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Rich - Music Video Juke Box :)

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Video’s from talk about Music videos, including some I worked on and/ or Directed.

Stone Foundation

I am proud to have been working with Stone Foundation, since the start, from recording their first EP to 'Echoes of Joy from their upcoming album (out this week March 2022) and 'Season of Change' featuring Bette Lyvette, from the album 'Street Rituals' Produced by Paul Weller.

Go to: http://www.richardedkins.co.uk/stone-foundation.html for other videos I have made for them

Kero Kero Bonito

I was one of the camera crew on this music video, Directed by James Hankins, for Kero Kero Bonito.
Shot on multiple formats including VHS, DV, 16mm film, Hi8 Video, Drone and HD Digital.

This was part of a trilogy of videos James Hankins Directed for the band, all of the same album, with a similar feel and aesthetic.

Tirikilatops

Video for Tirikilatops intergalactic pop hit Snail Party (Wah!)
Directed by Richard Edkins Cameras: Richard Edkins and James Hankins. Featuring Art work by BomiLito
https://www.facebook.com/tirikilatops https://tirikilatops.bandcamp.com/

Ichi

Directed by Richard Edkins & ICHI
http://www.richardedkins.co.uk/ichi---hippo47.html

Rachael Dadd

Speaking of "Cut My Roots", Rachael says: "CUT MY ROOTS was inspired by my own personal experience of our country’s strict visa laws, and is a protest against recent political tides and a general rise in white supremacy. I wanted to speak up for our collective liberties. When it came to making the music video with Sam Wisternoff I used the context of our oppressive past which although is no longer in living memory, still echoes all around us today. It is important that each one of us keeps an eye on our collective liberties. Gratitude to all those who have helped to make these things with me. "
Directed by Rachael Dadd and Sam Wisternoff, Camera: Sam Wilkins and Richard Edkins, See Youtube for full credits.

(Rachael and Ichi are partners with two children, living between Bristol and Japan).

See: http://www.richardedkins.co.uk/rachael-dadd.html

Trust Fund

‘Abundant’ Directed by James Hankins. Filmed June 2018 by James Hankins and Richard Edkins.

’The “Abundant” video is based on the premise that singer Ellis Jones has fallen so far behind in school that he must make up five years’ worth of education in a flash, in a sort of Billy Madison situation. The twist is that his teacher’s fast-paced curriculum involves forming a band, supporting his local scene, getting signed, et al, framing all the machinations of a local DIY band trying to “make it” in the context of what looks like elementary school.’

The video was released just as they announced they were splitting up (as the article in stereogum (link below) explains). The video also revisits / two other videos James Directed for the band. I helped shoot and my daughter is in them too.

MoonTV

M∞N TV - A debut cinematic audio-visual performance (Trailer)
The Louisiana, Bristol June 10th and 11th 2021

Artwork and design: Ben Scarborough - lune79.net
​Edit: Richard Edkins Footage: NASA

See Time - M∞n TV (Music Video)
​Continued the aesthetic of trailer but using this photo animation.
Photographic exploration - Aotearoa New Zealand (2010)
Photography - Richard Edkins (2010) edit (2021)

Diùra

Music Videos and Live Video Projections
Selection of Music videos and films used in Live video projections/ VJ for Diùra
See more at: http://www.richardedkins.co.uk/diugravera.html

More Music Video Directors

Will Hooper - Music Video Director and ex Weston College student. - See videos and links from guest seminar Will did with UCW in 2020. HERE

Other Directors I admire, who do Music videos include:

Michel Gondry - Bjork, Chemical Brothers, Kylie,

Chris Cunningham - Aphex Twin - Window Licker, Come to Daddy …

Paul Thomas Anderson - see music videos for Haim …

Bruce Conner - Cosmic Ray - ‘1st Music Video?’ - Ray Charles

Anton Corbijn - Joy Division, Nirvana,

Jonathon Glazer - See Music videos and commercials

Spike Jonze - Beastie Boys Sabtotage

FKA Twigs - who directs many of her videos including Don’t Judge Me as well as recent ‘White Picket Fence’ video for Koreless

For more of my videos go to: http://www.richardedkins.co.uk/music-video.html

LINKS SHARED BY WILL HOOPER

UK short form news & resources

Production companies

Grants & funding

Things to just be aware of:

Directors

A Certain Ratio - Berlin

Great new music video for Manchester legends A Certain Ratio

A FILM BY GROOVYCHAOS DANCER : Amaranta Villarreal DIRECTED - Aj Gomez PRODUCED - Roberto Niebla DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Juansa Avalos SUPERVISING PRODUCER Antonia Lema ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & Gaffer -Jesus García Guillen STYLING AND MAKE UP- Diane Alonso CAMERA ASSISTANT : Hugo Ivan Gomez CATERING Aldo Carrizales / MEMPHIS memphis_joint LOCATION: La Casa Turquesa , Mty, NL ,Mexico SPECIAL THANKS: Herlinda Díaz

Berlin, taken from the forthcoming album ACR Loco, released September 25th. Pre-order:
https://mute.ffm.to/acrloco

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Django Django - Spirals. Dir. - Maxim Kelly

‘Maxim Kelly directs the music video, which is made up of an unending series of hypnotically spinning mandalas.
The video features six of these fantascopes, (aka phenakistiscope) all made by hand but combined with digital techniques. According to Kelly, the images are an attempt to “translate the psychedelic trip”. ‘ - Read more

Spirals, the new single by Django Django is out now, available to stream/buy here - https://djangodjango.lnk.to/Spirals And on 10" vinyl from http://www.djan...

FKA Twigs 'Sad Day' by Hiro Murai

‘After making the era-defining This Is America, Hiro Murai's next music video project was always going to be a big deal. And this does not disappoint. Murai's collaboration with FKA Twigs is an action-packed epic affair, embracing Chinese martial arts. It is a brilliant, and beautiful - and brutal - showcase for the artist's unique talents.

In characteristic Murai style, and with the help of regular collaborators like DoP Larkin Sieple and colourist Ricky Gausis, the grittily mundane is transformed into something breathtaking. As with so many of his music videos, this is shot entirely at night and again Murai shows his mastery of the specific atmosphere that night creates in the quieter parts of a cityscape. And in this case, the city is London.

In a late night café, Twigs encounters a male alter-ego (played by Teake), and their assignation quickly becomes violent. A terrifying swordfight begins within the cafe, with Twigs' and her rival's athleticism taking them headlong through its shopfront window. Then their fight moves across quiet suburban streets, via the swooping, sensual movements of Wushu martial arts - so the conflict begins to hint at a complex backstory to their relationship/rivalry. But within the café again, at close quarters it gets brutal again and there is an extraordinary outcome - arguably not for the fainthearted. ‘ - PromoNews

Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix]

Great new epic video by Will Hooper.

Will Hooper joined us for a guest seminar on Wednesday June 3rd 1.30pm

Will Hooper, who is an ex Weston College student -UAL Foundation Art (PhotoMedia), does great music videos (including award winning video for IDLES), stunning art direction, great surreal photography and short film (‘The Roof Over Their Heads’ screened at Encounters, BFI Future Film Festival, London Short Film Festival and won Best in South West - Dirigo Film Festival ).

See more of his work here

Credits
Directed by Will Hooper
Production Company - Blink Executive Producer - Paul Weston Executive Producer - Laura Northover Producer - Corin Taylor Production Manager - Sebastian Jowers Production Assistant - Harry Hardwick Casting Director - Coralie Rose 1st AD - Julian Richards & Gabriel O'Donohoe DOP - Rina Yang Focus Puller - Kate Mollins Gaffer - Elliot Beech 2nd Unit DOP - Spike Morris BTS & DV Cam - Jake Wesley Production Designer - Zach Apo-Tsang Art Director - Laurie Walters Stylist - Lorenzo Posocco Assistant Stylist - Raeann Hayden Movement Director - Sharon June Editor - Sam Allen Edit Producer - Kirsty Oldfield Editing Company - Stitch Colourist - Richard Fearon VFX Lead - Dan Saunders VFX Assist - Nina Mosand Post Producer - Tamara Mennell Post Company - Black Kite Sound Design - Alexander Wells Special Thanks - Sacha Szwarc Commissioner - Katie Dolan All Cast Orb – Essel T Moon - Elizabeth Ojambo Crystal Couple – Anna Sari Crystal Couple – Gii Cosmic Symbol – Nimie Kiss 1 - Sarah Lysander Carter Kiss 2 - Bashir Arab-Sanchez Celestial Being – Tayce Love Hearts – Leah Coulson Telescope – Felicity Dunstan Skater - Jeremy Lecoq Skater - Amar Direnzo Skater - Oliver Reid Skater - Boni Dimitrova Skater - Coral Sinclair Fenn Skater - Max Vallance Skater - Jada-Kai Francis Skater – Graham Hancock

Stream Levitating: https://dualipa.co/levitatingremix

Get the new album Future Nostalgia : https://dualipa.co/futurenostalgia

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IDLES - MR MOTIVATOR

‘IDLES have surprise-released a new single, Mr Motivator. The release comes with a quarantine-recorded music video showing band members and fans working out at home. Mr Motivator serves as the first single from their upcoming third album.

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot says of the song: “We want to start this journey with a means to not only encapsulate the album’s sentiment, but to encourage our audience to dance like no one is watching and plough through these dark times with a two tonne machete of a song and the most beautiful community of scumbags ever assembled. Let’s go. All is love.” ‘ CRACK

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Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer [Emotion Picture]

'After weeks of teasing the most consistently sumptuous visuals any artist has released this year, Janelle Monáe today released her album Dirty Computer and its accompanying 48-minute movie, which she's very smartly dubbed an 'Emotion Picture.' The film is packed full of visuals we've seen before (along with tracks from the album), as well as some new treats (Monáe's many outfit changes are one of the many highlights.) It's threaded through with a narrative as compelling as anything you'll see in a movie theatre, telling the story of "a young woman named Jane 57821 who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.'"

This inventive premise, its flawless execution, and the fascinatingly varied sounds of Dirty Computer that soundtrack it all, cements Monáe's position as one of the entire music industry's leading innovators. At this point, it's hard to see her as anything other than a total visionary, who blends multiple genres to execute a sound and aesthetic that are instantly recognisable as hers. Some might call her a legend in the making, but Dirty Computer, in both film and album form, prove that Janelle Monáe is already at GOAT level.' Lauren O'Neill VICE

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Janelle Monae