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Ob42

Charlotte Rutherford pays homage to mid-Noughties aesthetics in this dreamy&nbsp;promo for&nbsp;Pinkpantheress, featuring Central Cee.The video for Nice To Meet You boasts bright white backdrops, lo-fi graphic elements and era-specific fonts, giving the visual a nostalgic, vibrant vibe that toes the line between slick and tongue-in-cheek.&nbsp;Sickly sweet and sentimental, the visual references are on-point, the flying paper plane device through the video adds a postmodern touch as it finally breaks through the fourth wall of the studio-set video.But most impactful of all is the&nbsp;fiercely energetic&nbsp;choreography&nbsp;by UKMVA winner Shay Latukolan. You could break into a sweat just watching it.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Lydia Chan

Sarah Adewunmi

Hannah Ruddleston

Lewes Bridson

Ellie Walker

Charlotte Rutherford

Natalie Steiner

Danny Herman

Dom Mckiernan

Leopold Naessens

Oscar Oldershaw

Sam Holmes

Sam Davey

Jo Thompson

Philips Nortey

Shay Latukolan 

Georgia Hope

Sara Faulkner

Homespun

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

@s1m0nc3ll0

Indie

Pinkpantheress ft Central Cee 'Nice To Meet You' by Charlotte Rutherford

Pinkpanthress-Feat.-Central-Cee-'Nice-To-Meet-You'-by-Charlotte-Rutherford

Waxxwork direct a breezy multiformat promo for Jayo.&nbsp;Interweaving live action with still image and experimental effects, the video has a photo editorial aesthetic linked by relaxed performance vibes.Each scene is a cleverly balanced mix of composition, movement and location, resulting in an absorbing yet laidback visual.&nbsp;

Austeja Gokaite

Felicia Brown

Waxxwork

Wojciech Czarkowski

Polly Millner

Kian Altmann

Adam Singodia

Marija Djikic

Milo Beytz

Oli Hill

Alex Aguilar Bojic

Ollie Pearson

Lluc Mestre

Aaliyah Oke

Myles Bevan

Studio RM

Danni Tesfay

Jayo 'Often' by Waxxwork

Jayo-'Often'-by-Waxxwork

Jakob Erland directs a magical dance promo for&nbsp;Beabadoobee and Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey's collab A Night To Remember.In the spirit of golden-age musicals, the video stars talented dancers&nbsp;Louisa Fernando and Max Cookward, who&nbsp;jaunt around nighttime&nbsp;London in their intimate pairing to a track with the jazz-inflected bossanova rhythms of a classic Astrud Gilberto number.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]The video features spotlit cinematography, classic styling and a high contrast grade from Tim Smith, and feels like a performance built for the stage has spilled out into a contemporary exterior location.&nbsp;Evoking&nbsp;romance and nostalgia, it's a wonderfully warming visual, despite the cold city weather, and showcases the innate talent of the performers both on-screen and behind the microphone.

Max Cookward

Louisa Fernando

Lola Cookman

Charlie Morris

Hannah George

Suzie Walsh

Jake Erland

Rowan Mackintosh King

Jon Moore

Lucien Parsons

Milo Brown

Toni Cramer

Jamie Hodgson

Work Editorial

Tim Smith

No.8

Dirty Hit

Beabadoobee & Laufey 'A Night To Remember' by Jake Erland

Beabadoobee-&-Laufey-'A-Night-To-Remember'-by-Jake-Erland

Directing duo Deadhorses nail the&nbsp;buzzed-up energy and madness of a wild house party, with a viscerally lo-fi,&nbsp;pre-social media aesthetic, for Manchester-based house crew Mason Collective's collab with Bipolar Sunshine.Working together with Blend Films for the&nbsp;first time and filming on a collection of vintage mini-DV tape cameras - including malfunctioning ones - and then augmented with kinetic editing and FX, Deadhorses - James Topley and Ivo Beckett - have created an unhinged&nbsp;thrill ride through the unrelenting action of a brilliant night out.&nbsp;As we move breathlessly with the lead characters through scenes from street to house, taking in numerous&nbsp;loved-up participants, the nostalgic, early home-digi&nbsp;sensibility, and unstoppable momentum is a great&nbsp;accompaniment to People In Love, an&nbsp;old school dance tune with a big heart, boasting a chugging bass line, decadent synth-work and sly garage influences. Perfect for a banging&nbsp;house party video dripping in Y2K influences.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>We grew up watching and loving TV shows like&nbsp;Skins&nbsp;and wanted to hark back to that era...</blockquote>"We wanted to take people back in time to an old school house party session, before social media and Spotify, when MTV ruled and all you needed for a solid session was a four pack of cans, 10 B&amp;H, a brick Nokia and a well-fed Tamagotchi!" say Deadhorses."We grew up watching and loving TV shows like Skins and wanted to hark back to that era and for the film to feel rooted in the experience of the characters, based in an (undefined) recent past. We filmed the video across a number of mini-DV tape cameras - some half-broken, some with dodgy tapes - which provided the heavy analogue tone to the look and also gave us an enormous range of textures to play with.[imgtoken data:2]"Some of the cameras were so old we had abstract glitches, pixelation and our brilliant DoP Jed used these curveballs to his advantage and captured some really insane, off-the-wall shots, lit with a bright, sparky, gel-pen colour palette. We loved these in-camera effects and leaned into them when it came to the edit, enhancing them with a heavy VFX, quick cutting approach to bring a visceral rushing sense of momentum. Some of the tapes were recorded over previous footage and this contributed to the authenticity and feeling as if it was a home-movie."The film follows our hero characters throughout the night showing them all at the meet up and driving through residential roads to the house party, 6 people squashed into a four seater, etc. For the house party itself, as well as the dancing and general madness of the main room we wanted to focus on the side rooms and peripheral spaces where the shit really goes down and the memories are made. So we had one of the characters locked in the bathroom after hotboxing it and another passing out way too early and becoming tagged with a sharpie covered in crap by their mates.[imgtoken data:3]"It was also great to get Mason Collective guys in the video as well. They came down for the main party scene filling in as the DJs, playing tunes to all the revellers and bringing the energy and vibes in buckets, we to the room and the video as a whole. We really all did it for the love of the scene and it was great to have everyone on the set exchanging their nostalgic memories of raving."Overall, it was such a fun, energising experience and we think this experience we had filming it shines through the final product. Finally we’d like to thank everyone who worked on this, cast and crew, everyone at Blend, Sam and Polly at OB42, Cat at Defected. Everyone smashed it out the park and made it so much fun to make." &nbsp;

Kiara Gourlay

Georgia Topley

Alice Gilfillan

Amy Lindsay

Deadhorses

Liam Wallace-Cook

Blend Films

Defected

Gabriel Mango

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Any Lindsay

Danny Rumbelow 

Nielson Bohl

DOMA

Defected Records

Dance

Mason Collective x Bipolar Sunshine 'People In Love' by Deadhorses

Mason-Collective-X-Bipolar-Sunshine-'People-In-Love'-by-Deaadhorses

Lillie Eiger directs the surreal, wonky and acidic visuals for new HotWax's latest single.In the video for High Tea, an eccentric meetup at an&nbsp;all-you-can-eat restaurant quickly nosedives into a bad trip, as a cast of eccentric characters have their own twisted version of a tea party.&nbsp;Before long, there's a wave of colourful vomiting, riotous spinning shots and psychedelic textures, putting us in the centre of the rock trio's pandemonium&nbsp;- and it's a brilliant place to be.&nbsp;

Sam Storey

Neesha Tulsi Champaneria

Lillie Eiger

Probation

Tom Oakley

Alex Cullen

Jack Hamilton

Milo Beyts

Louana Billie Carron

Orlando O’mahoney

Louis Peppiatt

Tamara Ishida

Assembly Rooms

Vlad Barin

CHEAT

Pierre Babbage

Tai Hattingh

Shaquille Jack

Emma Crowley-bennett

Marathon Artists

Rock

HotWax 'High Tea' by Lillie Eiger

Hot-Wax-'High-Tea'-by-Lillie-Eiger

Jacob Erland directs a meditation on London, in the latest of his ongoing collaborations with Rachel Chinouriri.The cinematic promo for The Hills sees the artist walk through city streets in a series of stylised vignettes, showing a raw, unfiltered version of the capital whilst&nbsp;representing the&nbsp;feeling of being at home amongst the chaos.&nbsp;The high-contrast aesthetic - aided by Megan Lee's crunchy grade of Erland's own cinematography - pits the moody grey skies against a splash of colour and&nbsp;Chinouriri's relaxed performance of this Britpop-influenced track, visualising the dichotomy evident in the track. We're in the Nineties - that's just fine.An impressive new&nbsp;chapter in Erland and&nbsp;Chinouriri's collaborative efforts.&nbsp;

Weronika Desai

Alex Carswell

Shannon Kelsey Ann

Jacob Erland

Rowan Macintosh King

Francesca Costa

Massimo Fillipi

Garcia Sterling

Josh Higgings

Dan Bassett

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Parlophone

Rachel Chinouriri 'The Hills' by Jacob Erland

Rachel-Chinouriri-'The-Hills'-by-Jacob-Erland

Charlie Robins directs a tranquil promo for Holly Humberstone.&nbsp;Relaxing next to an indoor pool with a group of her best friends, Humberstone gives a laidback performance that exudes a calm, peaceful energy.Focusing on the&nbsp;minutiae of the moment, the cinematography picks up on dreamy abstract cutaways, intercut with fun clips of the group diving in the pool and having an all-round fun time together.&nbsp;"This was one of the most enjoyable shoots in a long time," Robins mentions.&nbsp;"The aim was to shoot Holly’s performance in a way that felt natural and authentic while also capturing that sense of youthful freedom."Essentially, it’s Holly and her best mates being themselves. The energy was so laid back all day, there were times when I forgot we were making a video. I think it really shows in the final film."

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