The first two minutes of this video plays out like a basic moody performance mixed with a sparse city narrative, but then things start to pulse and come alive with some catharctic sci-fi magic.
Naor Aloni's new music video for Bastille's 'Things We Lost in the Fire' finds the lead singer traversing through a dream full of symbolism and strong visual motifs. A real cinematic treat with photography by the talented Jake Scott.
Wanda Productions has signed award winning commercial and music video director Ian Pons Jewell.
Originally from London, the director is currently based in Bolivia, shooting there and other locations throughout South America. Recent work includes videos for Naughty Boy, Tinie Tempah, Crystal Fighters and DJ Shadow. He was nominated for Best New Director and won Best Urban Video on a Budget at the UK Music Video Awards in 2011.
Just when you though Data-Moshing had gone the way of the fish-eye lens... it returns. The trick here is how it's used strategically and amongst various other effects to create the trippiest video kaleidoscope you may have ever seen.
About midway through this video I decided that it's a loose retelling of the Wizard Of Oz, but in Bolivia, which looks even more magically odd and beautiful than Oz itself.
Despite the lack of a log lady, this video takes some unexpected twists as director Austin Peters goes a bit meta: What looks like a fairly stock performance video with trendy VHS camcorder touches, random outlaw b-roll characters, and even some "hey, we're making a video" behind-the-scenes stills becomes something else entirely when those random folks storm the set, kidnaps Bastille singer Dan Smith and decide to make their own damn video.
