Director of Photography

Thomas English

Following his directing debut with (pls) set me on fire, Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds directs aits sequel - another&nbsp;strongly conceptual performance video - for It Hurts.From the claustrophobic locked-off shot in his previous outing, Reynolds employs another largely one-take approach, but allows the camera to roam across a large space in which a number of random dramatic vignettes are playing out - all of which have big consequences for the participants.“In typical Shikari fashion, I threw myself in at the deep end with directing, and decided to shoot two videos in one day," explains Reynolds of the making of this and the previous video. “It was an incredibly intense experience, but we had a super-talented, passionate, focused team, and were able to get a great result.“Personally, I found it rewarding to see my ideas brought to life and create a narrative connecting the two videos. I love the attention to detail that directing allowed, and the ability to bring some of the song’s themes to life in more depth.”

United Kingdom

Murdo Hepburn

Kitty Cowell

Rou Reynolds

Lily Roberts

Kode

Ryan Delahunty

Nathan Killham

Liz Adeleye

Ty Hack

Rob Hawkins

Joe Salkey

Lauren Jeffery

Nathan Greenwood

George Neave

Coffee & TV

Ed Chambers

Ikki Dhesi

Rock

Enter Shikari 'It Hurts' by Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari - It Hurts - (Official Video)

Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds makes his video directing debut with this powerful one-take&nbsp;promo for the band's new single, (pls) set me on fire.&nbsp;The video sees the band perform&nbsp;in an effervescent setup towards the back of an industrial location, whilst a vintage TV displays retro graphics and animated lyrics from the track on screen in the foreground.&nbsp;It's a simple yet strikingly effective&nbsp;idea, that showcases the band at their best, and uses clever composition and lighting to keep eyes darting between the two positions on-screen, in a captivating ping-pong match for viewers'&nbsp;attention.[imgtoken data:1]So a lyric video for the track may not be required. But with Reynolds breaking out of the performance near the end, to write in a notebook and then wander distractedly off-screen, suggests there is still more to come. Indeed, that is confirmed by Reynolds himself."I wanted this video - my first foray into directing! - to feel minimal and uncomplicated, but at the same time full of dynamism, and therefore the polar opposite of the next video, which is a&nbsp;bewildering romp through surrealism," he says."So there’s a simplicity here, a willingness to let the raw energy of the performance be the focus, untainted by effects or complex editing. But it&nbsp;should also be mentioned that the main function of this video is really just to set up the next one…"&nbsp;

Katie Dymmock

Enter Shikari '(pls) set me on fire' by Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari - (pls) set me on fire - (Official Video)

Callum Lloyd-James directs a stirring&nbsp;promo for Grace Gachot.Inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s infinite mirror rooms, the video for F***boy Tragedy&nbsp;is a bold introduction to this new artist, emanating effortlessly cool vibes through&nbsp;an amalgam of emotional perfomance and striking art direction.&nbsp;Though the concept doesn't move from the mirrored room, there is more than enough for viewers to feast their eyes on, with an expansive aesthetic that feels as haunting as it does stylish.&nbsp;

Sammy Cullis

Callum Lloyd-James

Finn James

Mouthpiece

Hello Love

Will Stuetz

Bulman Arshehit

Rebecca Doctor

Paulette Minott

Kareem Jarche

Dominic Phipps

Company 3

Grace Gachot 'F***boy Tragedy' by Callum Lloyd-James

Grace Gachot • Fuckboy Tragedy

One of the pivotal young British voices today, Pa Salieu's new&nbsp;freestyles Mista and Lennon are accompanied by a visual directed by Mickey Voak and shot by Thomas English, outside the court where he was recently on trial.The video, filmed outside of Warwickshire Combined Court, sees the young Midlands musician depict his frustrations with the court system and the personal impact that the passage of time has had on him. Pa’s best friend Fidel Glasgow was murdered during the incident back in 2018 but no one has been charged with this offence. This video was produced and shot with less than 48 hours notice and sees Pa express himself through a powerful performance.[imgtoken data:1]The video is comprised of two separate scenes, shot solely in black and white. The first a gritty guerrilla down-the-barrel&nbsp;one-shot captures Pa’s raw emotions and heartfelt sentiments. The second, shot inside a moving vehicle, captures Pa in a pensive and reflective state as he his driven away from the courtroom.Given the nature of the shoot, Voak, English and the production team at Stadium&nbsp;were working through the various challenges and time pressures. But the combination of the location and Pa Salieu's&nbsp;lyrics make for a absorbing four minutes of unfiltered performance captured in this gripping visual.

Ray Okudzeto

Mickey Voak

STADIUM

Ryan Hawkins

Agnieszka Kocinska

Jack Foster

Vlad Barin

CHEAT

Warner Bros Records uk

Pa Salieu  'Mista/Lennon Freestyle' by Mickey Voak

Pa-Salieu--'Mista-/-Lennon-Freestyle-'-by-Mickey-Voak

In the cold light of day, a young man reflects guiltily on the previous&nbsp;night's infidelity, in Tom Gorst's relatable video for Goddard's banging&nbsp;remix of Cat Burns's Go.The video features a believable&nbsp;performance by Zirihi Zadi as the young man,&nbsp;with Gorst neatly intercutting between his party misbehaviour&nbsp;and the&nbsp;painful&nbsp;Morning After - and then freezing the action for Burns&nbsp;to make her entrance.The lead actor also supplies the&nbsp;dynamism to match this drum &amp; bass makeover of Burns'&nbsp;withering pop-soul ballad, in a dance choreographed by Supple Nam that bleeds from night into day - classily captured by Thomas English.

Tom Gorst

Adam Watts

Ross Anderson

Reece Selvadorai

Mindugas Kairys

Aga Kocinska

Shan Snowling

Supple Nam

Ruth Wardell

Ciaron Craig

Zirihi Zadi

Since93

RCA Records

Sony Music

Drum & Bass

Cat Burns 'Go (Goddard Remix)' by Tom Gorst

Cat-Burns-'Go-(goddard.-Remix)'-by-Tom-Gorst

Santi self-directs a frosty lo-fi promo for his new track Beautiful Nothing, featuring Gus Dapperton.&nbsp;The concept is a mesmerising clash of VHS-aesthetic vignettes and dreamlike animation, presented through a maximalist, Y2K lens.&nbsp;Overlaid with distorted textures and retrofuturistic graphics, the video is a hypnotic experience to watch, with brilliant creative direction from Anton Reva.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]

Anton Reva

Santi

Sin Yu Sofia

Afnan Yassin

Ramy Dance

Jake River Parker

Las Bandas Be Brave

Common People Films

Christine Trinh

Amarjeet Singh

Rowan Mackintosh King

Freddie Searle

Tamia Diaz

Art Director: Katie South

Tiara Wada

Amam Azike

Nikita Kuhn

Dmitry Stukovnikov

Nicola Sheppard

Sian Rowe

Cruel Santino ft Gus Dapperton 'Beautiful Nothing' by Santi

Cruel-Santino-Ft-Gus-Dapperton-'Beautiful-Nothing'-by-Santi

Architects' founder and drummer Dan Searle takes up the director's reins once again -&nbsp;after his excellent video for Animals - for a terrific performance video achieved in a single take.&nbsp;The premise is pretty simple:&nbsp;Architects&nbsp;are captured playing When We Were Young on a camera constantly moving around them on a circular track. It's the faultless execution that elevates the idea to the next level.With a low-key intro before the band explode into action, and a great lighting set-up to highlight the mood, the camera revolves around a pulsating performance by the band where Architects' frontman Sam Carter is always the focus of attention, the centre point in the circle the whole time.Beautifully shot by Thomas English, this is a really excellent&nbsp;performance video. The band's drummer really knows what he's doing.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rianna Faye

Dan Searle

Jamie Whymark

Joshua Noon

James Dyer

Johnny Smith

Irys Steel

Haelwyn Adams

Architects 'When We Were Young' by Dan Searle

Architects-'When-We-Were-Young'-by-Dan-Searle

Beki Mari directs a brilliant performance of It Gets Dark by Sigrid on The Late Late Show with James Corden."Paying homage to a classic rock and roll performance, it’s an idea of extreme contrasts; of black and white, futuristic, raw energy," says Mari. "We play with this stark simplicity and thus light becomes our point of difference."The deceptively simple concept - consisting of a performance in a white cyc studio - emanates huge amounts of energy, elevated by Sigrid and her&nbsp;band's riotous&nbsp;performance and the dramatic lighting cues.&nbsp;"We used a mix of programmed and handheld light to dramatically change the space; from bouncing bright white light to suddenly being plunged into darkness," continues Mari."The effervescence of this contrast&nbsp;then careers us into&nbsp;a new wildness; flashing spots and a drenching of sensory blue until we land softly, sinking into prismic, celestial sparkle - created using mix of handheld foil, laser mirrors and an Astroraggi."Those elements all combine to showcase&nbsp;a stellar performance by Sigrid, reminding us why she is one of today’s most exciting pop stars.

Macy Dingle

Ahida Agirre

Beki Mari

Ruth Parrish

John Pryer

247 Productions

Phil Penfold

Sam Savile

George Doherty

Abbi Yardley

Gabriella Floyd

Sylvain Canaux

Island Records UK

Sigrid 'It Gets Dark' (Live) by Beki Mari

Sigrid: It Gets Dark

Francis Wallis directs a playful performance promo for Kawala, featuring the group in a perpetually expanding universe of parallel rooms and scenarios.The video boasts a fun, conceptual aesthetic which more than lives up to the name of the track, inspired by the&nbsp;Droste effect. It's&nbsp;put to excellent use here, with a contemporary, slick twist, which feels suited to the cinematic world built within the video.&nbsp;With a trippy edit and brilliant performances all-round, the concept has the right balance of effects and live-action, and feels really fresh.&nbsp;"The lyrical content immediately made me think of the Droste-style effect, which is basically the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself," explains Wallis.&nbsp;"Creating this visual landscape for our chorus meant that we could repeat our scenes rhythmically, bringing a hypnotic sense of repetitiveness within our variations that felt perfectly suited to this track."Most importantly this felt like a great way to highlight that sense of disorientation and at times claustrophobia that often comes when relationships are on the rocks or at the end of their course in the way that Jim sings about."[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Sarah Asmail

April Hughes

Patricia Humm

Francis Wallis

India Bradshaw

OB Management

FAMILIA

Ailsa Robertson

James Duffy

Isusko Garcia

Llwellyn Harrison

Robyn Rowan

Jack Singer

Homespun

Szabolcs Moradi

Cabbage Film Factory

Indie

Kawala 'Hypnotized' by Francis Wallis

KAWALA - Hypnotized (Official Music Video)

Callum Lloyd-James brings the magic of Scalextric to life in this delightful promo for iconic rock band The Wombats.&nbsp;Shrinking the group down into miniature&nbsp;racecar drivers, we see a group of kids build their own racetrack in a bedroom, complete with fire effects, nostalgic 80's toys and a rickety Jenga set that is just begging to destroy the whole setup.&nbsp;The video is worth a watch&nbsp;for the facial expressions of the group alone. But along with the playful concept and great performances from the cast, it's a real ride that matches the energy of the anthemic track, brought together in a blistering edit by Lloyd-James himself.[imgtoken data:1]"The film was inspired by a combination of things, including Tron (1982), Owl City - Fireflies and the band's artwork for their new album," he says.&nbsp;"This all came together with a series of nods to the lyrics, Mariokart, Wacky Racers, as well as the artwork to the band's debut album."We shot the film on six different cameras, including mounting a GoPro to a Scalextric car to get the POV shots on the track. It was so interesting experimenting with all the different things we could do with the idea once we had it down on paper. The band really put their all with their performance too, which made my life a lot easier on set."It took a long time to develop and gave me a lot of headaches, but the team came together to make something I know we are all really proud of. Shout out to Jake Parker, Katie South and Thomas English to going above and beyond on this one. It was a massive undertaking and a colossal effort from everyone involved."

Head & Wrecker

Joe Mulvihill

Chris Steel

Anastasiya Cherkasyuk

Katie South

Suzie Walsh

Emma Gandolfo

Callum Lloyd James

Dom Phipps

Framestore 

Shivam Solanki

Marisa Garner Associates

Awal

The Wombats 'This Car Drives All By Itself' by Callum Lloyd-James

The-Wombats-'This-Car-Drives-All-By-Itself'-by-Callum-Lloyd-james

Carl Addy directs a gorgeously vibrant and textural promo, combining performance with intriguing visual effects, for metal behomoths Bullet For My Valentine.&nbsp;Beneath a series of warped animated layers, the video for Rainbow Veins intermixes glitchy performances with character vignettes - beautifully shot by Thomas English and graded by Jax Harney -&nbsp;blending together in a nightmarish hallucination.&nbsp;The distorted VFX heighten&nbsp;the surreal aesthetic, whilst contrasting colour palettes lend an otherworldly style to the concept.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Carl Addy

Tony Roberts

Freddie Wright

Heba Elgamal

Johnjoe Besagni

Rachel Freire

Sara Bowden

Sara Faulkner

Jax Harney

Gabriel Thomas

Danni Spooner

Fiona Garden

Rawpower Managent

Heavy Metal

Bullet For My Valentine 'Rainbow Veins' by Carl Addy

Bullet-For-My-Valentine-'Rainbow-Veins'-by-Carl-Addy

Parts 1 &amp; 2 of LOOSE's video for IDLES' Beachland Ballroom.[vidtoken data:0][vidtoken data:1]The release of a second version of the video certainly puts the first one in some kind of context. Now we have some kind of idea why Joe Talbot is a physical wreck, caught in the pitiless gaze of a camera close-up, in Part 1.Now we now he's being constantly pulled back, and must fight to stand his ground, as he performs the song with the band in The Rivoli Ballroom.

LOOSE

Shea Coleman

Stink Films

Hannah Bellil

Dom Mckiernan

Tom Kelly

Adam Conlon

Trey Joel

Rose Moya

Molly Mishi May

Simon Donnellon

Hands 

Edward Cooper

The Assembly Rooms

Sinead Mcgowan

Stink Rising

Post-Punk

IDLES ‘Beachland Ballroom’ (Parts 1 &2) by LOOSE

IDLES - THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM (Official Video, Pt. 1)

IDLES - THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM (Official Video, Pt. 2)

Joseph Delaney directs an intense double-performance, counter-balancing&nbsp;the industrial/rock band Drownd&nbsp;with a group of contemporary&nbsp;dancers.&nbsp;Choreographed by Simon Donnellon, the dancers (from the Ballet Rambert school) feed off the raw aggression of the band in a deserted venue, and Delaney's surprising&nbsp;juxtaposition of the differing styles of performance pays off.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Joseph Delaney

Ruairi Dunne

LEZ Creative

Drownd 'Sinner' by Joseph Delaney

Thomas English

Director of Photography

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