PLAYING WITH THE VISUALS Alternative quartet Daytime TV have unleashed their most explosive work to date with the release of their pounding comeback single “Pause”, forged in the turbulence of the modern world under music label Marshall Records. Director Matt…
BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL DP Billy Abbott reveals how a custom mirror-ball rig, 400 FPS slow-motion and full-LED lighting shaped the Bailey Lanes music video ”Little Bit Brighter”—a tender story of grief, dance and redemption. Film school has been my education in…
REFRAMING THE CONCERT FILM Erik Messerschmidt ASC takes us behind the scenes of monochrome music creation, Bono: Stories of Surrender, to explore the making of a bold, immersive and intimate concert film. The passion to ensure a project came to…
PERFECT SCORE The filmmaking skill and shorthand of longtime collaborators director Paul Dugdale and cinematographer Brett Turnbull combined with composer Hans Zimmer’s intuition for pairing image and sound resulted in a concert film with a difference, capturing an epic ensemble…
CHINESE WINTERS DP Yu-Ming Huang and director Rui Wang won the music video category at the CVP Canon Stories in Motion event with their video for the song To Night. Here they explain filming it during the winter break. When…
STRENGTH IN COLLABORATION Co-directors Ren and Samuel Perry-Falvey continue their stellar collaboration which already produced the Camerimage-selected music video for “Hi Ren” at last year’s festival. Having lensed the music video for “Hi Ren” in 2022, Samuel Perry-Falvey returns to…
WOMEN OF THE HOUR Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti Hero’ video, written and directed by the multi-hyphenate singer, was a big hit with MTV Video Music Awards voters. Best Cinematography winner Rina Yang BSC reflects on her work on the fun shoot. …
Inside job Director Flora Lopategui and DP Dominic Howlett bring creativity to a three-day music video project, featuring a prison setting, using limited resources for a compelling visual narrative. In the realm of music videos, artists transcend the visual medium,…
Amplifying voices Ayana Baraka teamed up with director Beth Aala to peel back the curtain on Alicia Keys’ She Is The Music (SITM) songwriting camp. “When I heard about documenting the camp and SITM’s mission, I knew I wanted to…
POP-MOTION Shot in just six days by a small crew dedicated to their craft, the music video accompanying Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” is still admired as a shining example of stop-motion success. 37 years after the video’s release, two members of…
From stadium to screen Adopting a cinematic approach when lensing Coldplay’s concert film, director Paul Dugdale and cinematographer Brett Turnbull captured the band’s vibrant performance and production, alongside the atmosphere in the stadium and connection between artists and audience. One…
ECHOES OF EKTACHROME Arctic Monkeys’ staying power at the forefront of British music culture has been primarily due to the band’s constantly evolving sound. Never afraid to experiment with new instruments or lyrical stylings, the quartet have pushed boundaries ever…
Timeline of Emotions Racking up almost 46 million YouTube views in less than a month, Adele’s “Oh My God” music video – lensed by Roman Vasyanov ASC RGC and directed by Sam Brown – captivated audiences with its distinctive and…
TELLING A STORY Rina Yang filled us in on what it was like to work with one of the most recognisable songwriters on the planet: Taylor Swift. The short film accompanies a previously unreleased 10 minute version of ‘All Too…
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