SHOT: Sean Paul - Jessy Terrero & Ras Kassa, directors

On-location in Kingston, Jamaica: Atlantic's Susan Silverman, Karma's Yamani Watkins, Sean Paul, and co-directors Ras Kassa and Jessy Terrero.

artist: Sean Paul
song: "Never Gonna Be The Same"
label: VP/Atlantic
director(s): Jessy Terrero & Ras Kassa
production co: Terrero Films/Lotus Filmworks and Karma
rep: Robin Frank Management (for Jessy Terrero)

PHOTO: Ace Norton and Smoosh

Partizan director Ace Norton (center) with the young Seattle indie rock duo Smoosh (and a drawing of Vegas era Elvis) on the set of "Find A Way." This will be the first video off their debut full-length for Barsuk Records.

NEWS: Resfest Event in Toronto

Resfest Canada is sponsoring the third installment of the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival's music video program Scene Not Herd.

Programmed by Resfest's Sandy Hunter, the 2006 Scene Not Herd lineup will boast clips from Jason Forrest, The Darkness, Ladytron, Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, The Go! Team, Hot Chip and Mylo. Directors represented in the program include Arni & Kinski, Cat Solen and Jaron Albertin — some of who are expected to be in attendance.

Tickets are $10 and include admission into an off-site after party. They can be purchased at the door or online through the Worldwide Short Film Festival.

SCENE NOT HERD 06 (Toronto)
9:15, Friday, June 16
Isabel Bader Theatre : 93 Charles Street West
after party @ Savoy (235 Victoria Street, 3rd Floor)

BOOKED: Hit The Lights - Todd Strauss-Schulson, director

It's going to be a tale of punk rock love and revenge in this video for "Bodybag."

artist: Hit The Lights
song: "Bodybag"
label: Triple Crown/EastWest
director(s): Todd Strauss-Schulson
production co: Ulterior Productions

NEW RELEASE: MC Lars "Download This Song"

MC Lars
"Download This Song" (Nettwerk)
Frank Borin, director | Gina Cavalier, producer | Joe Pro, DP | Description: MC Lars acknowledges the reality of a music marketplace with his latest anthem of dissent, "Download This Song." Some performance takes place from a used car lot and in a Princess Leia-like projection at a corporate board meeting, but the majority is even more appropriately displayed on computer monitors, iPods, PSPs and cell phones. Much like Lars knows that most fans will choose to download this for free rather than shell out money for a perilously outdated CD, he's also not afraid to do some "sharing" of his own: The guitar vamp is nicked from Iggy Pop's "The Passenger," the quick worldplay rap style owes a debt to Eminem, and the chorus is sung by Bowling for Soup frontman Jaret Reddick. -- watch "Download This Song"

PHOTO: Avenged Sevenfold and Wayne Isham

Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows with Merge @ Crossroads director Wayne Isham on the set of the band's upcoming video "Seize The Day."

NEWS: A Band Apart Closes

Several sources have confirmed that production company A Band Apart has closed its music video division. Their music video roster included the directors Michael Palmieri, Ryan Rickett and the duo Coodie & Chike. No official announcement has been made by the company yet.

A Band Apart was founded in the mid '90s by Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender.

BOOKED: Duncan James - Charles Mehling, director

Charles Mehling is directing a video in  Romania for Duncan James, a new solo artist best known for  his stint in the hit UK boy band Blue.

artist: Duncan James
song: "Can't Stop A River"
label: Virgin Records (UK)
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Voltage - Charles Spano, director

This video for experimental act Voltage will be a strange meditation on buildings, trees and other inanimate (or animate) objects.

artist: Voltage
song: "01"
label: Flameshovel
director(s): Charles Spano
production co: Commondeer

NEWS: Yeah Yeahs Yeahs Want You For New Video

Alternative rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their label Interscope are challenging their fans to prove just how DIY they are by providing all the content for the band's upcoming video, "Cheated Hearts." The official rules as stated on the release form are fairly simple:

1. Send it on DV TAPE 
2. Dress the part!
3. Blast the music in the background and play or sing over it...
4. Get lost in the song make it YOURS.
5. Got guitar? mic? drums? Use'em! Got no such things? Fake it, use what you got around the house, be resourceful yeah!
6. Do as many performances as you need, we will edit it! Try and make them different:   FULL BODY, CLOSE-UP, MEDIUM,  FROM THE SIDE,  inside, outside, etc. Do the Nick, do the Brian, do the Karen O.
7. IMPORTANT: AT LEAST HALF OF YOUR PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE AGAINST A WHITE WALL, or sheet.  SO DO IT ONCE IN FRONT OF A WHITE WALL AND ONCE ANYWAY YOU WANT.
8. SEND IT TO US, DO IT QUICKLY....YOU WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE SOUND.

Step nine, of course, is signing the release form. Details and the release form are at the YYY Cheated Hearts page. The deadline for all submissions is June 12. (sources: Tripwire)