September 2014

In Depth

Loud Visionaries Profile: Director Edward John Drake

All week we'll be reprinting The 405's music video series Loud Visionaries Week. Yesterday was all about Hiro Murai, but today they shine the light on Edward John Drake .The 405 presents their Loud Visionaries series focusing on the new wave of music video directors and creatives.

LOUD VISIONARIES: Edward John Drake, director

Born to be a James Bond villain — though fortunately for us he's taken to crafting music videos & commercials with powerful emotional hooks at play — Edward John Drake jumped on a short call between shots on a new music video he's directing. With genre-defining artists like Klangkarussell, the Stanton Warriors and Kat Krazy paying generously for his time, he's become the go-to guy in electronic music for brave characters and thought provoking themes. Former assistant to Mark Romanek, office drone on True Detective — and now creating worlds of his own — Edward John Drake is a name you could get used to hearing more often.

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Happy Wags "Use Your Words" (Laurel Parke, dir.)

Mobley Street Productions is proud to announce the release of the music video for ‘Use Your Words’ from Happy Wags. The video was shot in London’s East Side with the help of 50 local area kids and the result is as endearing as the song. The video features children dancing and lip-syncing to the song. In-between takes, they played on a 20ft bouncy castle rented for the day. “Whenever they weren't on camera, they were playing in the castle. They had a blast! I was even told by one of the kids that I throw a great party,” says producer/director Laurel Parker.

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