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Allie Avital’s video for new pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo&nbsp;is a vibrant tale of mutual obsession and merging identities, where the director creates an elevated, dreamy reality that’s entirely fitting for&nbsp;the track’s title Deja Vu - the follow-up to her huge international hit Drivers License.Drawing inspiration from a wide array of films and television such as Ingrid Goes West, Killing Eve, 3 Women and Persona, Avital cleverly crafts what initially appears to be a one-sided curiosity, as Olivia Rodrigo obsessively studies her favourite actress&nbsp;- watching her on TV screens, copying her and literally 'trying on' her life.&nbsp;But as the film progresses, Avital slowly reveals a mutual infatuation between the two girls, ultimately culminating in a merging of identities. With a touch of humour, pop vibrance and lightness mixed with cinematic visuals, the short pulsates with energy and straddles the line of reality. By the end you are left wondering - who is copying who?“Olivia is such a collaborative and generous creative spirit and it made the process so much fun," says Avital about the making of the Deja Vu video.&nbsp;"There’s a particular internal logic to the video, and I was so lucky that Olivia, the crew, and the editor were as excited as me to develop and pursue a concept like this.&nbsp;"We were all speaking the same language by the end of the project, communicating on another level based on the rules within the world we’d built.”[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Allie Avital

Matisse Gaillard

SMUGGLER

Elizabeth Doonan

Daniel Yaro

Logan Triplett

Renard Cheren

Cole Pisano

Colin Stoye

Natalia Brito

Jake Sammis

Lynna Baculo

Lindsey Nadolski

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Ethos Studio

B.art Vfx

Olivia Rodrigo 'Deja Vu' by Allie Avital

Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu (Official Video)

It’s 2020 and the Earth is about to self-destruct...&nbsp;That's not the news, it's Katy Perry's new video, directed by Similar But Different and&nbsp;starring Zooey Deschanel. It's&nbsp;a tongue in cheek take on the whole Katy and Zooey&nbsp;döppelgänger internet phenomenon.The video is set a retro-futuristic sci-fi future.&nbsp; Other intergalactic species know the end for humankind is near, including a bunch of Katy-obsessed aliens, who want&nbsp;to save (abduct) Katy before Earth’s demise and bring her to the mothership to perform for them for eternity.&nbsp;Unfortunately, the alien duo in charge of the mission made a common terrestrial mistake: rather than beam up Katy, out with her new baby, they grab Zooey Deschanel instead.Smash cut to mission control on the mothership, a confused Zooey comes-to and realizes she’s been mistaken (again) for Katy as her abductors also realize they’ve made a mistake. Terrified that they’ve captured the wrong person, and fearful of repercussions, Zooey makes a deal with her abductors to play the role of Katy in exchange for them letting her save the Earth.&nbsp; Luckily, Earth’s fate is saved as Zooey quickly starts to embrace the role of intergalactic popstar.If only the Brexit negotiations had gone so smoothly (and quickly). But of course, that gig was handled by men.[imgtoken data:1]The video has fun with classic Katy Perry music video tropes and retains the kooky but knowing tone of so many of her videos. And&nbsp;it’s an expert exercise in set design, costume design and performance in creating this storyworld.&nbsp;“We are such fans of Katy’s wit — her out-of-this-world imagination and creative brain," say&nbsp;Similar But Different's Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler.&nbsp;"We’ve also always been obsessed with aliens and retro-futurism, and after hearing the song for the first time our minds exploded with where we could take it. Not sure there’s ever been a project more meant for us than this one.”

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Similar But Different

Division7

Carlye Burke

Issac Bauman

Esher Woodworth

Emma Rose Mead

Teresa Toogie Barcelo

Alexandra Mandelkorn

Elissa Rumier

Anthony Nguyen

Stephania Dulowski

Jenny Montgomery

Company 3

Hart Represents

Katy Perry 'Not The End Of The World' by Similar But Different

Katy Perry - Not the End of the World

In Arnaud Deroudilhe's video for Kaytranada, guest artist Tinashe plays a girl with a hunger for love.Inspired by the old horror movies of the 70s,&nbsp;the idea was to play with the codes and clichés of these films, mix them up and transpose them into a more&nbsp;contemporary version.And of course Tinashe&nbsp;turns out to be&nbsp;a very sexy and seductive vampire who turns her latest flame inot another of her family of&nbsp;vampires/zombies.

Arnaud Deroudilhe

Mike Minahan

Constantin Preda

Xiaolong Liu

Jeffrey Tate

Greg Yaro

Rita Zebdi

Joseph Bicknell

Anuar Baz

Roma Nekhoda

Kevin Kloecker

Kaytranada ft Tinashe 'The Worst In Me' by Arnaud Deroudilhe

Kaytranada-Feat.-Tinashe-'The-Worst-In-Me'-by-Arnaud-Deroudilhe

Nathan R. Smith directs a riotous video for Blame My Youth.&nbsp;In the visual for Fantastic, frontman&nbsp;Sean Van Vleet is shown walking around city streets without a care in the world - knocking into passerbys, jumping on stationary cars and creating chaos wherever he goes.&nbsp;Intercut with a passionate performance setup in a rundown apartment, the video pays homage to rock videos of the past, whilst offering up something contemporary and refreshing.&nbsp;

Nathan R. Smith

Daniel Vignal

Calvin Snead

Lucas Pascalicchio

Carrie Sutton

Rock

Blame My Youth 'Fantastic' by Nathan R. Smith

Blame My Youth - Fantastic (Official Music Video)

Daniel Regan&#39;s epic video for Caleb Steph gets to the heart of an African-American community, and the cycle of gang violence that leads to tragedy.Regan opts to view this crisis - which has obvious echoes in the UK - entirely from the family perspective, with the story of a young man who is from a stable loving background, with a devoted younger brother, who nevertheless feels it necessary to arm himself.What makes this portrait so effective is the realistic performances, and gorgeous black and white cinematography by&nbsp;Corey C Waters. It is also a substantial work of direction by Daniel Regan.

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