Producer

Ore Okonedo

The third in Dylan Hayes' trilogy of videos&nbsp;for Chris Clark's tenth album Sus Dog&nbsp;visualises the sonic chemistry that the electronic artist achieves with guest collaborator&nbsp;Thom Yorke on Medicine.&nbsp;Bringing the textural feel of his previous videos for the album, for Clutch Pearlers and Dolgoch Tape, Hayes features Clark and Yorke in performance separately, then brings them together so they appear to briefly merge, via the craft of editing and the clever use of state of the art tech.&nbsp;“Chris and I have always bonded over a common endeavour to conceal the digital," says Hayes. "This is interesting considering we’re using a very digital medium as an element for ‘Medicine’ - deepfake.&nbsp;"I was intrigued in using AI in a way that remained subtle. Typically, when deepfake or another AI element is employed, it is the main focus whereas for Medicine I wanted to bury the effect and layer it with additional textures, making it just one of the many components. Through the use of the technology Chris and Thom’s characteristics merge, which creates an uncanny synergy of both their faces and voices, causing a question of who’s who and a theme of the malleability of their voices."I wanted a shift of tone for Medicine. In Clutch Pearlers and Dolgoch Tape there were strong singular themes. For Medicine I wanted to adopt a complexity, looking at the degradation of the body and location with a heavy influence of Kafka’s Metamorphosis&nbsp;and Stan Brakhage’s Mothlight&nbsp;short film. As a trilogy they are held together by location and character forming."

United Kingdom

Dylan Hayes

Pollyanna Boyles

Knucklehead

Owain E. Morgan

Arthur Attenborough

Jude Watkinson

Tome Ferreira

Natalie Wright

gray for days

Throttle Records

Electronic

Alternative

Clark ft Thom Yorke 'Medicine' by Dylan Hayes

Clark - Medicine (feat. Thom Yorke)

Dylan Hayes gets glitchy with nature, in his mesmerizing video for composer, electronic producer and performer Christopher Clark - aka Clark.In the promo for Clutch Pearlers - from Clark's forthcoming album Sus Dog - Hayes manipulates key images of wintry English countryside, including looming trees and giant stones, and portraits of Clark himself, through the prism of analogue TV screens. Through the repetition of the gold-tinged imagery through a vibrantly&nbsp;kinetic edit, it draws in the viewer and maintains a hypnotic grip.For this song about social awkwardness and insecurity - told with self-awareness and self-deprecation by Clark, who's fully focussed as a vocalist on the new album&nbsp;for the first time - Hayes channels the influence of a bygone age of British experimental filmmaking, from Derek Jarman's A Journey To Avebury, to cult 70s kids TV series&nbsp;Children Of The Stones. Lovely work.[imgtoken data:1] &nbsp;

Owain Morgan

Mike Radforth

Final Cut

Ella Marafini

Clark 'Clutch Pearlers' by Dylan Hayes

Clark - Clutch Pearlers

Nathan James Tettey reunites with Headie One to direct&nbsp;a cinematic promo for viral track Martin's Sofa.&nbsp;The director leans into the themes of the track, which pay tribute to a friend who helped the artist right at the start of his career.&nbsp;A montage of&nbsp;vignettes play out across the four-minute runtime, ranging from dreamlike, vibrant set pieces to exterior performance sections, all tied together with a sense of community and friendship. And having just signed to Knucklehead for global representation, it's a great way for Tettey to start a new chapter in his career.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Making Martin's Sofa was the most out of body experience I’ve endured in a while but I loved every second of it and to see the response from Headie’s fans has been incredible to witness because really making this video was for them as well as for Headie and Martin," Tettey has said. "Martin's actual sofa is real and was used in the video but the sentiment of what Headie is talking about is also real as well and for me was perfectly illustrated in the process all of us went through trying to bring his vision to life. Getting up each day at the crack of dawn and working into the deep of night to try and solve as many problems and tick as many boxes as is humanly possible before getting back up to do it all again the next day. "I just want to thank every member of the immediate team...&nbsp;Myself, Headie and Martin couldn’t have done it without you…"&nbsp;

Nathan James Tettey

Alex Ayodele-Otele

Theo Hue Williams

Jack Green

Kai Blamey Nguyen

Beau Pritchard James

Lee Parfitt

Hugo Harris

Matter SFX

Toni Blaze

Ollie Paxton

Matthieu Touliet

Chris Anthony

Company 3

Mike O'Keefe

Grime

Headie One 'Martin's Sofa' by Nathan James Tettey 

Headie One - Martin's Sofa (Official Music Video)

Broken Antenna return to music videos with this playful, technically adept video for Fatima and Joe Armin-Jones.The track&nbsp;#1, a song about a lover that’s emotionally disconnected due to past trauma, is paradoxically paired with a visual that demonstrates that love and compassion can still exist. The day to day goings-on in a&nbsp;domestic life are&nbsp;captured in a single tracking move, with its complexity highlighted by an additional layer of video squares, highlighting small details.&nbsp;It's a welcome return to music for the directing duo, whose work includes acclaimed videos for Hak Baker, Clark and Slick Don.&nbsp;

Tim Crosbie

Thomas Malins

Lily Wright

Broken Antenna

Michel Bewley

Alex Reid

Nibras Alwasiti

Fatin Hasado

Jack McGinity

CHEAT

Cosmo

Aquarii Records

Soul

Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones '#1' by Broken Antenna

Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones - #1 (Official Video)

A lone choirboy in his choral gown collects fragments of electronic equipment along mudflats in Broken Antenna's poignant video for Clark's Small.The track is taken from the electronic musician and soundtrack composer's latest album&nbsp;Playground In A Lake, released on classical label Deutsche Grammaphon, and features young Nathaniel Timoney on vocals - who plays the beachcoming choirboy&nbsp;in the video.Filmed in the Thames estuary, this is a tonal departure for the directing duo&nbsp;- that's&nbsp;Myles McAuliffe and Gustav Newby&nbsp;- compared to previous videos for&nbsp;Hak Baker and others. But the result is a&nbsp;distinctive vision of a Ballardian 'Drowned World' evoked in Clark's new album,&nbsp;with a splendid&nbsp;performance&nbsp;from their young lead.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Matthew Tregoning

Caolan Caddell

Cody Cruiz Brown

Fin Sullivan

Maria Bracher

Ben Boullier

Big Buoy

Nathaniel Timoney

Greg Eden

Deutsche Grammophon

Clark 'Small' by Broken Antenna

Clark-'Small'-by-Broken-Antenna

Dan French directs a heartfelt promo exploring body image and self esteem, for rising&nbsp;pop artist Declan J Donovan.&nbsp;Casting from a pool of actors with their own personal experiences&nbsp;with the subject matter, the video is an authentic representation of the growing sense of anxiety that stems from modern technology.&nbsp;Shot in a stylised yet understated way, we see a string of vignettes depicting the darker side of social media - and its effect&nbsp;on several young adults - before the film u-turns into an empowering display of positivity, disregarding societal standards and confidently stepping up into their true selves.&nbsp;

Dan French

Pilar Muro

Papaya Films

Kira Fitzpatrick

Afzal Robbani

Ben Cotgrove

Anil Duru

Anastasiya Cherkasyuk

Lyndon Ogbourne

Louise Hall

Alex Nerzic

Nick Foote

Marisa Garner Associates

Polydor

acoustic pop

Declan J Donovan 'Perfectly Imperfect' by Dan French

Declan-J-Donovan-'Perfectly-Imperfect'-by-Dan-French

The darker side of human nature get&nbsp;an uplifting digital makeover, in The Trash Factory's bonkers video for Punctual.&nbsp;A modern love story for these weird and wonderful times, we follow a trio of different relationships&nbsp;that are all riddled with infidelity. Instead of blowing up in the traditional fashion, the revenge takes a Tik-Tok style twist, causing the scorned to launch into a series of dance moves - eerily similar to the lockdown dance video craze, which is now bleeding into official videos too.&nbsp;Mischievous and tongue-in-cheek, this is a standout first pop video from&nbsp;the director, who has transformed his gritty, edgy&nbsp;style into something brilliantly unique and addictive.&nbsp;

The Trash Factory

Poppy Ashton

Lowkey Films

Jamie Gamache

Micheal Newton

Joe Starrs

Stefan Yap

Benjy Kirkman

Elisa Spigariol

Eliot Morris

Mathew Rice

Lottie Grant

Frances Straker

Beth Roberts

Jessica Vile

OB Management

Gary Kent

Punctual 'I Don't Wanna Know' by The Trash Factory

Punctual-'I-Don't-Wanna-Know-'-by-The-Trash-Factory

Jordan Rossi pays homage to iconic cinema in his video for 220 Kid and JC Stewart.&nbsp;Featuring tongue-in-cheek vignettes with entertaining spins on some famous titles - Brunch at Tiffany's&nbsp;and Reservoir Cats for example - and glossy, vibrant performance setups, the video encapsulates the feel-good energy of the pop anthem.

Jordan Rossi

Ben Pengilly

Blair Smith

Emily Mulkerrins

Ty Hack

Olan Collardy

Manlike Devan

Andy Owens

Richard Oxley

Fin O Sullivan

Artist Stylist Adele Cany  / Cast Stylist Lorena Hydeman

Cast Glam Ayse Gonen /  Artist Glam Shukeel Murtaza

Jo Lewandowska

Alex Gregory

India Hope

Sam Salter

Carrie Sutton

Polydor Records

220 Kid, JC Stewart 'Too Many Nights' by Jordan Rossi

220-Kid,-Jc-Stewart-'Too-Many-Nights'-by-Jordan-Rossi

In the final episode of Natalie Steiner's film series about the music video community during the pandemic crisis, our panel of interviewees reflect upon what they have missed about their pre-lockdown work routine, and then ponder upon what the industry will look like when things start moving again.[vidtoken data:0]After <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-4-wonderings-and-worries-exclusive-promonews/64893" target="_blank">Episode 4: Wonderings &amp; Worries</a>, in which Natalie Steiner's interviewees reflected upon the immediate concerns caused by Covid-19, and the bigger issues that have arisen from the crisis, The Future Of Our Industry mixes some fond recollections of the communal experience of filmmaking, from the camaraderie to the adrenalin-buzz, to the practicalities of getting the industry moving again.<blockquote>The discussion in this final episode is a mixture of prediction, hopes and nostalgic appreciation for the music video industry pre-Covid19.</blockquote>This timely episode, edited by Meg Thorne at Cut+Run,&nbsp;features nearly all of the panel interviewed by Steiner and Eleri Evans for the Music Videos In Lockdown series. 'As the loosening of lockdown approaches and shoots begin we’ve got the opportunity to collectively question old habits, and start new ones," says Steiner.&nbsp;"The discussion in this final episode is a mixture of prediction, hopes and nostalgic appreciation for the music video industry pre-Covid19."The interviewees are: 1st AD Clara Paris;&nbsp;Virgin EMI director of video James Hackett;&nbsp;My Accomplice EP Imogen Harrison;&nbsp;wardrobe stylist Terri Higgins;&nbsp;director Aidan Zamiri;&nbsp;directors Zhang &amp; Knight;&nbsp;Knucklehead EP Ore Okonedo; Greatcoat Films' EP&nbsp;Kareem Adeshina; choreographer&nbsp;Simon Donnellon; FRIEND EP Luke Tierney; DoP Diana Olifirova; Envy colourist Jax Harney; director Oscar Hudson; Atlantic Records' director of video Dan Curwin; DoP David Wright; camera assistant Jomar O'Meally; Blink EP Laura Northover; producer Tom O'Driscoll; wardrobe stylist&nbsp;Taff Williamson; OB Management director's agent Sam Davey; hair and makeup artist Jessica Summer; marketing manager&nbsp;Olivier Massey; production runner&nbsp;Amelia Mullooly; Pulse Films' EP Rik Green; director Myles Whittingham; Object &amp; Animal EP Morgan Clement; director Ian Pons Jewell; and runners' agent Julia Patterson.This is the final episode of the five-part series Music Videos In Lockdown about the UK music video community during the crisis, exclusively presented by Promonews. Here are links to the previous episodes in the series:• Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 1: Last Jobs <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-series-launches-promonews-episode-1-last-jobs/64690" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 2: Spending Time <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-series-continues-episode-2-spending-time-exclusive-promonews/64744" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 3: Working During The Lockdown <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-3-working-during-lockdown-exclusive-promonews/64811" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 4: Worries &amp; Wonderings <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-4-wonderings-and-worries-exclusive-promonews/64893" target="_blank">here</a>

Clara Paris

James Hackett

Imogen Harrison

Terri Higgins

Aidan Zamiri

Zhang + Knight

Kareem Adeshina

Simon Donnellon

Luke Tierney

Diana Olifirova

Jax Harney

Oscar Hudson

Dan Curwin

David Wright

Jomar O'Meally

Laura Northover

Tom O'Driscoll

Taff Williamson

Sam Davey

Jessica Summer

Rik Green

Myles Whittingham

Morgan Clement

Ian Pons Jewell

Natalie Steiner

Eleri Evans

Meg Thorne

'MUSIC VIDEOS IN LOCKDOWN' Episode 5: The Future Of Our Industry - exclusive on Promonews 

Music Videos In Lockdown | EP 5: The Future of Our Industry

Jack Lightfoot and James Dearden direct a daft and endearing&nbsp;fake-travelogue video for Declan J Donovan's Tangerine Skies - remotely directing a DIY green-screen shoot.&nbsp;Traversing beaches, iconic landmarks and partying with beautiful women, Declan is living a musician's dream -theoretically. But of course&nbsp;it's all just stock footage and he's in a living room in Essex. That just adds to&nbsp;the charm of the visual.&nbsp;Diving headfirst into setting up cameras, lights and a greenscreen, the singer-songwriter brings an enthusiasm and energy that radiates on-screen, adding to the happy-go-lucky DIY aesthetic. And he also contributes to the meta-level fun by adding his witty comments between set-ups.&nbsp;JACK LIGHTFOOT&nbsp;&amp; JAMES DEARDEN:"This was the first music promo we rolled out under lockdown. All the equipment was sent to Declan's house, and over video call, we guided him and his family through the setup. We then ran live camera feeds and compositing to production and label across a two day shoot."It was actually great fun taking a different spin on a typical production setup, and making something so daft amongst all the madness."&nbsp;

Jack Lightfoot

James Dearden

Amp; James Dearden

Blindeye Films

Declan J Donovan

Dan Moran

Declan J Donovan 'Tangerine Skies' by Jack Lightfoot & James Dearden

Declan-J-Donovan-'Tangerine-Skies'-by-Jack-Lightfoot-&amp;-James-Dearden

Hugh Rochfort's video for punk-jazz combo&nbsp;Melt Yourself Down is a frenzied and euphoric examination of society's outcasts and their refuges.Though all vastly different, the characters share an internalised claustrophobia, which is brought to light as they're not&nbsp;able to satisfy their natural desires, and their need to belong. They are consciously or unconsciously trying to shield their own spleen from the societal 'Boot'.Colourful and wacky, the video is relentlessly frenetic courtesy of the quickfire edit by Greg Hayes, allowing just enough time to catch your breath before it goes somewhere even wilder than before. The extensive use of closeups helps to portray the feeling of claustrophobia, the unusual camera angles adds to disorienting effect - pretty much perfect for the&nbsp;uncompromising Boot And Spleen.&nbsp;

Hugh Rochfort

Bruno Loureiro

Alex Mill

Jake Gabbay

Musa

Max Gabbay

Dale Oliver Slater

Grace Ellington

Greg Hayes

Whitehouse Post

Alexandre Nerzic

Big Bouy

Andy Salem

Talent Talks

Ugly Models

Punk

Melt Yourself Down 'Boot And Spleen' by Hugh Rochfort 

Melt-Yourself-Down-'Boot-And-Spleen-'-by-Hugh-Rochfort-

Charlotte Regan’s latest work is a coming of age tale, touchingly told through the relationship between a father and daughter - played by Charlie Creed-Miles and Kasey Bentham.Regan’s love for human stories shines through in her video for Stereophonics' Fly Like An Eagle. In this, the connection between the characters feels raw and real – perfectly accompanying the track’s stripped back instrumentals.Franklin Dow's cinematography is naturalistic and unfussy, pulling all of the focus onto the story and characters, which helps things feel true to real life, and never forced in any way.It's a charming, inspirational piece of work, and will leave you feeling optimistic and hopeful. The song, a testament to overcoming life’s challenges, comes from Stereophonic’s latest album Kind.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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