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Mind Enterprises "GIrlfriend" (Ben & Ross, dir.)

Directed by Ben & Ross, 'Girlfriend' sums up the feeling of what it is to fall in love and all the emotions that come with it. The joyful feelings and those terrifying ones...

From Ben & Ross:

The core of the idea was about exploring the vulnerabilities of being in love – specifically fear, paranoia and the idea of loosing someone you are infatuated with to factors beyond your control.

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Joel Compass "Forgive Me" (Ben & Ross, dir.)

Ben Murray and Ross McDowell are back with the video for man-of-the-moment Joel Compass's Forgive Me, where once again they elevate a live performance with innovative staging and effects. And this time its all about the lighting.  

Following the Ben and Ross's performance-plus-projections video for Disclosure's F For You - and Ross's team-up with Sophie Muller on Katy B's Crying For No Reason promo - here the directing duo have developed a lighting schematic where they visualized how each light would react with the musicality of the track - with majestic results.

Ben & Ross, directors:

“The label had referenced our F For You promo for Disclosure and asked for something similar. They liked the way we had incorporated their branding (the face) and wanted the same for Joel.

"Joel's logo is all about a compass visual, based around some simple geometric shapes. We tried to incorporate this in the promo with not only a giant circle in which he performs, but also with our use of space and camera work within it.”

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Disclosure f/ Mary J. Blige "F For You" (Kate Moross, dir.)

How distinctive and effective are the white line tracings that Disclouse have used on their album art, promo photos and nearly everywhere else? So much that they made an app where you can make and share your own. 

That style carries over to this collabo clip with the one and only Mary J. Blige, splitting the difference between performance piece, lyric video and animation.