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Tom Emmerson

Tom Emmerson directs a thoroughly entertaining promo for AntsLive, with the London rapper performing his latest track from a surprising location - the Italian Alps.With the engaging style&nbsp;previously on show in Emmerson's UKMVA-nominated video for Tweakin, Ants tears it up across glorious mountainous vistas - riding on horseback, hanging out with the locals, including the goats, wooing the farmer's daughter, and&nbsp;hitching a ride on the side of a local fire engine - for Number One Candidate.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The brilliantly surprising location for a&nbsp;grime track is a bold yet ingenious move, captured in vibrant cinematography on colour film by Isaac Eastgate.But Ants is always the star of the show, oozing cheeky personality and a sense of fun, even while sharing the screen with quite possibly the greatest goat of all time. And he also shows impressive horse riding skills, performing the track while riding his steed in a full gallop.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;"We poured months of hard work into making this one a reality," explains Tom Emmerson.&nbsp;"No major label. No established production company. All off our own backs."Ants learned to ride a horse in ten days for it and we spent two weeks filming in the mountains. This was the experience of a lifetime."So happy to have it out in the world. We're on the edge of vitality right now and hoping it goes all the way."

United Kingdom

Bentley Graham

Billy King

Emmerson Films

Adrian Vitellesci

Isaac Eastgate

Harry Wilkinson

Joseph Bicknell @ Co3

Company 3

Jonas Thorhallson

Hip Hop

Grime

AntsLive 'Number One Candidate' by Tom Emmerson

Number One Candidate - AntsLive (Official Video)

Tom Emmerson leads Col3trane through a satirical microcosm&nbsp;of the modern world - drawing on classical art&nbsp;for inspiration - in the mesmerising video for Logan Paul.&nbsp;Col3 wrote the song after attending one of social media personality-cum-boxer Paul's infamous parties in the Hollywood Hills - and Emmerson's video draws&nbsp;directly from the lyrics.Firstly, it's&nbsp;like Fight Club, as Col3trane walks through a basement full of pumped-up fighters; then its House Party, as he moves into the light, and a colourful pool party with a dazzling array of revellers. The contrast between the two is then&nbsp;brilliantly summarised in one split-screen shot.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>I drew inspiration from Renaissance art for the party and Baroque art for the fighting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote>"I wanted to create something that highlighted the utter absurdity of the TikTok era we live in; where e-boys with millions of followers go through sudden, intensive, almost monk-like, boxing training preparing to fight one another," says Emmerson.&nbsp;"I wanted to juxtapose the hedonistic (the party) with the cathartic (the fighting). Stylistically I drew inspiration from Renaissance art for the party and Baroque art for the fighting. No one does mass compositions better than the Renaissance painters and no one plays with shadows better the Baroque painters (specifically Caravaggio).""The split screen composition was directly inspired by Frans Francken the Younger’s 1633 painting Mankind's Eternal Dilemma, The Choice Between Virtue and Vice&nbsp;&nbsp;which depicts heaven, hell and earth in one epic cross-section. It all came together to form what I hope is one overwhelming sensory overload - capturing what it’s like to drift through a party feeling totally dissociated from one’s own surroundings."

Tom Emmerson

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