Director of Photography

Simon Chaudoir

In this astonishing video for Agoria, a police thriller takes an alarming left turn into the supernatural, as director Loïc Andrieu&nbsp;sets the new standard for genre videos.The video follows a rookie L.A.P.D officer on her first graveyard shift. Jane, played with unbearably composed anxiety by Fleur Geffrier (Elle, The Chalet), has a secret. Patrolling the dark city with her mentor, she tries to ignore rattling premonitions that something bad is happening all around her. When, at four in the morning, she gets a 911 callout, she stumbles into a trap set just for her. And she comes face to face with death itself.Andreiu explains his symbolism: “Call of the wild is a female Orpheus myth. Death is the ultimate Pandora box. Dealing with it calls us to face inherent fears over the ‘unknown’. Jane breaks these boundaries and unveils the mysteries of the antechamber of death. Not dead yet, but no longer alive."Perhaps unsurprisingly, Andrieu developed this video as part of an upcoming feature-length project. His music videos are singularly impressive. The director specialises in a grandiose blend of character drama and apocalyptic sci-fi, a sensibility somewhere between Drive and Stranger Things. This video, as well as his celebrated clip for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/11/08/kcpk-end-loïc-andrieu/50357">The End by KCPK</a>, recall the work of fellow Parisians Luc Besson and Leos Carax. Which makes sense.&nbsp;Andrieu learned his craft collaborating with both directors, as a steadicam operator on Holy Motors and Angel-A.Call of the Wild was shot by Simon Chaudoir, the superlative DoP behind Aphex Twin’s Come to Daddy (Chris Cunningham), DIESEL’s award-winning Go With The Flaw campaign, and more recently, Liam Gallagher’s Shockwave (Francois Rousselet).

France

Loïc Andrieu

Pierre Cazenave-Kaufman

Soldats Films

Manuel Roman

Maud Cyrano

Vincent Toubel

Rogelio Mosqueda

Dusty Saunders

Michael Monod

Joel Gill

Yasmine Abraham

Jessica Kate Sainclair

Elisabeth Pilarsky

Gregoire Naza Giral (soldats Films)

Mathieu Caplanne

Reepost

Loundja Oussana

Fleur Geffrier

Christian De Rosnay

Sapiens

Electro

Dance, Electronica

Agoria 'Call Of The Wild' by Loïc Andrieu

Agoria-'Call-Of-The-Wild'-by-Loïc-Andrieu

The second collaboration between Francois Rousselet and Liam Gallagher takes the bluesy Stones-like feel of Shockwave to present a version of the Sixties that fits our times - and enables Liam's stalking, rogue preacher-like presence.Liam never stops walking in this one - his familiar laddish roll taking him relentlessly forward - through&nbsp;an Americana of poverty, protest, ferment and fire.Rousellet delivers this with his characteristic panache. And there's a great old-school documentary film look, created by Simon Chaudoir.&nbsp;

Francois Rousselet

Francois Larpin

Riff Raff Films

Natalie Arnett

Fanni Verbovszki

Tamás Vass

Emily Jayne Lipop

Amanda James

Final Cut

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

Tamara Mennell

Julie Evans

Jack Stone

Nathan James Tettey

Jennifer Ivory

Warner Records

Lions Production

Liam Gallagher 'Shockwave' by Francois Rousselet

Simon Cahn brings us the gripping story of a young man, heartbroken at the loss of his pet cat and desperate to find a new furry friend. And then he finds the perfect, amazing&nbsp;replacement: a ferret that can sing.In a blur of brilliant comedy storytelling for Boston Bun&#39;s Spread Love (Paddington), we witness our hero&#39;s spectacular rise in popularity, fame and sexual allure. But when the ferret&#39;s wailing of the Spread Love hook becomes a little bit tiresome, it heralds the poor guy&#39;s spectacular fall from grace.And it all ends with the ferret revealing a new talent to his defeated owner. This is a journey alright...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Simon Cahn

Division

Théo Gall

Bérangère Petitjean

Family Productions

Simon Colin

Mathematic

Nicola Sheppard

Dance

Boston Bun ft DVNO 'Spread Love (Paddington)' by Simon Cahn

Boston Bun - Spread Love (Paddington) feat. DVNO [Official Video]

As we know, making music videos beats proper working for a living. But it&#39;s also tough &ndash; really tough if no-one informed you the artist, and his entourage of twerking girls, are all 30 feet tall.Alex Courtès&#39;s latest video explores this unlikely scenario and its remarkable consequences in his new video for Sean Paul and Major Lazer. And the director also plays himself&nbsp;- or a long-suffering hangdog version of himself &ndash;&nbsp;with aplomb.&nbsp;He has the air of a man who&#39;s seen it all, suffered much, but has never quite seen this.The video was achieved with a combination of post and practical effects, with Sean and his posse given the VFX treatment at Machine Molle in Paris.It&#39;s rare for a video to work as straightahead commercial pop video, and satirical comedy on the process - and the storyboard shot will make you laugh or cry, and possibly both - but this definitely has its cake and eats it.

United States

Alex Courtès

Benoit Roques

Daniel Dittman

Adriana Legay

Machine Molle

Dancehall

Sean Paul & Major Lazer 'Tip Pon It' by Alexandre Courtès

Sean Paul & Major Lazer - Tip Pon It

David Wilson returns to music vids with the new Chromeo video, and heading for the orange groves of verdant California, in the process makes probably&nbsp;the&nbsp;best ad in the world ever&nbsp;for freshly squeezed OJ.And, along the way, keying into the &#39;leg&#39; iconography that&#39;s distinguished several of their&nbsp;album covers (and keyboard stands), Wilson reveals that Dave-1 and P-Thugg&nbsp;have by far the shapeliest, and best-waxed-and-heeled legs of all the male electro-pop duos.Yes, those incredible pins are their real legs...

David Wilson

Jason Baum

The Director's Bureau

Sue Yeon Ahn

Almitra Corey

Biff Butler

Electric Theatre Collective

Chromeo 'Juice' by David Wilson

Chromeo - Juice (Official Video)

British rapper Roots Manuva is on the loose&nbsp;in this comic video for Crying, directed by Helmi.Groceries spill on the ground, crowds disperse in sheer terror, strollers are left to roll down stairways, and&nbsp;grown men and women cry in their hiding spots as Manuva walks past. And despite all the spine-chilling disruption,&nbsp;all the rapper wanted was to pick up some&nbsp;morning cereal at his local supermarket. And even more absurd is the ending when his fearsomeness gets out of his control and&nbsp;takes a supernatural&nbsp;life of its own...

Helmi

Prettybird

Jules de Chateleux

Juliette Larthe

Roman Herrera

Natalia Guarin

Laura Thomas-Smith

Tom Bott

Rory Shaw

Jack Driver

Rick Woollard

Charlie England

Ahmet Husseyin

Lami Okrekson

Balan Evans

Luke McCarthy

Phoebe Fraser

Dave Bradshaw

Freddie Bonfanti

Luke Pochetty

Ricky McCullagh

Nil Tomakan

Danie Farrington

Lucie Red

Theresa Adebiyi

Grime

Urban

Roots Manuva 'Crying' by Helmi

Roots Manuva  - "Crying" (Official Video)

Fleur &amp; Manu's Groundhog Day tribute for Skrillex's Doompy Poomp, which dropped on Groundhog Day, is actually better than Groundhog Day.

Fleur & Manu

Roman Pichon Herrera

Lien Moulin

Jean Luc de la Montagna

Susan MacQuarrie

Andrée Jade Hélie

Clémence Cuvelier

Daniel Rodrigues

David Deveaux

Nicolas Larrouquere

Vincent Heine

OWSLA

The Creators Project

Techno, Dance

Skrillex 'Doompy Poomp' by Fleur & Manu

Fleur & Manu x Skrillex - Doompy Poomp

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It's strange, it's glamourous, and it'll have you on tenderhooks... 

AlexandLiane directed a cult classic video for Tiga's Shoes a couple of years ago. Now the iconoclastic Canadian DJ and boy/girl directing outfit get back together in Berlin for another ultra-cool and slightly bizarre visualisation of Plush - populated with more models in cutting edge fashion, and this time, Tiga himself. It is, in short, a live still shot – and you just have to watch and wait to see who is going to break first.

It was filmed on a single roll of 35mm film - with cinematography by Simon Chaudoir – following a number of rehearsals. "We don't really want to dissect the video," say AlexandLiane. "It is what it is – but we would say that it is definitely an exercise in patience for everyone involved!" 

It certainly makes modelling look like a proper job. And watch out for the fly... 

Tiga
Plush (Different Recordings/PIAS)
Directors: AlexandLiane
Producer: Jon Adams
Stylist: David Bartlett
DoP: Simon Chaudoir
Hair and Makeup: Christian Fritzenwanker
Comissioner: John Moule
Colourist: Pana at Uncle , Berlin
Flame artist: Leon Woods
3D artist: Chris Smallfield
Featuring: Kumru Kodamanoglu, Karolina Zastarskyte, Loren Kemp, Karima Adebibe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KM4yywG3HmA

AlexandLiane

Jon Adams

David Bartlett

John Moule

Pana

Leon Woods

Tiga 'Plush' by AlexandLiane

Hot on the heels of her promo for Kelly Rowland, Sarah Chatfield delivers this big pop extravaganza for Diana Vickers' third single My Wicked Heart. 
Chatfield coaxes a stirling performance out of the 19 year old, all very nicely styled by Cynthia Lawrence-John.

Watch: <a href="http://www.colonelblimp.com/view-video/item4523/" target="_blank">Quicktime Movie</a>

Sarah Chatfield

Tamsin Glasson

Colonel Blimp

Shaun Fenn

Cynthia Lawrence

David Leighton

Dan Sherwen

Robin

Claire Stubbs

Diana Vickers’ My Wicked Heart by Sarah Chatfield

England play their second match at the 2010 World Cup tonight, so what better time to post this on Promo Because it might actually not worth bothering about next week. 
Is that too pessimistic, considering we're playing Algeria tonight, regarded as a very moderate side, who probably won't play with a recognised forward Well, let's put it this way: no. This is England we're talking about here: dodgy keeper, wobbly defence, kick and rush football... It's a humiliating disaster waiting to happen.
And Shout For England does have the authentic anguish of the long-suffering England fan - the criticism mixed with the still-lingering belief, which has of course become chubby funnyman James Corden's stock-in-trade. Like Capello shouting at the players all the time, his schtick is a bit of a cul de sac. But, Mike O'Keefe at Sony has made a wise selection when it comes to making the video. He's gone for experience - and certainly a safer pair of hands than Robert Green. 
Fourteen years ago Pedro Romhanyi made the video for this song's spiritual predecessor, Skinner &amp; Baddiel &amp; Lightning Seeds's Three Lions (it's also Pedro's first video in four years - far too long). This one relies more on England footie footage than the Baddiel and Skinner video, and Dizzee leads the crowd, assured as ever. Not clear what Corden actually contributes to proceedings, but thanks to Pedro knowing his footie, the video has the right feel. And, for a bonus, there aren't any vuvezelas. 
Possibly a good omen too After Pedro's Three Lions video for Euro 96, we got to the semis. I think I may be clutching at straws here...

Pedro Romhanyi

Gareth Francis/Tim Steele

Factory Films

Ben Peters

Big Buoy

Mike O'Keefe

Shout For England feat. Dizzee Rascal & James Corden’s Shout by Pedro Romhanyi

New girl Paloma gets a big launch from Sophie and her team. Unmistakeable Muller.

Sophie Muller

Rob Small

Alison Dominitz

Uncle

Tom Russell

Paloma Faith’s Stone Cold Sober by Sophie Muller

Duffy keeps cranking out the hits, and Sophie returns after her excellent job on Stepping Stone to provide the Chicago-ish production number.
She's written the book on the pop video, of course, but the emphasis on choreography is actually a bit of a departure.

http://uk.youtube.com/watchv=2n0kvTeDgtg[/youtube]

Gregg Shoulder

Ross Anderson

Duffy’s Rain On Your Parade by Sophie Muller

Duffy’s-Rain-On-Your-Parade-by-Sophie-Muller

For the killer Paris Is Burning, Ladyhawke hits the street, striding through feathers, fireworks and tickertape accompanied by a wolf. Yes, a real wolf. Just like what probably happens in the movie from whence she takes her Marmite name.
For Red Light Company it's a straight performance, playing with camera movement and light. The budgets for the two videos may be modest, but Casper has also worked with top camera guys on these; Simon Chaudoir for the Red Light Company video, and Kasper Tuxen for Ladyhawke.
Casper Balslev on the Ladyhawke's Paris Is Burning video:
"Ladyhawke is my second promo for Modular [after Presets]. As usual the brief was open, which I like.
"We shot the video in May, near Borough market in London. We had done research on shooting in Paris and Prague, but ended up shooting in London for practical reasons. Also I didn't want to portray a known Paris anyway, or take it too literally.
"The song is very up tempo and changes a lot, so a walk was a really simple and cool way to present her and the song. Its almost a genre, walking towards the camera. I watched a lot of simular themed videos, like Beat It, or Bittersweet Symphony. I was also inspired by some fashion photography.
"I came up with the wolf, after seeing some of Pip's (Ladyhawke's) wardrobe. She has lots of T-shirts with animal prints on, she really likes animals. The wolf also reminded me of the movie Ladyhawke, and fantasy movies in general. And then it's just a cool looking night animal.
"It's easy to write a wolf into a script. And it was pretty easy to get, but a bit expensive. We got it from this company that specializes in all kind of animals for film production. But it's a dangerous animal to have on set, so we had to be careful. We had some safety restrictions, and the wolf lost its concentration after a while, but we had a back-up wolf anyway, just in case. Most movie animals come in pairs, and they were howling on the set...
"Shooting a night shoot in late May was a bit stressful. We were on a really tight schedule. I wish we had two nights for the shoot, or just another time of the year, with more night hours..."

"The band and label wanted a really simple, cool looking, performance video. I think the reference was Suede or Killers.
"I can spend days writing on a treatment. This one I wrote and did the sketches in a few hours. Originally it was set in a natural environment, with a forest surrounding them.
"I had this idea about moving the light on tracks around objects - the band - parallel with the camera. And just moving the light and shadows. Simon Chaudoir the DP, had had a similar idea for some time. So besides having some motion sickness while shooting, we had fun doing this."

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