Rianne White directs a stylised black and white performance promo to herald the return of Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand. Shot in 16mm, the video for Night Or Day was shot in AYR Studios - the same space the band recorded the track. The shooting environment creates a tangible link between audio and visual, and White's creativity in transforming the space is truly inspired. Exuding a film noir aesthetic, the high-contast black and white imagery treads the line between surrealism and reality, and the band thrive in their performance here. "This song emulates the turbulent, transcendent immensity of feelings that live and breathe within four walls," says Rianne White. "Born with Franz Ferdinand in their Scottish studio, where they recorded this beauty was a powerful meeting of visual and sound, all caught in the eye of 16mm black and white film. These are the storms we dance in!"Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos adds: "We collaborated with the hugely talented Rianne White to capture the Drama-Noir of the environment where we recorded this and the rest of the LP. She has a sensitivity and energy which exploded into that space, giving a glimpse of the world where we made the music."Storm shake the room and boom… the dark heart of Scotland beats strong."

Liz Charky directs a playful video for singer-songwriter Henry Hall's Tiny Door - a visually inventive exploration of the song’s intriguing perspective on love. Silly moments and serious heartbreak are skillfully weaved together in a series of cheeky, dreamy, profound, and sometimes psychedelic scenes featuring Hall and his love interest, played by Frances Arnautou. Featuring a minimalist approach to art direction by set designer Brian Spadafora and a bright colour palette developed by Charky with DoP Ellin Aldana, it's a charming introduction to the work of the LA-based artist."For me, falling in and out of love runs the full course of human expression," says Charky. "Love and heartbreak can be so emotionally intense and sometimes lonely, other times quite goofy or liberating. In developing the concept, I focused on both the literal and figurative ways that falling in and out of love might look like. So, you see Henry and co-star Franny falling, flying, dancing, raging, winking, smiling, and freezing – some of the many ways that I think love can impact us.“Ellin [Aldana] has wonderful instincts for colour and texture, and our set designer Brian Spadafora’s creative capabilities are limitless!” continues Liz. “They helped the video gain its wonderful specificity. They even tracked down our jet ski and painted it the perfect mint green. The costume styling by Eliza Karpel, and hair and makeup by Sophia Erickson, could not have been better too. Eliza had the idea to bring in the knight and princess costumes to further add to the cheekiness!”The dreamy video ends in the clouds. “Love can really hurt; it can make you feel like you've reached the point of insanity, but it can also be so goofy, cheeky, and full of joy or pleasure," reflects the director. "I wanted the video to hold a tone that was true to all these expressions of love. I love the balance we found.”

The Harry Richards-directed video for Sebb Masters' Something’s In The Water features unseen clips from Contact Hours, a moving 25-minute short film about student suicide - also directed by Richards. The short was written by Rufus Love, and stars Kris Hitchen (Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You) and George Osborne (The Pendragon Cycle).The music video intercuts the Contact Hours story of an estranged father and son with shots of the Sebb Masters frontman Alex Strong. He is alone on an armchair, surrounded by darkness. As he begins to express his feelings of loneliness through song, energy begins to flow through his performance."In both the music video and short film, DoP Scarlett Gardner and I worked hard to create a consistent visual language that emphasises each character’s humanity," says Richards. "The intimacy of the lens choices and the warmth of the lighting pave the way from despair to hope."As the song builds to its emotional climax, we see the father and the son reunited. The final image of the video sees Alex once again seated in the armchair, but this time with a soft smile. It takes bravery to be vulnerable and after this catharsis he finds some peace.""Working with such a talented team on this video was extremely special," adds Sebb Masters. "Harry’s direction, coupled with Jak and Scarlett’s camera work, helped to translate my song’s hopeful message to the screen.”

Geerten Harmens directs a heartfelt promo for Dutch manager and musician Pieter Tanis, who passed away earlier this year. The video for Nog Meer Met Je was created in collaboration with Dutch production company KXRXT and those who knew Pieter, and pays homage to his work as an artist and manager. Exploring grief and mental health, the video follows several people in deep mourning, who are attracted to a bright light in the sky, which seems to emit a healing energy.As they crowd around an enigmatic structure, they are given space to grieve and celebrate memories of Pieter, which appear as glitchy, lo-fi vignettes. It's a breathtaking and hard-hitting visual, and a wonderful tribute to a sorely-missed creative. "When I was 21 years old, I met Pieter Tanis as a manager on a music video for Ocho & Ibs, and had the chance to work with a young and ambitious manager with a powerful urge to shine light on others," says Harmens."When Pieter passed away in January, it hit me and the people around me like a ton of bricks. Coming from pure emotion, my dear friend Capri made a song with Youp and Guydo named ‘Nog Meer Met Je’ (More With You)."Together with production company KXRXT and the creatives in the Dutch film industry who knew (and didn’t know!) Pieter we’ve made this music video. The budget was 0 euros and everything you see on screen was meant as a way to honour Pieter’s existence."The cast was played by the actual people around Pieter going through the grief at the same time of the production. This created a surreal fiction meets documentary aspect to the production that was often times emotional on set. I never meant to write this story with a bigger moral clue. Coming from the people who worked on this, we hope to start a conversation about balance."Every creative has a burning urge to create, to change the world. Or as Pieter’s goal was: to change someone else’s world. This urge is often celebrated without any nuance, but we should watch out that this force doesn’t eat you alive."Every form of money this project generates will be donated to charity organisations of this theme. Grief, balance, mental health."