Louis Simonon

Maria Bracher

Joanne Coleman

Jonny Tully

Big Buoy

Envy

Ross Culligan

Thomas Adams

John Moule

Island Records

Kirsten Massingham

Indie

Easy Life 'Nice Guys' by Greg Barth

Easy-Life-'Nice-Guys'-by-Greg-Barth

Baxter Dury stars as the degenerate Slumlord&nbsp;in Tom Haines hedonistic new visual.Opening in&nbsp;a sickly yellow-hued studio set, Dury has his back turned towards the camera as he takes a leak in a prop toilet. And this pretty much sets the tone for the whole video.&nbsp;Smoking cigarettes as he wades through a mountain of 1p and 2p coins, the charismatic Baxter&nbsp;is the King of his rundown slum - represented by spartan but clever art direction. He's assisted by a&nbsp;handful of group of artfully shambolic and groggy dancers. Whether they are propped against dirty mattresses or performing a choreographed dance among kitchen chairs, this group lend a grimy edge to the proceedings.&nbsp;Lensed by&nbsp;David Foulkes, the unusual choice of coloured lighting, including hues of yellow and&nbsp;nicotine brown, creates a surprising&nbsp;aesthetic that gets under your skin. It's not always&nbsp;a comfortable watch, and you may feel a bit grubby by the end - but it's well worth it.&nbsp;

Craig Dixon

Ty Hack

David Foulkes

Thomas Liam Davis

Jojo Copeman

Mimi Winsor

Richard Fearon

Heavenly

Rock

Baxter Dury 'Slumlord' by Tom Haines

Baxter-Dury--'Slumlord-'-by--Tom-Haines

Murray from Easy Life and his friend take to their bed for a mammoth lie-in - a bit like&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed-Ins_for_Peace" target="_blank">John and Yoko&#39;s</a> but more private&nbsp;- in Greg Barth&#39;s video for the groovesome Sunday.It&#39;s a charming piece which follows up Barth&#39;s first Easy Life video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dQnXExTp2w" target="_blank">Nightmares</a>, and it would be fair to&nbsp;describe it as very pink and increasingly hairy.

Vanessa Mc Donnell

Anna Patakarina

Kate Eccarius, Benjamin Smith

Robyn Skead

Kieran Brown

Anthony Neal

Jaime Jarvis

Danielle Everitt

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Glassworks London

Ruth Minkley

Duncan Cook

Easy Life 'Sunday' by Greg Barth

Easy-Life-'Sunday'-by-Greg-Barth

Two Door Cinema Club are back with a beautifully wacky form of lyric video from Max Siedentopf, who&#39;s taken inspiration from every single sentence of the band&#39;s new song Talk, and has created into over 90 scenes of colour-coded, off-the-wall visual wit.From using frontman Alex Trimble&#39;s&nbsp;head as a broom, to creating a six legged-man horse, and moving cheerful gymnasts into complicated formations throughout, the video gets literal, goes surreal, and is essentially a refreshing, breathless blast of tongue in cheek entertainment from beginning to an end.&nbsp;

Max Siedentopf

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Natalie Arnett

Chris Kelly

Marcus Domleo

Paul Molloy

Jakob Gierse

Louise Hinton

Kerry Saxon

Jess Vile

Framestore

Christian Baker

Prolifica Inc

Two Door Cinema Club 'Talk' by Max Siedentopf

PROMONEWS PREMIERE: The new episode of Cut+Run&#39;s BTS series Ruthless Cuts has C+R&#39;s Martin Macnamara interviewing director Femi Ladi, Cut+ Run editor Nick Armstrong and sound designer Jack Hallett&nbsp;on their work on the Blue: Winter&#39;s Only Winner video for South London singer-rapper A2.Femi tells Martin how he went down a &#39;visual mixtape&#39; rotue for the project, and crossed between styles from traditional music video to live performance and drama - and the difficulty of shooting with a crane indoors to get the overhead shot he craved.Nick Armstrong explains how the edit took a different stylistic approca to each of the five tracks featured in the video, from jump-cut to cod-style to traditional music video editing - and also why they brought&nbsp;sound designer Jack Hallett at an early stage of the process.This episode is No.8 in the Ruthless Cuts series, produced at Cut+Run in London, and premiered on&nbsp;Promonews.And you can watch the previous Ruthless Cuts episodes here: <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/05/14/ruthless-cuts-clark-live-and-die-grantham">RC1: Clark</a>; <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/07/20/ruthless-cuts-oscar-daffodil-days" target="_blank">RC2: Oscar</a>; <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/10/28/ruthless-cuts-birdy-rhodes-let-it-all-go" target="_blank">RC3: Birdy &amp; Rhodes</a>;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/03/07/ruthless-cuts-nao-bad-blood" target="_blank">RC4: NAO</a>; <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/08/02/ruthless-cuts-years-years-worship" target="_blank">RC5: Years &amp; Years</a>; <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/09/26/ruthless-cuts-jax-jones-house-work-ozzie-pullin" target="_blank">RC6: Jax Jones</a>; <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/10/04/ruthless-cuts-coldplay-everglow-joe-connor" target="_blank">RC7: Coldplay</a>

Martin Macnamara

Aiden Jordan

Factory

James Utting

Ruthless Cuts: A2 'Blue: Winter's Only Winner' with Femi Ladi, Nick Armstrong and Jack Hallett

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Artist and filmmaker Greg Barth explores intimacy in an increasingly digitized world in this thought-provoking music video for French electronic producer, Rone.&nbsp; &nbsp; Concepts of virtual sex and loneliness are taken to their logical extremes in this dystopian vision that seamlessly fuses intimate live action performance with slick 3D animation.

Bart Yates

Selena Cunningham

Laura Jenkins

Annika Summerson

Susana Mota

Nigel Howlett

Nan Studios

Amelie Guyot

Laura Dinnett

Ben Manwaring

Alternative, Electronica

Rone ft Noga Erez 'Wave' by Greg Barth

Rone - Wave ft. Noga Erez

Femi Ladi has created an episodic docu-drama for South London Rapper A2&#39;s project Blue: Winter&#39;s Only Winner, which follows him through different aspects of his life, from work through to play.And there&#39;s a nicely mysterious and witty&nbsp;conceit to move the story on to its next phase - when A2 answers his mobile and says &#39;who is this?&#39; it marks the end of the chapter and we move to the next...&nbsp;

Femi Ladi

Maisie Thomas

UNIT9 Films

Andrew Davies

Nicholas Lee-sheild

Bredan Buckingham

Disturbing London Records

A2 'Blue: Winter’s Only Winner' by Femi Ladi

A2-'Blue:-Winter’s-Only-Winner'-by-Femi-Ladi

The latest episode of Cut+Run&#39;s regular Behind the Scenes series - premiered once again here on Promonews &ndash; zeroes in on Ozzie Pullin&#39;s highly entertaining new video for <a href="https://vimeo.com/179910578" target="_blank">Jax Jones&#39; House Work</a>. It&#39;s&nbsp;five minutes of fascinating&nbsp;viewing for anyone interested in the creative process.Ozzie talks to C+R&#39;s Sophia Melvin about how he came up with his take on a Cillit Bang-style cleaning commercial, where the square-chinned spokesman has a memorable meltdown, and itself turns into a weird BTS film.Sophia and Ozzie cover the ground of the&nbsp;Partizan-produced and&nbsp;Black Island Studios-shot video&nbsp;from inspiration to completion, and in the process he&nbsp;highlights the important&nbsp;contributions of&nbsp;art director Oliver Hogan, DoP James Blann, editor Jamie O&#39;Donnell and choreographer Ali Green.&nbsp;

Sophia Melvin

Chris Hutchings

Nathan Kiff

Jungle Sound

Ruthless Cuts: Jax Jones 'House Work' by Ozzie Pullin

RuthlessCuts_JaxJones

JAX JONES // HOUSE WORK

Cut+Run&#39;s Sophia Melvin presents the latest Ruthless Cuts, the series that looks at how some of the most important music videos were made, from the standpoint of both production and the editing. And the new episode covers&nbsp;one of the standout videos of recent times, for Years &amp; Years&#39; Worship.Sophia spoke to Berlin-based director Matt Lambert, who worked closely with Years &amp; Years singer Olly Alexander and also top choreographer Ryan Heffington on the video which has been described as &quot;Supercharged magical queer creative energy&quot; by Alexander.With Lambert, Alexander and Heffington all being gay men, the video has been hailed as a championing of gay culture within the context of a mainstream music video. Which was reinforced by the fact the other dancers and other&nbsp;crew members were also gay - and also Jamie O&#39;Donnell, the editor of the video.O&#39;Donnell also talks to Sophia about how much free rein he&nbsp;was given by the director and the choreographer in cutting the long takes of choreography. A fascinating insight once again in the latest episode of this always-instructive series.

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