A gorgeous exploration of art and movement by New York City-based director Arthur Valverde. Combining footage of statues in Paris with ballet dancers shot in extreme slow motion, “Statures of Gods” creates a beautiful parallel of perfection.
This video is just one of the many stunning submissions we’ve received in the past week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!
A man struggles to protect his family from his violent past in this excellent short by Samuel Klughertz, Alix Arrault, Jules Rigolle and Martin Hurmane from Gobelins school of animation in Paris.
Director Oscar Hudson cooks up a visual feast for Young Thug and Carnage’s track with Meek Mill. One of our favs of the year! Click here to check out more of Oscar’s amazing work, if you haven’t already!
Director: Oscar Hudson
US EP : Alli Maxwell / Pulse Films
EP: Rik Green / Pulse Films
Commissioner: Joceline Gabriel
Producer: Dylan Harrington
DP: Kristian Zuniga
Production Designer: Wayne Wolfgram
Art Director: Andrew O’Connor
1st AD: Griffin Evans
Production Manager: Meliz Yilmaz
Production Manager: Van Dinh
1st AC: Mike Rooney
2nd AC: Austin English
Motion Control: Eric Deren
DIT/Playback: Jazz Pierce
BTS/2nd Unit: Denton Adkinson
Gaffer: Brian Stansfield
Key Grip: Gabe Pippas
BBG: Eddie Edward Sarkisov
Grip: Benjamin Goodrow
Key Set Builder: Jacob Kiesgen
Set Builder: Eric White
Set Builder: Jay Malone
Set Builder: Mikey Bradshaw
Key Rigger: Gabe Pippas
Art Rigger: Benjamin Gravitt
Set Decorator: Brittany Hester
Art Coordinator: Ashley Bradshaw
Set Dresser: Yonni Tefari
Prop Master: Drew Mullins
Stunt Coordinator: Noah Garrett
Stunt Rigger: John D. Ross
Hair/MUA: Crystal Broedel
SFX MUA: Emily Kay Holloway
Shopper: Katie Carpenter
Wardrobe Stylist: Jessica Pruehs
Medic: Sam Barrow
PA: James Myerscough
PA: Daniel Peppers
PA: Chris Clark
PA: Chris Ferguson
A fun animated short by artist Erik Winkowski (previously featured here). Music by Billy Lilly.
Mesmerizing video for London Grammar’s track “Non Believer” by Jonathan Desbiens (aka Jodeb) from Shawinigan Falls, Québec.
Director: Jodeb
Produced by PRETTYBIRD
Exec Producer: Juliette Larthe
Producer: Hannah May
Director’s rep: Joceline Gabriel
Montreal Line Production: c/o Colossale
Exec Producer, Montreal: Vlad Cojocaru
Line Producer, Montreal: Nicolas J. Smith
1st AD: Alexandre Auray
DOP: Christophe Collette
Art Director: Sylvain Lemaitre
Wardrobe Stylist: Andrée-Jade Hélie
Edit & VFX: Jodeb
Special thanks: Peter Henry Phillips
A unique spot for UK startup Habito produced at Nexus Studios by artist Nicolas Ménard (previously featured here). The visuals are the result of a series of code that turn “graphical chaos into satisfying order,” a personal passion of Ménard’s. The fact that the highly technical process parallels the kind of algorithms used by the online company is something of a happy accident, as Ménard explained to us: “I wrote a book call Colorimetry in 2010 and made a film with algorithms using the data of colour. Somehow, this niche interest of mine got me involved in creating a TV commercial”!
Agency: Who Wot Why
ECDs/Creatives: Sean Thompson, Matt Gooden and Ben Walker
Agency Producer: Marissa Jennings
Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Nicolas Ménard
ECD: Chris O’Reilly
Executive Producers: Luke Youngman
Producer: Fernanda Garcia Lopez
Project Lead & Compositing: Elliott Kajdan
Design & Animation: Nicolas Ménard
Coding: Variable.io
Illustrations: Jack Cunningham
Editor: Dave Slade
Sound Design: David Kamp
Music: Daniel Hegarty & David Kamp
Sound Mix: Parv Thind & Jack Sedgwich @ Wave Studios
Sydney-based director and photographer Imogen Grist creates visuals both sleepy and sensual for Tigertown’s track “Warriors.” Click here to check out Grist’s previous work for Cloud Control, if you haven’t already!
Director – Imogen Grist
Producer – Erin Moy
DOP – Grégoire Lière
Production Manager – Re Lim
1st AD – Simon Jackman
Art Director – Jarred Fitzgerald
H&MU – Celeste Gubb
1st AC – Carolina Izquierdo Duarte
2nd AC – Luke Dampney Williams
Gaffer – Nathan Grant
Best Boy – Tom Keyes
Editor – Joey Hunter
Colourist – Matt Fezz
Animated video for Franc Moody’s track “Super Star Struck” by director Crack Stevens (aka Akinola Davies) and illustrator Mason London (aka Joe Prytherch).
Love the energy of this video for Matthew Logan Vasquez’s track “Fires Down In Mexico” by Michael Parks Randa. Taking a decidedly guerrilla-style approach, the usually meticulous filmmaker operated without a shot list, location scout, rehearsals or permission!
Starring: Paris Peterson, Andrew Dell Isola
Director: Michael Parks Randa
DP: Matthew Canada
Producer: Jake Sharpless
Edit: Michael Parks Randa
Color: Rob Bessette
New York City-based director Aurélien Heilbronn follows a close-knit community of illegal street bike racers in the Dominican Republic. With the help of composer Max Zippel, the documentary short goes beyond the partying and violence of gang life to offer an everyday look at these adrenaline-seeking kids. As Heilbronn shared with us:
“It is this paradoxical safe universe, created by them and for them that I wished to capture. Due to this complexity, I wanted this documentary to be hybrid. I did not want to fall into the folklore of clichés; my goal was to create something cinematic with a dark and sometimes disturbing tonality.”
This video is just one of the many amazing submissions we’ve received in the past week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!
French directing duo Videodrome (aka Nassim Maoui and Christophe Mentz) create a series of hypnotic visuals for St.Petersburg-based electronic band Fizzarum. Entirely self-produced, and shot over a long period of time, “Peace Around” features kaleidoscopic images of natural and urban landscapes from across the United States.
Lead singer Theo Hutchcraft plays a grieving man who breaks into dance at his lover’s funeral in the video for “Ready to Go” by London-based filmmaker Thomas James. Choreography by Alexandra Green (previously featured here). Check out Hurts’s other great video for “Beautiful Ones” here, if you haven’t already!
