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Percy Dean

Mark Thomas of the Soup Collective has assembled a stellar cast of mainly Mancunian luminaries to create this pitch-perfect accompaniment to a tribute to the man they called Mr Manchester - Factory Records founder Tony Wilson.The track&nbsp;was created when&nbsp;poet Mike Garry brought his poem&nbsp;about Wilson, who died after a long illness in Manchester&rsquo;s Christie Cancer Hospital&nbsp;in 2007,&nbsp;to&nbsp;composer and New Order and Elbow collaborator&nbsp;Joe Duddell.&nbsp;On the first read, Duddell immediately heard elements of New Order&rsquo;s Your Silent Face&nbsp;and decided to base the music on that song. &lsquo;St. Anthony: An Ode To Anthony H Wilson&rsquo; was born.Mark Thomas reveals the accompanying video has been a year in the making, squeezed in between other projects, and in the process the Soup Collective have filmed numerous friends and associates of Wilson&#39;s simply lipsyncing the song&#39;s lyrics: including&nbsp;Steve Coogan (who played Wilson in the 2003 movie 24 Hour Party People), Bernard, Gillian and Stephen from New Order, Christopher Eccleston, Iggy Pop, Shaun Ryder, Peter Saville, Richard Madeley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Terry Christian,&nbsp;Paul Morley, Mark Radcliffe, Rowetta, John Robb, Rowetta, John Cooper Clarke, Miranda Sawyer, Andrew Weatherall, and Philip Glass.&nbsp;The video shows the still-abiding love and respect for Wilson, eight years after his death, and all profits from the single, released today (August 14th), with artwork by Peter Saville and a remix by Andrew Weatherall, will go to Christies Cancer Hospital in Manchester.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is also&nbsp;website, designed by Retro Fuzz, at <a href="http://www.saint-anthony.co.uk/" target="_blank">saint-anthony.co.uk</a>, which allows the visitor to explore the places, people and stories which make up the lyrics - helping to see the full picture of Wilson&rsquo;s impact.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mark Thomas

Peter Jobson

Mike Garry, Ali Hudson

SoupCo Production

Katy Brody

Sian Rolland, Gwen Osmond, Esme Seddon, Kelsie Mills

Alex Hindle

Skinny Dog

Mike Garry And Joe Duddell 'St Anthony (an Ode To Tony Wilson)' by Mark Thomas

Dan Henshaw&#39;s elegant&nbsp;video for&nbsp;Soul Circuit&#39;s&nbsp;Rolling With Me featuring&nbsp;Maverick Sabre,&nbsp;is a captivating documentary about&nbsp;a little&nbsp;known African American tradition unique to&nbsp;New Orleans - the Mardi Gras Indians.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Dan Henshaw

Harvey Ascott

Fouad Gaber

Trim Editing

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indan Tribe

Dan Millar

Sony Records

Las Bandas Be Brave

Chris Scheurich

Ali McNally

House

Soul Circuit feat. Maverick Sabre 'Rolling With Me' by Dan Henshaw

It started with the video for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/02/03/elbow-new-york-morning-mark-thomas-and-mat-norman" target="_blank">New York Morning</a>, continued with My Sad Captains&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/07/25/elbow-real-life-mark-thomas" target="_blank">Real Life</a> - and now&nbsp;Mark Thomas of SoupCo Production in Manchester has created the fourth and final documentary portrait to accompany a track from the current Elbow album The Take Off and Landing of Everything.&nbsp;This one, for Charge, follows the same pattern - the spoken words of the subjects appear in on-screen subtitles - as Elbow perform Charge. And here this technique has an additional impact. This is a film that follows two generations of speedway riders&nbsp;from Manchester&#39;s legendary Belle Vue Aces. And the words on screen emphasise the connections between the two riders, and the enduring thrill of the sport. It is tremendously watchable, and like the others, elevated by the music of Elbow.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark Thomas and SoupCo have been longtime collaborators with Elbow. But over the course of these four mini-documentaries, they have created a very special body of work.

Alison Surtees

Gwen Osmond

Elbow 'Charge' by Mark Thomas

Elbow - Charge

Powered by Percy Dean&#39;s brilliant photography, Joe Connor, on a shoestring budget, travels to Scotland for this beautiful promo to Sycamore by&nbsp;UK four-piece The Mariner&#39;s Children.

Joe Connor

James Mac

Aline

House Of Nines

Olivers Island

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Chief Productions

Folk

The Mariner's Children 'Sycamore' by Joe Connor

Mariners Children : Sycamore

Following the videos for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/02/03/elbow-new-york-morning-mark-thomas-and-mat-norman" target="_blank">New York Morning</a> and My Sad Captains, Mark Thomas at SoupCo in Manchester has completed the third in a marvellous series of observational docs being made for the latest Elbow album The Take Off and Landing of Everything.This time, for Real Life, the subject is outdoor swimmer&nbsp;Vivienne Rickman-Poole, and follows her as she continues on her remarkable quest&nbsp;to swim every lake in Snowdonia...&nbsp;

Tim Mullett

Vivienne Rickman-Poole

Chris Sarginson

Sean Lomax

Emily Tedrake

Polydor

Elbow 'Real Life' by Mark Thomas

Elbow - Real Life (Angel)

The prolific Joe Connor has directed a pastel-hued performance video for Theme Park&rsquo;s Ghost, that suggests that summer might actually be around the corner &ndash; a pretty far-fetched idea, but there it is. He splits the screen into five vertical strips, adding a dynamic to the performance and intercutting other summery elements too.&nbsp;

Nick Crossley

James Mcintosh

Nick Platt

Roxanna Gillani

Rebecca Lockwood

Dave Woodyer

Ian McLaughin

John White

Wayne Walsh

John Moule

Theme Park ‘Ghost’ by Joe Connor

Theme Park - Ghosts

Produced under the Leicina Film Unit moniker, Mark Thomas of Soup Collective delivers a trailer for the forthcoming Delphic album Collections.
Using the Kinect 3D sensor as a camera device (to get the groovy, sparkling starburst effect) and the RGBD Toolkit, Thomas captures the band performing the album tracks in a live setting...

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=tOibiBV9YEA

SoupCo

Delphic 'Introducing Collections' - album trailer by Mark Thomas

Delphic-'Introducing-Collections'---album-trailer-by-Mark-Thomas

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