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Mike Downs

Gavin James takes to the rollerskating rink, and revives some of iconic movie moments of the Eighties, in Andy Morgan's entertaining video for Greatest Hits.James and Morgan have fun with a tongue-in-cheek approach to a sad love song, with his doomed rollerskating romance dotted with references to classic movies - Footloose, Back To The Future, Say Anything, to name a few&nbsp;-&nbsp;to James pulling off some unlikely moves in the rollerdisco with&nbsp;champ&nbsp;skater Tinuke O'Yediran,&nbsp;thanks to champ skater stand-in&nbsp;Zachary Martin.And there's a nice bloopers reel during the credit sequence at the end showing how much fun they had making it.[imgtoken data:1]"Gavin's brief was he wanted to skate his feelings, Footloose-style, in a roller rink, with the idea to put in lots of 80s references. Being a big fan of that era I figured if we’re going 80s then let's not hold back!&nbsp;"I wanted to hinge the idea on a narrative which lead me to the opening which is a combination of&nbsp;The Goonies’&nbsp;doubloon scene and&nbsp;Back To The Future. The rest of the video was seeing how many 80’s references we could fit into a single shooting day."It seemed like everyone on this shoot was a professional level skater, whereas Gavin had only been learning for just over a month! Our female lead Tinuke O'Yediran is a double Guinness world record holder for skating, Gavin’s double, Zachary Martin, is an award-winning member of Team GB, and Chris Dumount camera operated on skates which gave us some amazing dynamic moves."It was a hard shoot, but Gavin’s neverending enthusiasm and hilarious ideas for improv, as well as an immense effort from the entire crew held everything together."

Andy Morgan

Electric Light Studios

Riyadh Haque

Franklin Dow

Juan Minotta

Aida García Vega

Noah Furrer

Nigel Greene

Bekki Mitchell

Mattieu Tullet

Katia Kush

Tinuke O'yediran

Stella Foster

Gold Soldier Records

Altaira Morris

Joanna Coleman

Gavin James 'Greatest Hits' by Andy Morgan

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Dan Massie teams up with James Arthur for another live promo, this time for introspective hit Avalanche.&nbsp;Shot in a contemporary social space, the focus of the concept is purely on James' performance, which slowly unravels as the track builds to its emotional climax.&nbsp;Cold blue lighting and slow, contemplative shots elevate the reflective themes in the song, whilst the inclusion of the full band adds an extra energy and finesse to the piece.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Dan Massie

Electric Light Studios Ltd

Frank Dow

John Joe Besagni

James Arthur 'Avalanche (Live Session)' by Dan Massie

Dan Massie directs an epic promo for James Arthur's September, shot live for The Late Late Show with James Corden.&nbsp;Inside&nbsp;an enormous, industrial warehouse space, James and his band perform against a wash of vivid red lights, appearing as tiny figures in relation to the gargantuan steel structure.&nbsp;The performance is full of heart and emotion, and the glossy cinematography adds a pure, feel-good pop vibe to the concept.&nbsp;

Naomi Hancock

Ben Law

James Arthur 'September (live From The Late Late Show With James Corden)' by Dan Massie

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Dan Massie steps out of his customary field of live performance and into high-end VFX for Clean Bandit's collab with Croatian/German DJ Topic and UK R&amp;B singer Wes Nelson.The video for the energetic dance-pop track Drive features Nelson as a happy lorry driver, performing from the cab of his big truck through country and city - and then beyond, into outer space.Intercut with performances by Clean Bandit with dancers in a virtual space, the video employs state-of-the-art back projection technology, as well as dazzling use of lazers and CGI - plus a real 18 tonne truck - to create an effervescent visual for the feelgood track.&nbsp;

Richard Dunton

Clean Bandit & Topic ft Wes Nelson 'Drive' by Dan Massie

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Dan Massie directs a moving performance promo for Ed Sheeran's Visiting Hours.&nbsp;Shot in a spectacular church location, the visual is similar in execution to the other videos that Massie has produced in this series, but is elevated in its own way, through ethereal, drifting camerawork.&nbsp;Sheeran's performance is top-notch - of course - but also incredibly expressive and emotive, cutting through his happy-go-lucky exterior to drill right into the core of the subject matter.&nbsp;

Justin McGillivray

Chris Randak

Alex Gibbon 

Ed Sheeran 'Visiting Hours' (Official Performance Video) by Dan Massie

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For the acoustic version of Clean Bandit and Mabel's collaboration, Dan Massie goes for a combination of futuristic and retro.It's set in a stylised art gallery meets retro TV sets - shot full frame on super-sharp lenses and super-soft filters - and Massie upcycled some of the broken-up clock set from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA" target="_blank">official music video</a> directed by the band.

Chelsea Bernard

Alex Gibbons

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Clean Bandit & Mabel 'Tick Tock (Acoustic)' by Dan Massie

Clean Bandit and Mabel - Tick Tock [Official Acoustic Video]

Dan Massie directs an intimate two-thousand capacity show for Taylor Swift's City Of Lovers album launch.&nbsp;Shot pre-lockdown, the video is shot in the beautiful L'Olympia venue in Paris, with Taylor performing to an excited crowd of competition winners flown in from around the world.&nbsp;In contrast with the shimmery pop promos Swift has become known for, this visual has dramatic lighting and shadows, creating a more cinematic and&nbsp;mysterious aesthetic.&nbsp;Captured with seven Alex Minis and some stunning anamorphic zoom lenses, the full concert film is now streaming on Disney+, having had it's network premiere on ABC.&nbsp;

United States

Tom Land

Ben Coughlan

Andreea Gruionio

Aaron Hindes

Taylor Swift 'City Of Lovers Concert Film' by Dan Massie

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PINT - that is, NFTS graduate Peter Pint - has created an engrossing video for Maurice O&#39;Connor AKA Sample Answer&#39;s&nbsp;Collision, set around a car crash in the woods, from which O&#39;Connor is seemingly being rescued by a&nbsp;woman who comes across the wreckage.But their relationship is a bit more complicated that that, as the woman&#39;s expressive dance takes us through her emotional journey, and the car crash shows its full metaphorical meaning. This was a process that took weeks of preparation by O&#39;Connor and actress/dancer Becks Rosen, and choreographed by Annie Deakin-Foster.The Collision video itself was shot in Coldharbour Wood in Surrey, with the 80s Jag, says the producer MZL, sourced from a local breakers yard, and the Alpha Sud also after a long search for &#39;80s marques. &quot;Both delivery tow tucks got stuck in the mud but luckily managed to pull each other out!&quot;

Ireland

PINT

Rob Holden

Lydia Handford

Will Hadley

Andrea Gruionou

Ihunna Eberendu

Lorraine Dublin

Pauline Briscoe, Waveney Wallace-sims

Chris Morris

Raf Curtis

Alex Beaumont

Maurice O'connor, Becks Rosen

Chris Norton

Acp Recordings

Annie Deakin-Foster

Sample Answer 'Collision' by Pint

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This lovely video of British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin performing What Did You Do was&nbsp;directed by Jamie Carter and was&nbsp;shot live&nbsp;at Wilton&rsquo;s Music Hall.The video is made up of&nbsp;soft, filmic&nbsp;black and white shots taken from&nbsp;multiple viewpoints throughout the hall.&nbsp;Capturing a live performance can&#39;t be easy, with no multiple takes, redos or pauses to make adjustments, but Carter and his crew&nbsp;did a great job of capturing the action and making it look great in the process.&nbsp;

Jamie Carter

Necker

Martin Knight

David Loudoun

William Nichols

Gabrielle Aplin 'What Did You Do (live)' by Jamie Carter

Gabrielle Aplin - What Did You Do? (Live from Wilton's Music Hall)

Shot in London and directed by Jamie Carter, five-time Grammy nominee and multi-platinum selling US country star Hunter Hayes and his band set up shop in a vast but minimal warehouse-style space for this performance piece to partner new single Light Me Up.

Aaron Reid

James Matai

Ky Brasey

Lee Parfitt

Kim Perrett

Megen Pearson

Warner Music

Zeb Chadfield

The Finish Line

James Francis

Sophie Morgans

Mem Youssouf

Martin Kloud,  James Cannavan

David Ashby

Tom Amesbury

Warner Music UK

Hannah Dudley

Lee Lighting Services

Hunter Hayes 'Light Me Up' by Jamie Carter

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Boyzone&#39;s new promo Who We Are is an unremittingly&nbsp;upbeat studio performance from the Irish man-band who must surely be considering a name-change - directed by Jamie Carter and shot on&nbsp;location at Angel Studios in London.

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