Instantly fell in love with this video which is, fittingly, for Dirty Projectors’ track about love at first sight. Directed by Daren Rabinovitch of Encyclopedia Pictura, “Up In Hudson” features choreography by Kiani del Valle. Click here to check out some of her previously posted projects, if you haven’t already!
Video for El Perro Del Mar’s track “Fight For Life” by Brooklyn-based director Connor Hurley (previously featured here). Dramatic cinematography by Peter Steusloff.
One of a three-part series made in collaboration with Artsy, Brooklyn-based director Freddy Arenas’ lovely animated short highlights artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons. In “Turning Points,” Simmons shares the moment that determined the current direction of her work, told in her own words.
Directed by Freddy Arenas
Art Direction & Illustration: Freddy Arenas
Animation: Freddy Arenas
Mathilde Loubes
Nathan Harbonn
Quentin Boyer di Bernardo
Tucker Klein
Music & Sound Design: Dashel Hammerstein
Sound Editor: Ernesto Pantin
Artsy Production Team:
Marina Cashdan
Demie Kim
Owen Dodd.
Commissioning Agent Helen Cowley / Dutch Uncle
This video was submitted to us by Arenas and selected by our team. If you have branded content you’d like us to consider, click here to submit your project!
You may remember last year’s Noisey documentary about the controversial grime scene in Blackpool (click here to check it out, if you haven’t already). Watch now as Poet returns to the area to catch up with the film’s three stars — Little T, Soph Aspin and Afghan Dan — as well as some of the clones who’ve emerged in the wake of their success.
An animated ode to classic video games by Holland-born, Germany-based artist Robin Stam aka The Mad Bitter. Including 48 different titles, all drawn entirely by hand on a Wacom tablet, Stam also created the music (made with a Nintendo Gameboy)! As he describes the year-long passion project:
“In an age where there are 3D games, smartphones and virtual reality, classic games are more authentic even though in the past they stood for new technology. By drawing the games by hand, the games are disconnected from their digital environment and the viewer sees them in their most authentic and purest form.”
Check out “From Pong Till Doom” above as well as some of Stam’s animated gifs below!
Concept: Robin Stam
Animation: MonstaH
Music: The Mad Bitter
Special Thanks: Lars Brückmann, Kera Nagel
A beautiful collaboration between experimental jazz outfit BadBadNotGood and Congolese artist Flockey Ocscor.
Directed by Flockey Ocscor
Filmed by Christopher Behrmann
David Füsgen
Amir Quadahi
Steadicam:Jonas Hauser
Grip: Paul Schön
Yannick Benavides
Declan Burski
Supported by GROWN
A lovely look at The xx and their fans by director Sylvie Weber. “We See You Berlin” combines live footage from Lollapalooza festival in Germany, alongside documentary-style testimonials from fans about what the British band’s music means to them.
Director Isaac Blade’s music video about a depressed skateboarding dinosaur and his friends, indie-rock band Lylak. Something really sweet about this — like you can feel a real sense of friendship!
Directed by Isaac Blade
DP: Zachary Erwin
Art Director: Colin Cook
Editor: Brad Stencil
Steadicam Operator & Gaffer: Joshua Bedsole
Colorist: Jameson Blade
Sound Design: Shelby Watson
Compositing: Ivan Blade
Titles: Stephen Gallutia
Lylak:
Gideon Maki
Zach Martin
Elizabeth Varnado
Paul Varnado
A seamless blend of both staged and documentary-style vignettes of Lisbon by London-based director João Retorta. What was once a sleepy seaside destination, is more alive than it has been in years, transforming into an international hub of arts and culture. While João is one of the creatives to emerge from the boom currently taking place in the city, for João the project has a different meaning:
“Lisbon is culturally very vibrant and alive at the moment but rather than this piece being a reaction to that, it was purely personal, my love letter to the city. Most of the people featured were friends and family and the locations were places where I grew up.”
Check out “1am” above as well as more of João’s work previously featured here, if you haven’t already!
UK-born, LA-based director Philippa Price creates fittingly insane visuals St. Vincent’s track “Pills.”
Fun music video about the making of a music video for Kingslynn’s track “Give it Up.” Co-directed by Ian Anthony Reid and Patrick Mason (previously featured here). Really nice work all around — everything matches the style of the song perfectly!
Co-Directors: Ian Anthony Reid & Patrick Mason
Production Company: Distant Moon
Director of Photography: Ian Anthony Reid
Dance Team & Choreography: Culture Shock DC
Lead Dancer: Avonie Bell
Dancers: Liza Bundalian, Jamie Devine,
Shannon Kapoor, Courtney Rice,
Monique Watson, Paige Willingham
Dance Team Manager: Jean-Pierre Cardenas
Cast: Zach Myers, Rita Sengupta, Micah Mason
Assistant Director: Jesse Eastman
Production Designer: Alli Nielson
Propmaster/Set Dresser: Josie Marcellino
1AC: Brandon Habuda
2AC: Seth Herzog
Gaffer: Raul Serpas
Key Grip: Hadi Dimachkieh
Electrician/Dolly Grip: Everd Rijzewijk
Grip: Christopher Ponder
Sound Recordist: Jacob Schwartz
HMU: Carmen Dianne
BTS Photographer: Eric Nielsen
Sound Design: Distant Moon
Sound Mix: David Molina
Location: Dance Place DC
Location Manager: Ben Levine
Theater Tech: Melanie Nehrkorn
Special Thanks: Taylor Roesch, DC Camera, Motivated Lighting LLC
This video was submitted by Patrick Mason and selected by our team. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!
Earlier this year our friends over at Vancouver-based OURO collective took their latest show, TANGENT, to Japan. While there they teamed up with Yarita Yu Ballet Studio for a series of workshops that resulted in Project oFuro — a stunning collaboration they have plans to continue in 2018. Check it out above!
Dancers:
Cristina Bucci
Maiko Miyauchi
Dean Placzek
Rina Pellerin
Braden Penno
Yarita Yu Ballet Studio
Costume Design: Jean Okada
Music: Kutcorners
Video: Teppei Tanabe
