Producer

Robin Day

Dave Meyers directs an emotional and pertinent&nbsp;visual for Anderson Paak's Lockdown.Reflecting on racial injustice, police brutality and the global pandemic, the video is an introspective exploration of how society has reached its tipping point, and a call for systematic change.&nbsp;Featuring cameos from&nbsp;Dominic Fike,&nbsp;Andra Day, Jay Rock, Syd of the Internet and .Paak's son Soul Rasheed, amongst others,&nbsp;Lockdown is made up of several performance vignettes, stylised in a subtle way with offbeat angles and composition, but pared down from some of Meyers' more fantastical work. The intimate performances are the focus here, and the video ensures&nbsp;the issues at hand remain centre-stage.&nbsp;The animation at the end of the video, detailing the names of those killed through police brutality, is a striking wake up call: "The People Are Rising". All cast and crew salaries were donated to Beam, Dream Defenders and Color Of Change.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United States

Dave Meyers

Nathan Scherrer

freenjoy

Max Dean

Scott Cunningham

Pergrin Jung

Will Urie

Spencer Graves

Jasmine Benjamin

Barney Burman

Alyssa Oh

Stefan Sonnenfeld

Jamie Rabineau

Hip Hop

Contemporary R&B

Anderson .Paak 'Lockdown' by Dave Meyers

Anderson-Paak-'Lockdown'-by-Dave-Meyers

C Prinz directs a vibrant futuristic promo for sister double act Chloe x Halle's Forgive Me - the director and artists'&nbsp;follow-up to the post-modern <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/05/27/chloe-x-halle-do-it-c-prinz/64987" target="_blank">Do It</a>.&nbsp;Opening with the lyrics "Don't ever ask for permission, ask for forgiveness", the fiery visual depicts the sisters dragging an unconscious, bound man to the middle of a rainforest set, backdropped by a glitchy greenscreen.&nbsp;Switching between several performance setups, the focus is very much on styling and aesthetics, with live action footage being intercut with 3D scans, irridescent VFX, and lo-fi dance cutaways.&nbsp;Refreshingly bold and stylish, the high-energy promo is a riotous trip through avant-garde concepts and unforgettable performances.&nbsp;

C Prinz

Jake Agger

Erinn Williams

Juan Sosa

Santiago Gonazalez

Sean Frisoli

Mike Lemnitzer

Kyle Bryson

Justin Ryan Brown

Zerina Akers

Kimberly Mcallister

Christiana Cassell

Andrew Makadsi

Joseph Bicknell

Company 3

Lauren Baker

Tara Sheree

Nick Muller

Chloe X Halle 'Forgive Me' by C Prinz

Chloe-X-Halle-'Forgive-Me'-by-C-Prinz

Once again, lockdown ends up being the mother of invention in Ariel Fish's charmingly shambolic video for JAWNY.On the one hand its a ragbag of internet -flavoured sight gags. And that would be quite good in itself, but artist and director have also thrown in some poignant stuff about the problems of finding love - especially now.&nbsp;While everyone ignores JAWNY's&nbsp;calls, internet searches throw up&nbsp;a stuffed toy bunny who doubles as a 'camgirl', an animated fruit salad - and a cynical friend who warns him against looking for love. Oh, and in the corner of his shabby apartment, his pile of dirty socks starts lipsyncing.&nbsp;“We were going to shoot a video and then we had the lockdown, so we switched up to an animated video… and then that didn’t work out. Finally, Ariel sent this crazy idea through and we chatted about it for a minute and came up with this video,” JAWNY has said of the Anything You Want video. “A quarantine love story… you can find love anywhere, anytime man.”Mainly shot at JAWNY's house and a garage, during lockdown in a socially distanced fashion. "Ariel was just a sick creative partner. She had really sick ideas and was also super collaborative with me. I felt comfortable with her and I think her and her team killed it."

Ariel Fish

Luke Orlando

Ethos Studio

Marissa Ramirez

Interscope Records

JAWNY 'Anything You Want' by Ariel Fish

Jawny-'Anything-You-Want'-by-Ariel-Fish

Atlanta singer-songwriting sisters (and Beyoncé protegées) Chloe X Halle have their breakout hit Do It visualised in a classic-with-a-twist video by director/choreographer&nbsp;C Prinz (aka Sarah C Prinz).The Bailey sisters perform the song through a number of sumptuously art directed studio set-ups. But Prinz tweaks the notion of a conventional glossy video: camera positions reveal the edges of the sound stage; VFX suddenly intrude, at times moving the girls' around the set.Then the edit contributes to the deconstruction too, by bouncing between&nbsp;scene to scene from the start. The rule-book, to gradually reveal each set-up, has been thrown away, which will make&nbsp;it all the more interesting to its&nbsp;visually literate viewership.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Briana Gonzales

Parkwood Entertainment

Siya Bahal

Columbia Records

Chloe X Halle 'Do It' by C Prinz

Chloe-X-Halle-'Do-It'-by-C-Prinz

Phil Good is joined by a couple of puppet sidekicks&nbsp;in Spencer Graves's video for Wonder.&nbsp;Capturing his signature blend of sincerity and humour, the video finds Phil contemplating what his ex may be up to in her new life, through two puppets affectionately dubbed Harvey and Barbara. Quirky and offbeat, the pairing of Good's laid-back performance and the puppets' frenetic and childlike style creates a nostalgic mood, a moment for reflection and chance to relive the good times.&nbsp;Tehillah De Castro utilises the abundant natural light in the garage location to create a subdued, desaturated vision of the puppets and their world. This isn't kids TV, where things are squeaky clean and innocent, this is the real world with real stories, and the choice to keep the lighting and mood naturalistic helps keep it sincere. The art direction strikes&nbsp;a balance between silly and mature, with the juxtaposition of childish crayon drawings and superbly crafted cardboard sets. And the puppets themselves are a delight.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Robin Day

Producer

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2020 (4)

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