Executive Producer

Richard A Moore

"Shooting documentaries is my biggest passion," explains Alex Grazioli on his promo for James Morrison's One Life. "So when Bob [Brimson] &amp; Tamara [Brookes] asked me to do a video for James' new single, I thought the idea of a trailer of a documentary for the current world tour could have perfectly suited the mood for the song."
Combining footage of Morrison on and off stage at different framerates, the video was inspired by the look of Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern's acclaimed No Distance Left To Run documentary for Blur. Shot in the United Arab Emirates on multiple cameras - including two Red Epics - Alex was helped out by cinematographers Will Humphries and Carl Burke on the production.

Alex Grazioli

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Oliver Barron

Will Humphris &amp; Carl Burke

Oren Sachs

Nice Shoes (New York)

Bob Brimson & Tamara Brooks

James Morrison 'One Life' by Alex Grazioli

For Twizzle's ode to the capital on LDN Sign, Aaron Bevan-Bailey delivers a beautifully shot monochrome promo, equally depicting the big L in all its gritty glory.
"I shot this with the help of my fantastic DOP Carl Burke" explains Bevan-Bailey. "We spent two days wandering around London with a 7D capturing all the tasty portraits and London life we could. It was fun to shoot everything so guerilla style, it gave me a lot of freedom in the edit.
"Big thanks to Nick Jensen who risked life and limb to get the beautiful slow motion skating shots".

Aaron Bevan

Mrs Grey

Carl Burke

Sarah Jane

Rupert Davies

Twizzle’s LDN Sign by Aaron Bevan-Bailey

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Julien Temple's acclaimed Dr Feelgood documentary Oil City Confidential has enjoyed a great run in cinemas, and his other new film, the superb Requiem For Detroit, was screened on BBC2 last Saturday (and is available to download for a short while longer on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rkm3y/Requiem_for_Detroit/" target="_blank">iPlayer</a>).
But while confirming his position as one of the UK's greatest documentary-makers, Julien has also returned to music videos to mark a special release from an artist with whom he has a remarkable connection. He's made Jimi Hendrix live again - at Glastonbury - for the recently discovered recording of Bleeding Heart.
In his evocative and skilfully constructed video, Hendrix performs the song 'live' at a modern-day Glastonbury Festival - but not before four teenagers have initially entered the festival site in its alternative guise as Michael Eavis's working Worthy Farm, and have invoked the spirit of Hendrix around a bonfire. There's even a cameo by Eavis himself in the post-script, finding the four kids paying homage at the bare frame of the Pyramid Stage.
Julien has big connections to Glastonbury, having directed the acclaimed documentary about the festival a few years ago, and his friendship with Eavis enabled him to film on the site. But he also has a special link to Hendrix: he actually attended his first ever British show.
"I saw Jimi's first showcase gig in England when I was twelve years old - at the Country Club in Belsize Park, where I lived." Julien reveals. "The Country Club was like a shed behind the tube station - but that was the famous moment when Jimi arrived in England and all the rock stars came out to see this guy they'd heard about - Eric Clapton was there, and The Who...
"I remember Hendrix being amazing - he did all the things he's become famous for - playing it with his teeth, behind his back - but he was also amazed by the reaction of the crowd - and the rock stars who had come to see him." 
And even though they haven't had the benefit of that genuine, unique experience, the Bleeding Heart video is all about how successive generations are also affected by Hendrix. In fact, Julien cast his two sons Leo and Felix, their friend Callum Deardon and his producer George Hencken's daughter Mona as the four teenagers who rediscover Jimi at Glastonbury. 
"I like the idea of young teenage kids are still into something like that - and they are. Because no-one has taken guitar playing further than him. It's interesting to put him in a modern context." He also points out that there is a Hendrix connection to Glastonbury, even though he never played the festival. "Hendrix died four days before the very first Glastonbury festival. He wasn't going to play, but his death overshadowed the whole event."

Julien adds that the 'star-Jimi' emerging from the flames of the bonfire, was also created from the Isle of Wight footage, animated by Barney Steel. "I wanted him to come out of the embers, and coming through like Orion the Hunter."
Hendrix did regularly play Bleeding Heart at his live shows - its only recently that a recording was discovered, together with other material. This video almost certainly heralds a new surge of Hendrix popularity - and Julien Temple reveals that his video is not even cutting edge in how the great guitarist can be brought to a new audience.


Watch/download Requiem For Detroit: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rkm3y/Requiem_for_Detroit/" target="_blank">here</a>

Julien Temple

George Hencken

Gwyn Evans

Mike O'Keefe

Julien Temple gives Jimi Hendrix a Glastonbury moment with Bleeding Heart

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It was shot on a soundstage at Pinewood so the production has blockbuster-scale, and with 1st AD Rawden Defresnes marshalling two camera crews, the team managed to schedule a two-day idea into a single day shoot.

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