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Richard Sloan

KC Locke takes his motion-control ambitions to the next level, in the dreamy promo for Lola Young's So Sorry.&nbsp;In a conventional greasy spoon caff - the ominously-named&nbsp;Cruel Cafe -&nbsp;we find&nbsp;Lola Young playing a variety of different characters, on both sides of the counter, in an interweaving tapestry of narratives and slick camera moves.&nbsp;Technically advanced and head-spinningly complex, the video is anchored by the artist's down to earth performance style and authentic interpretation of each character she inhabits.&nbsp;It's another innovative promo for KC Locke and team, whose collaboration with Manchester-based G6 Moco has taken things up a notch once again.[imgtoken data:1]"After experimenting with motion control in 2021 across various projects I had been waiting for the opportunity to use motion control with a full track system," explains Locke. "We designed this concept with that in mind and wanted to create a video which allowed our camera to move around a set freely while telling a visual story."I've wanted to work with Lola Young for a while now and this was the perfect project to link up on. Lola was a pleasure to create with and I feel like we made something great here. The song So Sorry&nbsp;had this feeling of different personalities [so] after pitching the concept of multiple Lolas in her own End Of The F*cking World-style cafe, we got to work on bringing this to life.[imgtoken data:2]"Between Christmas and New Year's Eve when traveling to Thailand for our holiday, myself and Jenny O’Sullivan (production designer) spent many hours planning and discussing the creative and building a world for Lola. While I spent&nbsp;hours planning out each and every second of the motion control moments, Jenny spent equal time designing Cruel Cafe&nbsp;from the ground up while working remote with her art and set building teams."Once I had the whole video mapped out on paper, Andy Rider (G6 MOCO) then began to pre-vis the entire video for us. G6 MOCO’s dedication and attention to detail really helped in this process of really understanding what I had envisioned."The set construction came together beautifully along with the lighting direction by Stefan Yap (DOP) and Nick Platt (gaffer and Drop City owner) - the set really felt like a real cafe and gave the perfect backdrop for Lola to bring these characters to life."

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KC Locke

Lewis Nicholson

Marisa Garner Associates

Swords & Eagles

John Hassay

Nick Platt

Stefan Yap

Marisa Garner

Ella Taylor Palfrey

Luke Goodrich

Danny Usman

Martin Welsby

Jenny O'Sullivan

Alexandra Green

Sasha O'Neill

Alex Price

Jamil Shaukat

Alex Gregory

No.8

Lmntl Fx

Island Records

G6 Moco

Lola Young 'So Sorry' by KC Locke

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James Blunt is under attack from a well-armed love interest, in Mike Baldwin's promo for Love Under Pressure.&nbsp;In a somewhat fitting homage to his pre-music career as an Army officer, Blunt is hiding from an enemy in a heavily covered forest. This enemy, however, is a mysterious ex-lover with a huge arsenal - and she's out for blood.&nbsp;Balancing the high-stakes concept with a playful performance from Blunt, the video is a charming, self-deprecating joyride which is elevated by an offbeat sense of humour.And if the idea that James Blunt is still the most despised man in Pop is a bit outdated - surely he's won us over by now with his&nbsp;admirable self-awareness?&nbsp;- anything that takes it's inspiration from John Belushi and Carrie Fisher is okay by us...&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Mike Baldwin

Jack Lightfoot

Blindeye Films

Emily Vincent

Peter Bromfield

Michael O'Connor

Ben Solmon

Marc Spicer

Gemma Aldous Slee

Gemma Aldous

Framestore Uk

Brett Mcmanus

Carrie Sutton

Dan Curwin

James Blunt 'Love Under Pressure' by Mike Baldwin

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Dumas Haddad directs a conceptual short film for Lola Young's new EP, entitled After Midnight.Haddad's film is a visual showcase of several different tracks, all corresponding with different times in the early morning. It's also&nbsp;a journey through a whirlwind of raw emotions.&nbsp;Beautifully constructed and cut together - with Haddad working as both director and editor - the video represents a sense of polarity, both in subject matter and more literally in the visuals;&nbsp;inside vs outside, restrained vs free, love vs loss.&nbsp;A terrific piece of art, tied together with powerful spoken-word poetry from&nbsp;Thea Gajic.[imgtoken data:1]

Dumas Haddad

Aidan Robert Brooks

Agile Films

Sana Khan

Precious Mahaga

Sam Barnham

Jake Gabbay

Chris Starkey

Callum Reeve

William Crafts

Kieran Brown

Sarah Cotterell

Sophie Emmett

Lucy Gibson

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Aaron Hackett

OB Management

Lisa Foo

A Day One

Lola Young 'After Midnight' by Dumas Haddad 

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Barcelona-based Trizz Studio's Oriol Puig directs an introspective narrative&nbsp;told through beautiful 3D&nbsp;animation, in the epic video for Dermot Kennedy's Giants.&nbsp;The visual&nbsp;opens with a spark to ignite the journey, a spectacular wall of clouds erupting in an otherwordly location. A tapestry of computer-generated environments and textures follow, as metal fibres interweave to form an exoskeleton&nbsp;of Kennedy.&nbsp;The power of nature and Dermot’s persona suggest a spirit of both mechanical and detailed phenomena in Puig’s artistic mind.[imgtoken data:1]As he makes his way through the perpetually changing landscape, the very structures of the ground and earth&nbsp;twist and deform to create new textures and shapes. Speaking about the striking concept, director Puig says "We&nbsp;created a subject and set it in constant motion, sometimes struggling through different situations, then stopping to enjoy moments of simple beauty - a metaphor for a constantly evolving life."The production value on-screen is breathtaking, and the themes of humanity and evolution are represented through the everyday being presented in an unusual way- for example, a torrent of blue sand moving in an invisible container, and bubbles of mercury expanding whilst the ground implodes around them. These uncanny details&nbsp;help immerse the viewer in a new world and environment, something familiar but very alien at the same time, and the detailed attention to&nbsp;light and shadow&nbsp;blurs the boundary between reality and imagination.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]This project marks the first collaboration between Barcelona studio Trizz and the UK's BlinkInk.&nbsp;Trizz were commissioned in lockdown during mid Covid, just as nature’s recovery became apparent.&nbsp;“Coronavirus has made people rethink their relationship to nature and how that affects our actions." Puig continues.&nbsp;"It’s made us rethink and visualize the impact we have and how quickly nature is able to self-heal. This brings us to a new set of emotions and a new angle on what our priorities should be."[imgtoken data:3]Spanning three months work with weekly updates to the record label, the film was made 95% in 3D, with additional performance sequences of Dermot shot against a greenscreen at his home.&nbsp;Trizz scanned existing video footage of Dermot to learn his poise and mimic as well as reference his textures, and the environments were generated from photos and&nbsp;shaded, lit and manipulated using procedural and particle systems.Beautifully executed and an exciting first collaboration for the two animation studios, Giants is a cinematic adventure through a futuristic landscape, and is impossible to look away from.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ireland

Oriol Puig

Trizz

Blinkink

Josef Byrne

Chris Vulpi

Harriet Christie

Alex Martin

Albert García

Tap Management

Caroline Clayton

Singer songwriter

Dermot Kennedy 'Giants' by Oriol Puig

Dermot Kennedy - Giants (Official Video)

Raja Virdi directs another of his signature one-shot live performances for Tom Walker.&nbsp;Shot on location at the beautiful Master Shipwrights House in Deptford, South East London, Tom has a striking emotional presence as he performs Wait For You alongside pianist&nbsp;Pete Lee, embodying the concept and energy of the track.&nbsp;Doubling up as DoP as well as director, Virdi uses mostly natural light to achieve the poignant&nbsp;aesthetic, alongside slow and deliberate camera movement to explore different perspectives of the artist.&nbsp;

Raja Virdi

PHASE

Molly Fleet

Lucas Campain

Luke Priadi

Mark Stewart

Lauren Newman

Ruth Wardell

Electric Theatre Collective

Oliver Whitworth

Jess Spink

Relentless

Indie Folk

Indie pop

Tom Walker 'Wait For You (live)' by Raja Virdi

Tom Walker gives a poignant live rendition of Better Half Of Me, directed by Jack Lightfoot.&nbsp;The performance is powerful and emotive, and the use of East London's George Tavern as a location is a match made in heaven,&nbsp;full of character and timeless beauty.&nbsp;Matt Vahey utilises the abundant natural daylight and huge windows to compose a soft and warm aesthetic, which matches the laidback pace of the track perfectly. Great work from the team, who have previously worked with Walker on live videos for Just You And I and Leave A Light On.&nbsp;

James Dearden

Matt Vahey

Tan Moye Khan

Evance

Louis Catlett

Laurence Dawes

Dan Moran

Hannah Colson

Tom Walker 'Better Half Of Me' by Jack Lightfoot

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There are doppelgängers galore in the video for Tom Walker's Better Half of Me - filmed at the Tom Walker Research Centre -&nbsp;directed by Henry Oliver Smith and graded by Caroline Morin at Wash.

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Jordi Estapé

Burning Reel

Mike Heath

Freddie Wright

Liam Morgan

Oliver Bingham

Andre Moore

Justin Du Pre

Caroline Morin

Wash

Mikael Nakkas

Leah Jennings

Aaliyah Oke

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In a psychedelic throwback to the past, Dido gives a soothing studio performance, augmented by ravey projections&nbsp;that highlight the 90s-style dance rhythms, in Rankin's video for Take You Home.

Rankin

Rankin Film

Beth Montague

Elaine Mackenzie

Tony C. Miller

Jeff Vine

Loona Kasemets

Danny Hayward

Lisa Laudat

Rob Shipster

Simona Cristea

Coffee & TV

Lock it in

Dido 'Take You Home' by Rankin

Dido-'Take-You-Home'-by-Rankin

Charles Mehling is the right man to herald Sharleen Spiteri&#39;s return to the pop world with this slick affair for Texas that&#39;s all about Sharleen.Mixing black and white and colour and different aspect ratios, the video for Can&#39;t Control has a classic feel, shot by Ed Gibbs, and edited by&nbsp;Sam Bould at Cut+Run. &nbsp;

Charles Mehling

Javier Alejando

My Accomplice

Jamie Clark

Ed Gibbs

Miles Roberts

Tony Collins

Sara Reygate

Sam Bould

Cut+Run

Yoomin Lee

Jogger

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Faye Purcell

Texas 'Can't Control' by Charles Mehling

Texas-'Can't-Control'-by-Charles-Mehling

Sing J. Lee is in the middle of a hot streak right now, with this stylish video for Raye following on the heels of his work for Kasabian and Halsey.The hyper-real, accelerated and vibrant clip follows two different versions of Raye as they embark on two very different nights out. With split-screen being used to full effect, on top of a heap of head-spinning cuts, the video feels stylized, dizzying and euphoric with both versions of Raye and her friends celebrating with a raucous, messy energy that comes from a night of unexpected twists and turns.A combination of great animation and graphic design flourishes really helps Sing to put his own personal stamp on this clip.

Sing J. Lee

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Partizan Darkroom

Claire Stubbs

Leo Green

Daniel Castro Garcia

Zack Spiger

Thomas Nicholson

Stephanie Kennedy

Nathan Matthews

Lucy Cooper

Lan Nguyen-Grealis

Ryan Beck

Final Cut

Lewis Crossfield

Absolute Post

Kate Desmond

Zee Stoitchkov

Undercranked

Emily Ann Sonnet

Polydor

Raye 'The Line' by Sing J. Lee

Courtney Phillips has served up this cool, tongue-in-cheek video for Essex-born&nbsp;artist Anne-Marie - with a good-looking cast and a choice of framing to encourage you to opt for full-screen viewing.Anne-Marie told&nbsp;i-D:&nbsp;&quot;[Courtney is] really easy going and fun. I wanted the video to be playful and bold with a tinge of mischief, which he&#39;s captured perfectly.&quot;The song&#39;s about the uncertainties of dating - you know, like when you&#39;re not sure if that person is into you and it&#39;s all a bit too complex? Yeah, that!&quot;

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