Franz Ferdinand 'Evil Eye' by Diane Martel
After her contentious outings with those VMA pals Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus this year, Diane Martel takes a break from making provocative pop vids - and makes a provocative, gleefully …
Yelle 'Ba$$in' by Diane Martel & Geoffrey Lillemon
Following on from their Nicki Minaj's Pills N Potions collaboration, Diane Martel & Geoffrey Lillemon bring another surreal 3D-graphics heavy world for the zany French girl singer Yelle, and creates loads of imaginative fun in the process.
With a distinctly retro Windows 98 feel, the video has the band performing in a lo-fi set-up with familiar nature picture backgrounds, CGI grass, manic dancing characters - and Yelle's head also periodically relocated to the top of a fully-animated blow-up doll.
All in all, it's fresh and totally bonkers, and a great vehicle for what sounds like a nailed-on international pop hit. And if Ba$$in is going to make its mark on non-Francophones, this video is going to do a lot of the work.
Credits
| Director | Diane Martel |
| Director | Geoffrey Lillemon |
| Producer | Kimberly Stuckwisch |
| Production Company | Maavven |
| Executive Producer | Coleen Haynes / Chris Clavadetscher |
| 1st AD | Joe Suarez |
| Director of Photography | Isaac Bauman |
| Editor | Daniel Miranda |
| Post Producer | Geoffrey Lillemon |
| VFX | Geoffrey Lillemon |
| Director's Representation | Maavven (us) Ob Management (uk) |
| Label | Kemosabe Records |
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