I had the chance to work with Mcann on a split screen project for Dentyne chewing gum. With a shoot out in LA and an edit in NYC I was a happy man. The job came off the back of a promo job I had done a few moths previously so its nice when some thing like this pays off.
This November I had the chance to shoot out in Paris for the first time and it was great to have the chance to work with Moonwalk Films for the first time. The two day shoot took place in the centre of paris in a beautiful haussmannian style apartment. The film is currently in post production as we incorporate a range of animated elements that spring out from a bottle of Nina Ricci perfume. This video was commissioned by the brand to commemorate a limited edition bottle of perfume that has recently been created. The music of the film is by London based musician/model Florrie who is the face of Nina Ricci and actress that features in the film.
click here for the final pieces
I had a very fun shoot recently creating a music video for a band called The Big Pink. I decided to gut my house create a performance/portrait video capturing friends and the like generally messing around having a good time. With this film I decided to play with a few ideas that had been on my mind recently. Mainly match-cuts, split screen effects and a sprinkling of slow motion flappy face. Surprisingly we had a full day of shooting and then rounded the day off with a super fun house party. many thanks to everyone involved.
Had a very nice e mail from SBTRKT asking if I would shoot his latest music video for the track Pharoahs. Was a bit of a crazy deadline to work to as we needed to shoot the video 2 days after my return from working out in New York. But luckily I had been working with Ana-Maria over in the states and she was keen to get involved with the music video. Really happy with the mask design and camera technique involved with this video so it was a nice return to music videos.
With over 500,000 views in the first 2 months it seemsed to be going down pretty well...(View Youtube here)
This summer had the chance to work with BBH New York again. Was great to head back over to the big apple to work with 1st Ave Machine on the production on a 2 day studio shoot. Had the chance to work with a great team and I cant really fault the experience. Doing three thirty second spots in a two day shoot was pretty tricky especially when working within NYC's strick union rules but as always we battled on.
The project had a nice review from Creativity Online who wrote a behind the work artical on the job. You can find it online here... (click me)
The Google Chrome extensions piece I directed received four nominations at this years AICP awards.
I have had a revamp of my identity and enlisted the skills of my good friends at Us Design studio to create a new website and logo. Additional thanks has to go to Ben Foster at Planet Cloud for his expertise with the site build.
I recently won a MOBO award for the video work I created for Tinie Tempah in 2010. Coming home with the Best Music Video award meant a lot as it was up against some great competition. This category was completely decided by a public vote, so many thanks to every one who chose the work.
This year I was nominated for three MVA awards, Best New Director, Best Urban Video and Best Low Budget video.
After a long wait the video "Cash and Carry Me Home" is being released on the world wide web through Browns Wood Recordings.
Recently worked on a commercial for Samsung to launch their new phone the Galaxy S. Here we created a miniture in-camera galaxy where we shot liquid bubles at hi speed with London based photographer Jason Tozer.
I was asked to Direct Tinie Tempahs second release Frisky, after a crazy 5 days prep we set off for a one day shoot in the underground arches of London Bridge Station. Many thanks to every one involved.
The second commercial has hit the WWW now. This one shot, incamera piece was a real chalange to pull off, many thanks to every one involved.
The first Commercial has gone live this week and has been well recieved. Very satisfyling seeing 6 weeks of hard work come together!
Here is some of the behind the scenes footage of the Google translations piece.