Commissioner

Semera Khan

The first single from The Rolling Stones' new album Foreign Tongues sees the band reunite with&nbsp;François Rousselet for the spectacular video starring American actress Odessa A’Zion, where over a hundred real musicians join&nbsp;The Stones - de-aged to their early-70s&nbsp;prime&nbsp;- in the ultimate recording session.First and foremost, this is a brilliant achievement by Rousselet who has directed two previous videos for The Stones - Ride 'Em On Down and Angry - and has arguably outdone both of them here for In The Stars, by going to the place where the legendary band are at their very best, in performance - and then taking it to the next level. The result is a euphoric experience, as the video helps make the case that this is one of The Stones' best new songs in years.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]That 'next level' has clearly involved AI, as an extraordinary array of musicians surround young versions of&nbsp;Mick, Keith, and Ronnie, while&nbsp;Odessa A’Zion provides the viewer's perspective, moving through the crowd, guiding through the fever-pitch atmosphere. And the fact is, if you did not happen to know that the actual Stones are rather older - okay, a lot older - you would be entirely forgiven for thinking their avatars are the real thing.&nbsp;The deep-fakery on the Stones is the work of Deep Voodoo, the AI company with a very Stones-adjacent name, who must be close to being best in class for this type of thing. The young&nbsp;'Mick', in particular, is very successfully achieved - and their work is all the more effective with its sparing use, integrated into a much bigger canvas.As François Rousselet explains, he was entirely focussed on the proper live action - including having stand-ins for the band on the shoot with physical similarities to the band members.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;&nbsp;"One of the challenges for this production was not simply casting the sheer volume of talent required - over 100 musicians and dancers in the space of a week - but ensuring every performer could convincingly inhabit the world of the band.&nbsp;Each musician had to quickly learn and perform the track in a way that felt authentic on camera," he says."The key was finding leads for the band who could truly sell the physicality of the performance. That human element was critical. Without it, the de-aging wouldn’t feel believable or emotionally real. I didn’t want the shoot to feel constrained by the post/VFX requirements. It was important to me that the performers and camera could move naturally, the same way you would when filming a real band performance. That freedom and unpredictability is what gives the video its energy and authenticity."To direct a third video for The Rolling Stones as someone who grew up as a true fan is an incredible privilege. Their music has shaped generations, including mine, and being trusted again to help bring their vision to the screen is something I’ll never take for granted.”

United Kingdom

Francois Rousselet

Matthew Posner

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Steve Annis

Odessa A’Zion

Emily Jeffery

Kirstin Cruickshank

Max Randall

Kharmel Cochrane

Emma Lipop

Tom Lipop

Jimmy Owen Jones

Chris Kelly

Savvas Stavrou

Matthew Fone

Jane Tredget

Natalie Arnett

Hands 

Ahmet Hussein

Colin Thwaites

Adrianna Le Gay

FIRM

Black Kite Studios

Richard Fearon

Mark Stannard

Rock

The Rolling Stones 'In The Stars' by François Rousselet

The Rolling Stones - In The Stars (Official Video)

The Rolling Stones' incredible history comes to life in Camille Boumans' fabulous mixed-media promo for The Stones's rollicking cover version of Shirley &amp; Company's Shame, Shame, Shame.&nbsp;The video is an explosion&nbsp;of The Stones' greatest moments, a vibrant archive of vintage clips and stills, unfolding through the&nbsp;pages of a&nbsp;packed scrapbook. It's a concept which allows Boumans to deliver a huge amount of information - vintage footage, lines of lyrics,&nbsp;a miscellany of textures - with lots of imaginative graphic ideas.&nbsp;It also feels hand-crafted, like it was stitched together with bits and pieces from the Stones archive with a lot of love - and as its a bit rough around the edges, with pure&nbsp;rock ’n’ roll attitude.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Amy Hancock

Adolfo Redaño

Camille Boumans

Leo Green

Sharlene Oola

Mouthpiece

Partizan

Joanna Asia Szyczewska

Danny Herman

Lauren Mills

Jack McGinity

Studio RM

Polydor

The Rolling Stones 'Shame, Shame, Shame' by Camille Boumans

The-Rolling-Stones-'Shame,-Shame,-Shame'-by-Camille-Boumans

Jake Erland reunites with Olivia Dean for the first track from her new album The Art of Loving, with a video that channels Hollywood musicals and classic fashion shoots and plays to the singer's great strength.In the video for Nice To Each Other, Olivia walks onto a rehearsal stage&nbsp;where stagehands move the two-dimensional flats that will create the scenery for a show. Her choreographed interaction with the scenery and stagehands enhances the sense of wistful romance in her performance.[imgtoken data:1]With production design by Furmaan Ahmed and choreographed by&nbsp;Meshach Henry, and shot in long takes by the director/DoP in the style of a Fifties musical, it is a terrific showcase for Olivia Dean's screen presence. And that's as delightfully mood-enhancing here as it has been in previous videos - including the UKMVA-nominated video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/08/08/olivia-dean-time-jake-erland/89266" target="_blank">Time, also directed by Erland</a>.[imgtoken data:2] &nbsp;

Jake Erland

Rowan Macintosh King

Park Pictures

Louis Danckwerts

Fran Thompson

Shelley Jones

Cerys Kenneally

Coco Marinese

Capitol Records

Oli Hill

Meshach Henry

Simone Beyene

Emily Engleman

Ellie Durbridge

Sophie Jane Anderson

Austin Phillips

Josh Higgins

Massimo Fillipi

Furmaan Ahmed

Isabella Furness

Olivia Dean 'Nice To Each Other' by Jake Erland

Olivia-Dean-'Nice-To-Each-Other-'-by-Jake-Erland

Daniel Broadley directs an absorbing promo for Sam Fender's collaboration with Olivia Dean, combining&nbsp;footage of the pair performing on Fender's recent stadium tour, synced to their recorded track.&nbsp;Captured via multiple cameras at the concert&nbsp;at The London Stadium and Fender's 'homecoming' show at St. James's Park in Newcastle, it's a cinematic showcase of&nbsp;live performance, that starts as Sam introduces&nbsp;Olivia to co-perform this song.&nbsp;With sweeping shots of an ecstatic audience and a healthy dose of slow-mo, it's an elevated visual that both encapsulates the&nbsp;tumultuous energy of a Fender gig, and also the tenderness of the song.&nbsp;Lovely work.&nbsp;

Daniel Broadley

Kode

Indie

Sam Fender ft Olivia Dean 'Rein Me In' by Daniel Broadley

Sam Fender — Rein Me In (feat. Olivia Dean) [Official Video]

Sam Fender has reunited with&nbsp;Adolescence director Philip Barantini for a video starring Owen Cooper - the young star of the acclaimed Netflix drama.The video for Little Bit Closer follows Cooper and a group of friends on a camping trip in the Lake District, where Cooper’s character quietly contemplates questions of faith. It’s a beautifully-shot short film that broadly plays on the original themes expressed within the song’s lyrics.The film is largely a character piece, so viewers may speculate on why the boy's emotions bubble to the surface in moments away from his friends. Essentially Barantini has focussed upon another, less sensational but&nbsp;entirely relatable aspect of growing up: the change from childhood to youth, when you may start to consider your actual existence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fender previously worked with Barantini back in 2021, working alongside him and fellow Adolescence star and co-writer Stephen Graham for the <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/10/22/sam-fender-spit-you-philip-barantini/73457" target="_blank">UKMVA-winning video for&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/10/22/sam-fender-spit-you-philip-barantini/73457" target="_blank">Spit Of You</a>. That was very powerful and in a quite different way, so is this.[imgtoken data:1]"It’s so great to be working with Phil [Barantini] again," Sam Fender has commented.&nbsp;"I had no doubt he was the right director for this piece - his video for Spit of You was my favourite."Phil called to say he’d asked Owen if he’d like to be in the video, and that Owen was keen. I was elated that he could do it after seeing his incredible performance in&nbsp;Adolescence. Alongside Semera Khan [Creative Director] and the rest of the cast and team, they have created something beautiful.”Philip Barantini adds: “To have the opportunity to direct another video for Sam was an immediate 'yes' - an absolute no-brainer for me! Not only is Sam an incredible artist but he’s a beautiful human and a great friend! Also, the opportunity to direct Owen again so soon after&nbsp;Adolescence&nbsp;was an absolute joy!"

Zenon Clements

Clementine Brown

Philip Barantini

Jack Lightfoot 

Blindeye Films

Caterina Castro

Hamish Anderson

Emily Clifford

Rebecca Topping

Jay Whittington Barrette

Phineas Sajous

Lucy Pearson

Louis Catlett

Dan Moran

Max Colt @ The Frender

Owen Cooper

Sam Nutt

Joseph Cairns

Sam Fender 'Little Bit Closer' by Philip Barantini

Sam-Fender-'Little-Bit-Closer'-by-Philip-Barantini

He is renowned for those qualities which nobody else quite matches - the intensity, the charisma, the intelligence, the ambivalent morality. So after Ripley, Sherlock, Fleabag, Hamlet and all - where does a Sam Fender music video stand in the range of Andrew Scott's screen achievements?&nbsp;It's right up there.&nbsp;In Stuart A McIntyre video for Fender's People Watching, Scott is a man on the move, drifting&nbsp;through the American West. His combination of purposefulness and unpredictability in McIntyre's highly fluid and cinematic direction is compelling viewing. Echoes of Scott's former roles, together with his sheer magnetism, invite us to speculate on his true motivations.&nbsp;But that's only half the story. The video is a journey to&nbsp;revelation for the viewer. And its how you reach that point is where the real magic lies. So this is one of the rare&nbsp;ones, where there's a transcendent moment which can only really come in a music video...The point when Scott starts dancing with himself, as Fender's track hits its crescendo, the image goes blurry, like the film itself can barely hold itself together. The emotion. Wow.It's not just about Andrew Scott, but the achievement of everyone involved here: McIntyre, DoP Max Goldman, editor&nbsp;Talia Pasqua (a brilliant job), commissioners Semera Khan and Kirstin Cruickshank, and more.&nbsp;But paradoxically, with no dialogue to speak, Scott is&nbsp;unchained. He moves to a different level,&nbsp;to become one of his most memorable characters. Unmissable.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Stuart Mcintyre

Andrew Scott

Max Goldman

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

China Presles

Andrew Gallo

Brittany Porter

Talia Pasqua

Cabin Edit

Tom Poole

Company 3

Sam Fender 'People Watching' by Stuart A. McIntyre

Sam Fender - People Watching (Official Video starring Andrew Scott)

Jovan Todorović directs a stirring&nbsp;promo for Irish band Inhaler.&nbsp;The video for Your House&nbsp;immerses viewers in a woman's journey as she channels her frustrations and determination through her briefcase, as she moves through the streets of New York.Interwoven with her journey are glimpses of Inhaler’s frontman Eli, whose journey mirrors hers in an the most unusual of ways - he's inside the case, being battered around off&nbsp;walls and scaffolding posts.&nbsp;The playful promo harks back to the heady days of weird and wonderful conceptual ideas, and rests on brilliant performances from Eli and the lead actress.&nbsp;Great work and bloody great fun too.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Kurt Gefke

Damian Bao

Emma Pritchard

Jovan Todorovic

Joel Spencer

SMUGGLER

Emily Jeffrey

Peter Steiniger

Sean Fornara

Chris Cruz

Jimmy Kwan

Lauren Citera

Milena Z. Petrovic

Nicholas Ray

Mikey Rossiter

Slavko Gavrić

Daisy Cvit

Inhaler 'Your House' by Jovan Todorović

Inhaler – Your House (Official Video)

Phillip Youmans directs an ambitious blend of sci-fi and contemporary dance in his latest collaboration with Michael Kiwanuka.The video for Floating Parade is formed of several distinctive vignettes, focussed around connection and our place on this Earth as humans. Youmans' narrative device is to have the world we take for granted seen through the eyes of individuals revealed to be extra-terrestrials.In a possible echo of the American indie classic The Brother From Other Planet, all the visitors to Earth are played by African-Americans.&nbsp;With an aesthetic that switches between near-future sci-fi vibes and more understated, naturalistic scenes, it's an abstract piece that feels fully immersive and touching. It strikes a very different mood to Yeomans' previous video for Kiwanuka, the UKMVA-winning video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/08/26/michael-kiwanuka-beautiful-life-phillip-youmans/78073" target="_blank">Beautiful Life</a>, yet they share his distinctive cinematic style.&nbsp;“This song is so beautiful, and it takes you to another world," Youmans explains. "I’ve always loved sci-fi, so I wanted to bring that to this idea. Through this piece, I want people to experience the simple things of life with a newfound appreciation on Earth, this floating parade&nbsp;that we call home.”[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Mikey Avina

Copelan

Estefany Contreras

Phillip Youmans

Johnny Hernandez

Joseph Barbalaco

Cult Classic

Travis Moffatt

Tristan Moffatt

Jeff Leeds Cohn

Manny Caston

Robert Julin

Jo Coi

Mcakay Todd

Jesus Alvarado

Miriam Ortiz

Keyhan Bayegan

The Mill

Michael Kiwanuka 'Floating Parade' by Phillip Youmans

Michael-Kiwanuka--'Floating-Parade'-by-Phillip-Youmans

James Barnes directs The Rolling Stones' performance of Sweet Sounds of Heaven at Racket NYC, accompanied by Lady Gaga.&nbsp;The electric energy of the album launch show is captured in a naturalistic way through an understated multicam setup, letting the dynamic performance do all the talking.Encapsulating the emotions of the crowd as well as the performers, it's a well-documented&nbsp;piece of work, which buzzes with palpable, raw energy.&nbsp;

Nick Krasnic

James Barnes

Erikx Disantis

Our Secret Handshake

Ambrose Eng

Laura Burhenn

Lavinia Jones Wright

Rob Martin

Hamish Lyons

Jaime Obradovich

Polydor Records

The Rolling Stones & Lady Gaga 'Sweet Sounds Of Heaven - Live @ Racket NYC' by James Barnes

The-Rolling-Stones-&-Lady-Gaga-'Sweet-Sounds-Of-Heaven---Live-@-Racket-Nyc'-by-James-Barnes

Francois Rousselet reunites with The Rolling Stones, for Angry - their first new music in 17 years - to bring the billboards of Sunset Boulevard brilliantly to life with decades of Stones' iconography.Sidney Sweeney plays the 'rock chick' who is having the time of her life, cruising the strip in a vintage Mercedes SL, past those iconic billboards.&nbsp;But the main business of the video, the real star of the show,&nbsp;are the billboards themselves - beautifully designed, crafted and wonderfully executed with outstandingly creative VFX work by the team at Black Kite Studios in London. The most iconic moments of the career of the Stones - six decades of material - come to life in a video for what turns out to be a properly good new Stones track.[imgtoken data:1]Although the eye-catching billboards have almost all disappeared today - they started as hand-painted boards in the early days of Hollywood and then became part of the burgeoning rock billboard scene in the 1960s&nbsp;- the locations have not changed.Rousselet designed the Stones' billboards himself - all 109 of them. Then Black Kite's VFX Supervisor George Brunt, on-set VFX Supervisor Jonny&nbsp;Freeman and senior&nbsp;colourist&nbsp;Richard Fearon&nbsp;were tasked with putting them back on Sunset Boulevard, so they appear from the point of view of the car in which Sidney Sweeney is travelling.[imgtoken data:2]“We took iconic archive footage of the band and used traditional comping and 2D and 3D roto methods to work the moving footage into each poster," says George Brunt, explaining&nbsp;the brief that they were given by Rousselet - who has worked with the Stones before, on the 2016 video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/12/02/rolling-stones-ride-%E2%80%98em-down-francois-rousselet/45023" target="_blank">Ride Em On Down</a>, starring Kristin Stewart.As well as the archive footage,&nbsp;there was also new live footage to reflect every stage of the band, with the lyrics of Angry as part of the composition of each billboard. Brunt says that a variety of tools were employed in order for the Stones' performance of Angry to come to life with the vintage footage.[imgtoken data:3]“The lyrics of the track were matched to the footage using a combination of&nbsp;lip-syncing and AI," he says. "We used 3D&nbsp;lighting to match the plates and replicate the quality and sheen of a classic billboard.&nbsp;The end result had to look slick, and working with different resolution types is challenging.&nbsp;The devil really is in the detail with this type of work but slick it looks and we love it.”Jonny Freeman was on set for Black Kite, the one day shoot took place on Sunset Boulevard with a camera on the hero car, the team in a truck behind and LA police escorts in front and behind the action to keep the famous street clear.&nbsp;The camera was placed from the point of view of Sydney Sweeney to recreate the sensation of moving among the flow of the billboards on the Strip with the rock icons appearing larger than life the whole way.[imgtoken data:4]"It was essential to get the lighting just right for the VFX team back at the studio," says Freeman. "I went on a tech scout the week before and shot lighting reference images to make sure we had additional light passes to help bed in compositions in the final film."Black Kite’s Rich Fearon, a long time collaborator of Rousselet, was in charge of the grade. The promo was shot on 35mm film, with Christopher Ripley as DOP, and this really enhanced the edgy LA look.&nbsp;“This grade was all about bringing out the brilliant LA light with a lot of contrast in the rich colour, whilst keeping the gritty texture of the film," says Fearon. “It’s always a pleasure to work with Francois and this time was almost an extension of the last Stones’ promo we worked on together, for&nbsp;Ride ‘Em on Down."I almost instinctively knew what he wanted and this was apparent when he saw the first pass and loved it!”

Harriet Cawley

Molly Dickson

Josh Sondock

Christopher Ripley

Brooke Eliot

Josh Montes

Matt Planer

Glen Coco

Patrick Ta

Dominic Leung

Marsheen

Abi Klimaszewska

Hannah Ruddleston

Jonny Freeman

George Brunt

Sydney Sweeney

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' by Francois Rousselet

The Rolling Stones - Angry (Official Video)

The Trash Factory AKA James Arden directs a charming throwback to 80s television, in his video for Inhaler.&nbsp;The video for Love Will Get You There sees the group frolic through several late-night concepts, from The Late Late Show to a gunge-tastic gameshow.&nbsp;Packed full of personality and little easter egg throwbacks, it's an upbeat vision for an instantly catchy track - with plenty of playfighting and faux drama to create some conflict.&nbsp;"We shot this entirely on 40-year-old broadcast cameras that I’m honestly shocked we were able to get our hands on," Arden says. "I wanted to recreate the feeling of a world when terrestrial television ruled the airwaves and you could spend an evening skipping between channels."Visually, I was inspired by 1980s late-night talk shows, like Gay Byrne’s in Ireland, tacky game shows I used to watch after school and, of course, performances on The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops."The best memories were always when things got a bit out of control live on air… this promo is about those infamous chaotic moments."