SHOT: Vedera - James Frost, director

• artist: Vedera
• song: "Satisfy"
• label: Epic
• director(s): James Frost
• production co: Zoo Film
• rep: Heidi Gregory
• commissioner: Calvin Aurand

SHOT: The White Tie Affair - Adam Neustadter, director

• artist: The White Tie Affair
• song: "Take it Home"
• label: Epic
• director(s): Adam Neustadter
• production co: Ghost Robot
• rep: Heidi Gregory
• commissioner: Calvin Aurand

SHOT: Matisyahu - P.R. Brown, director

• artist: Matisyahu
• song: "One Day"
• label: Epic
• director(s): P.R. Brown 
• production co: Bau-Da Design Lab
• rep: Molly Bohas/Collide

SHOT: The Script - Paul Minor, director

• artist: The Script
• song: "Before The Worst"
• label: Sony (UK)/ Epic (US)
• director(s): Paul Minor
• production co: Streetgang Films
• rep: Free Agent UK/Labuda Management

WATCH IT: The Fray "Never Say Never"

Director Ace Norton steadily reveals an increasingly dire and cataclysmic situation in this large scale and seemingly one-shot video for The Fray. What starts as a simple, but clearly off-kilter performance video widens to show that something has gone seriously wrong with the world as we know it. Being that something is seriously wrong in these perilous times — Swine Flu, crashing stock markets, waves of unemployment, Lil Kim potentially winning Dancing With The Stars — the initial denouement of "let's cuddle our way through this mess" is rightly revealed to not be a viable solution to our problems. --> watch "Never Say Never" (Quicktime)

The Fray "Never Say Never" (Epic)
Ace Norton, director | Stephanie Scire, producer | Partizan, production co | Ross Richardson, DP | Ryan Bartley, editor | Ghost Town Media, vfx

SHOT: Lenka - Josh Forbes, director

• artist: Lenka
• song: "Trouble Is A Friend"
• label: Epic
• director(s): Josh Forbes
• production co: Winch + Pulley/Mighty 8
• rep: Lanette Phillips

SHOT: Incubus - Petro, director

To support the forthcoming 2-CD Greatest Hits/Rarities set...

• artist: Incubus 
• song: "Black Heart Inertia" 
• label: Epic 
• director(s): Petro 
• production co: Draw Pictures 
• rep: Laure Scott

WATCH IT: Franz Ferdinand "No You Girls"

Franz Ferdinand: So suave and impervious to the delights of the women who prance around them and record their every move. The crux of this video from director Nima Nourizadeh is the styling and chorography, which strikes a dialectical balance between retro and futuristic, and complex and simplistic. And, he also smartly avoids any imagery remotely related to the iPod ad that has the song already lodged in your noggin --> watch "No You Girls"

Franz Ferdinand "No You Girls" (Donimo/Epic)
Nima Nourizadeh, director | Malachy McAnenny, producer | Partizan, production co | Denzil Armour-Brown, DP | Dan Sherwen @ Final Cut, editor | Mick Vincent @ The Mill, telecine/colorist | Gregg Shoulder, art director | Hannah Edwards, stylist | John Moule @ Domino Records (UK), commissioner

BOOKED: The Fray - Ace Norton, director

artist: The Fray
song: "Never Say Never"
label: Epic
director(s): Ace Norton
production co: Partizan
producer: Stephanie Scire

WATCH IT: Sara Bareilles "Gravity"

As the cameras pull back in this latest video for Sara Bareilles, you realize that it's actually a depiction of the galaxy itself. And then it pulls back even further, revealing a indescribably odd scene that can only be the great beyond of heaven. The creative team at Motion Theory peg the influence on the classic Ray & Charles Eames educational/art film, Powers Of 10, which explores the relative size of all things by moving away from an object at a rate of 10 meters every 10 seconds. Relatively speaking, things that seem really big to us dopey humans are actually tiny and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. So, cheer up Sara. --> watch "Gravity"

Sara Bareilles "Gravity" (Epic)
Mathew Cullen, director | Scott Gemmell, producer | Motion Theory, production co | Jack Green, DP | Colin Woods @ String, editor | Daniel Ezralow, choreographer