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Virgin EMI

Kawala and Do Not Entry team up for another madcap music video, this time for lilting track&nbsp;Chasing/Wasting Time.&nbsp;The video follows the Kawala boys and their hapless&nbsp;attempt to get onto the property ladder. What follows is a weird adventure involving wild band members, shady landlords, and dodgy dealings.Opening with a lo-fi internet aesthetic, the tone&nbsp;is very much tongue-in-cheek, aided by amateur wordart, cheap stock photos and absurd performances.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Peter Riches allows&nbsp;the humour to play out with straightforward cinematography, top-notch in quality with a peppering of zooms and pans to add a zesty energy to the concept.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Do Not Entry

Ellis Fox

Sticker Studios

Harleymoon Kemp

Joshua Loftin

Peter Riches

Jean Dakar

Leon Pyszora

Stan Wright

Frank Higson

Megan Lee

The Mill

Alternative

Indie

Kawala 'Chasing/Wasting Time' by Do Not Entry

Kawala-'Chasing-/-Wasting-Time'-by-Do-Not-Entry

Sheena Brobbey directs a 90's inspired promo for Tiana Blake's Interruption.Flipping through an endless stream of outfits and looks, we see Blake trying to decide what to wear to impress her love interest, before settling on something that is authentic and true to her.&nbsp;The bedroom set is an editorial fantasy, washed in blue and pink colour palettes, which add to the aspirational vibes, and the lo-fi DV footage leans into the nostalgic aesthetic.&nbsp;

Sheena Brobbey

Joseph J Goldman

Ash Teague

Nicola Sheppard

Cameron Sealby

Jolade Olusanya

Courtney Bennett

Oliver Bingham

Jamie Hitchens

Jade Adeyemi

Leah Abbott

Rohmarra Kerr

Grace Sinnott

Samuel Marr

Meg Lee

Tamara Naomi Freeman

Lost Ones

Filmco.

Tiana Blake 'Interruption' by Sheena Brobbey

Tiana-Blake-'Interruption'-by-Sheena-Brobbey

Olivia Rose directs a celestial, otherworldly promo for Lancey Foux.&nbsp;Known for reinterpreting masculinity through a female gaze in both her&nbsp;photography and video projects, Rose's concept exists in a parallel space and time, evidenced by surreal imagery - a fish covered in luminescent butterflies, as an example - and a soft, introspective performance, leaning into a certain vulnerability that shapes the entire narrative.&nbsp;It's a wonderful, unexpected vision, and one of the most unique promos of the year, arriving just a couple of weeks before 2020 finally ends.&nbsp;

Olivia Rose

Francois Larpin

Voodoo Pictures

Rob Rogan

Giselle Garcia

Amelia Hazlerigg

Benji Kirkman

Nathan Lloyd 

Jonny Boomer

Ciaran Beale

Nick Royal

Marina Belfon-rose

Jack Singer

Homespun

Black Kite Studios

Tamara Mennell

Jim Spartling

James Hackett

Richard Fearon

Alternative/ Indie

Lancey Foux 'Poison' by Olivia Rose

Lancey-Fouxx-'Poison'-by-Olivia-Rose

Claire Arnold channels the spirit of great '60s singers - as part of a classic girl group and then when they go solo - for new British R&amp;B&nbsp;artist Olivia Dean.Recreating the style of a mid-century monochrome TV performance, Dean performs Hardest Part as&nbsp;the lead singer in a classic Motown-style girl group. But then the style changes to a disco-era TV show aesthetic&nbsp;- in colour, prism lenses - with Olivia as the Diana Ross-like solo star.&nbsp;And we get to see that shimmering gown she's wearing in all its glory.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Claire Arnold

Callum Harrison

Ground Work

Aaron Z. Willson

Elle Lotherington

Nathalie Pitters

Catharina Scarpellini

Lou Macnamara

Leopold Naessens

Y-lan Lucas

Luci Ellis

Issac Poleon

Celia Burton

Suga Suppiah

Caroline Morin

Wash

Connie Meade

Olivia Dean 'Hardest Part' by Claire Arnold

Olivia-Dean-'Hardest-Part'-by-Claire-Arnold

Felix Brady explores our sense of self in the mesmerising video for Greentea Peng's Hu Man.&nbsp;Spanning a series of hyperstylised vignettes, the video is packed full of iconography alluding to our sense of self and the falsehoods we have bought into as a society, and laments the way we are so reliant on our own egos.&nbsp;Peng explains, "The track is a war cry. Calling upon the energy of Kali Ma- ‘The Dark Mother’, to strip us from our ego, take the skin and leave the spirit and transcend the veil of Maya - The cosmic illusion. For the battleground is inside of us - between you and your ego. In Lak'ech Ala K'in” - “I am you , you are me.”The sleek cinematography - care of&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Ben Fordesman - feels almost dreamlike in its execution, and the use of VFX to transition between scenes and&nbsp;characters is a characteristic Brady touch that's seamless and very effective.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Felix Brady

Martha McGuirk

Stink Films

Katie Lambert

Jonathan Sidwell

Ben Fordesman

Edward Tucker

David Ansah

Jono Yates

Jake Hunte

Natasha Lawes / Maha Aleselami

Joseph Bicknell

Astro Pirata

George Zador

Steve Ohalloran

Kikz Katika, Mette

Soul

Greentea Peng 'Hu Man' (Director's Cut) by Felix Brady

Crooked Cynics direct an inspirational and cinematic video for Alok's Don't Cry For Me.The directing duo - Tom Middleton and Jack Scott - bring an unusual concept to the table, inspired by a strange event in Tom's early life...&nbsp;With top-notch visuals from DoP&nbsp;Arron Reid, the&nbsp;video contrasts the painstaking work it takes to get to the top of your game, with a celebratory performance at the climax. The colour palette and lighting elevate the drama of the concept, anchoring the more offbeat themes&nbsp;in a real-world environment.&nbsp;It's a fine follow-up by Middleton and Scott to their recent lockdown romantic comedy for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/06/29/sigma-john-newman-high-you-crooked-cynics/65420" target="_blank">Sigma &amp; John Newman.</a>

Brazil

Crooked Cynics

Fred Bonham Carter

Just Fred

Amanda Tuckwell

Aaron Reid

James Matai

Rob Hawkins

Lee Brinkley

Lettie Grumbar

Jen Cardo

Sims Camp

George K

Marisa Garner Associates

Ailsa Robertson

Supple Nam

Brendan Rogers

Renako Mcdonald

Karl Collins

Alok, Martin Jensen, Jason Derulo 'Dont Cry For Me' by Crooked Cynics

Alok,-Martin-Jensen,-Jason-Derulo-'Dont-Cry-For-Me'-by-Crooked-Cynics

BWTV direct a transcendent and philosophical visual for Doves' Prisoners.&nbsp;Following the incredible VFX trickery in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/06/29/doves-carousels-yoni-weisberg/65436">Carousels</a>&nbsp;- their first release in over ten years - this video follows a similarly abstract pattern, focusing on vignettes of life and the universe.&nbsp;Spanning a huge variety of self-contained mini-concepts, the setups includes&nbsp;a fawn inside a modern apartment, a variety of lighting patterns inside&nbsp;buildings and off-kilter journeys through the streets and skies.&nbsp;Complete with a series of breathless visual effects, the video is a triumphant return for Doves, and a perfect follow-up to the last release.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

BWTV

Jack Lightfoot

Blindeye Films

Daniel Davies

Dan Moran

Kye Dorricott

Carrie Sutton

Paul McKee

Rock

Doves 'Prisoners' by BWTV

Doves-'Prisoners'-by-Bwtv

Ruby &amp; Boya directs a new visual for Duchess, taking the format of an on-screen collection of different social media and video-chat windows.The concept explores the ups and downs of a modern long-distance relationship, which in this case has the pandemic to blame instead of the physical space between them.&nbsp;It's authentic and engaging, with Ruby &amp; Boya, who also devised the VFX,&nbsp;doing a great job of interweaving social media iconography with simple but well-acted performances.&nbsp;

Ruby & Boya

Jerome Danvers

OB Productions

Tobee Oyeleye

OB Management

Singer songwriter

Duchess 'Blame' by Ruby & Boya

Duchess-'Blame'-by-Lea-Ogunlami

Yoni Weisberg has devised a euphoric and mesmerising world in a video that heralds the long-awaited return of Manchester band Doves.Weisberg's video for Carousels (featuring a sample of the late Tony Allen's legendary drumming)&nbsp;introduces us to his new reality, where brutalist architecture is deconstructed, and comes apart from regimented reality. It's engrossing, constantly engaging, and when the viewer comes to terms with this world, the director introduces into a new level of abstraction to help twist the reality further.“As soon as the opportunity came up to create a video for an iconic band in Doves I knew that it was one which I couldn’t let slip through my fingers," says Weisberg. "The development of the creative approach was very collaborative with the band and they’ve been both brilliant partners and incredibly supportive all throughout the creation of the video for Carousels."When we started on the road with this project the world was in a very different place but in the end I think there is something rather serendipitous about having made a video which takes the world somewhat as we know it, then turned it on it’s head to create something almost unrecognisable.”

Yoni Weisberg

Ben McFarlane

Chief Productions

Chief Post

Paul Willis

Prateek Mathur

Chris Birks

Dance

Doves 'Carousels' by Yoni Weisberg 

Doves-'Carousels'-by-Yoni-Weisberg-

Jonas Blue and guest vocalist MAX cavort with giant animated women in Isaac Rentz's neon dream for the suggestive Naked.With Rentz aided and abetted by the post work of the versatile Gemma Yin, this is a thoroughly entertaining confection of visual elements, featuring rotoscoped images of dancers, rendered in neon-style outline, augmentoing MAX's very likeable performance - while Jonas Blue plas the cool mastermind role, partly from behind the wheel of a vintage Mercedes convertible.Rentz remoted directed everything here during quarantine, with the artists shooting themselves (with their families' help) at their homes, courtesy of his and DoP Dannell Escalon's guidance. With Gemma Yin's contribution with the animation and editing it;s another lockdown video that transcends its limitations.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

Isaac Rentz

Missy Galanida

Isaac Rice

Hound Content

Dannel Escallon

Richy Jackson

Gemma Yin

Dani Marsh

Odessa Coleman

Kimberley Rabbitt

Las Bandas Be Brave

Jonas Blue, MAX 'Naked' by Isaac Rentz

Jonas Blue, MAX - Naked (Official Video)

As we know, no Glastonbury this year. No festivals at all. It hardly seems possible. But&nbsp;this could be the closest you get to a transcendent experience in a field:&nbsp;Joe Wilson's video for Just Hold On, the latest collaboration between Sub Focus and Wilkinson, takes us into the private rave of two friends, at golden hour.&nbsp;Set in&nbsp;countryside&nbsp;peppered with rocky structures and lush scenery, the two girls drink, dance and smoke the evening away as the sun sets. Or possibly rises. The&nbsp;video evokes carefree snapshots of youth and friendship, beautifully visualised by&nbsp;Ed Hubert's loose and experimental cinematography.Things start in fairly straightforward narrative form, but then the imagery begins to reflect the girls' state of trippy bliss. Film frames blur, and then double-expose: grainy textures&nbsp;are laid upon frenzied close-ups, building into a glitchy kaleidoscope of memories, dissipating as quickly as they formed. Just like you're having the time of your life in the Green Fields this midsummer...

Joe Wilson

Ersan Beskardes

Bullion Productions

Rachel Bashford

Danny Rumbelow

Ed Hubert

Duke's Cupboard

Robert Newman 

Fillippo Miro

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

John Moule

Simon Donnellon

Cinelab Film and Digital

Electronic

Sub Focus & Wilkinson 'Just Hold On' by Joe Wilson

Subfocus-&-Wilkinson-'Just-Hold-On'-by-Joe-Wilson

Yousef follows up his brilliant video&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/03/30/piero-pirupa-braindead-heroin-kills-yousef/64051" target="_blank">Piero Pirupa's Braindead</a> with another gem, this time for SG Lewis, and this time made in quarantine conditions.&nbsp;Self-shot by the artist in isolation, Yousef has thoroughly manipulated that performance footage of Chemicals through inventive use of After Effects. SG is endlessly replicated within the confines of a TV-shaped screen, in increasingly off the wall ways, as if&nbsp;they might well be chemically-induced.Beyond that, there are the contributions&nbsp;by&nbsp;other animators and VFX artists who, in the fashion of Peter Gabriel's classic Sledgehammer video,&nbsp;provide seconds-long bursts of fresh animation styles, integrated into the main body of work. It's a marvellous way to transcend the limitations of these times.[imgtoken data:1]

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