Director Wayne Isham returns to the famed Pantages Theater where he shot Michael Jackson in "You Are Not Alone" for this posthumous video inspired by the King Of Pop. The video's star is an aspiring dancer who comes to Hollywood and finds herself overly inspired by MJ's dance footprints. --> watch "Hollywood Tonight"
Michael Jackson casts a literal shadow over most of the proceedings in this post-humous production featuring Akon. Aside from that recurring shadown likeness motif, director Mark Pellington goes the imagistic route, interspersing some old MJ footage with shots of kids and fans being inspired by the lasting legacy of his music.
Mark Pellington, director: "The video is a tribute to all that Michael stands for — life, in all its permutations... love, and its power... A video of memory, healing and joy."
Merge @ Crossroads has signed the director Kennedy to its roster.
Kennedy's credits include videos for Little Jackie, Baby Bash and Snoop Dogg, plus spots for Nivea, Nestle, Maxim and many other brands... Visit kennedydirector.com for clips...
Neil Maiers of Merge @ Crossroads will be serving as the rep...
Heidi Gregory is now repping the Merge @ Crossroads direccreativeting team Walter Robot.
Consisting of artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie, the duo has created a mix of live action and animation videos for Gnarls Barkley, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and Rob Thomas.
Their breakthrough clip is the Death Cab for Cutie video "Grapevine Fires," which won the won the Audience Award for Best Music Video at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, and was also nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and Best Video at the MTVu Woodie Awards.
Ne-Yo enters the Smooth Criminal phase with this twofer off new album Libra Scale. Presented as two separate, but connected videos, "Champagne Life" and "Beautiful Monster" portray the singer as the leader of a crime fighting gang. And he may, or may not have supernatural powers. Eight minute versions of each video debuted last week on BET 106 & Park — surely a sign that he does indeed have superpowers — while only shortened versions are available through VEVO. --> watch "Champagne Life" and "Beautiful Monster"
