WATCH IT: Jake Bugg "Two Fingers" (Jamie Thraves, dir.)

It's been a while since we've seen a promo — as they say over in the UK —  from Jamie Thraves, who directed the Radiohead classic "Just" and Coldplay "Scientist" both of which trigger huge emotions on a grand scale. This clip for "Two Fingers" — the UK equivalent of The Finger —  is something different and smaller, yet just as successful as it effortlessly captures newcomer Jake Bugg leaving his messed-up home in Nottingham for a shot at stardom. So far, so good. --> watch "Two Fingers"

Jake Bugg "Two Fingers" (Mercury)
Jamie Thraves, director | Scott O'Donnell, producer | HSI (UK), production co | Sally Cooper @ Cut+Run, editor | The Mill, post 

WATCH IT: Robbie Williams "Candy" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)

Robbie Williams goes above and beyond a the Guardian Angel for a beautiful woman. He gets in the line of all sorts of fire (including literal fire), taking shots and doing what it takes to remove any sign of potential danger. It's all very honorable — and the FX are crazy elaborate — but what else is to be expected from a UNICEF ambassador?  --> watch "Candy"

Robbie Williams "Candy" 
Joseph Kahn, director | HSI, production co | Ingenuity Engine, vfx

WATCH IT: Green Day "Kill The DJ" (Samuel Bayer, dir.)

Nope, Green Day ain't going dubstep. Even though the song is bit more Clash New Wave than you may be used to, the video gets a clear No Disco vibe when their glorious motorbike ride leaves them at a miserable rave that either has an ill-advise Carrie theme, or ends in a blood bath. --> watch "Kill The DJ" 

Green Day "Kill The DJ" (Reprise)
Samuel Bayer, director | Nina Huang, producer | HSI Productions, production co | Kim Dellara, exec. producer | Devin Sarno, commissioner 

WATCH IT: Green Day "Oh Love" (Samuel Bayer, dir.)

What's sexier? A group of altmodels preening for the cameras, or being slyly filmed as they casually rock out to this primal back-to-basics stomper? I vote for the latter, but director Samuel Bayer delivers both with aplomb in this no-frills, but still massive Green Day video. --> watch "Oh Love"

Green Day "Oh Love" (Reprise)
Samuel Bayer, director |Nina Huang, producer | HSI, production co | Kim Dellara, exec. producer | Devin Sarno, commissioner

IN PRODUCTION: Phillip Phillips - Joseph Toman, dir.

• artist: Phillip Phillps
• song: "Home"
• label: Interscope
• director(s): Joseph Toman
• production co: Mega G/HSI
• rep: LARK CREATIVE
• commissioner: Kathy Angstadt

IN PRODUCTION: Green Day - Samuel Bayer, dir.

• artist: Green Day
• song: "Kill The DJ"
• label: Warner Bros.
• director(s): Samuel Bayer
• production co: HSI Productions
• producer: Nina Huang
• exec. producer: Kim Dellara
• commissioner: Devin Sarno

IN PRODUCTION: Green Day - Samuel Bayer, dir.

• artist: Green Day
• song: "Oh Love"
• label: Warner Bros.
• director(s): Samuel Bayer
• production co: HSI Productions
• producer: Nina Huang
• exec. producer: Kim Dellara
• commissioner: Devin Sarno

IN PRODUCTION: Ladyhawke - Jess Holzworth, dir.

• artist: Ladyhawke
• song: "Blue Eyes"
• label: Modular
• director(s): Jess Holzworth
• production co: Normal/HSI Productions
• rep: LARK CREATIVE

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LIVE VIDEO: Death Cab For Cutie "You Are A Tourist" (Tim Nackashi, dir.)

The first ever live conceptual music video will roll out at 6:45p ET (3:45p PT) today... You can watch it here through the embeddable player below,  or click over to Ustream ...

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Death Cab For Cutie "You Are A Tourist" (Atlantic)
Tim Nackashi, director | Jonathan Lia, producer  | Aaron Stewart-Ahn, producer| HSI/JLP, production co | LARK Creative, rep | David Saslow, commissioner 

WATCH IT: Woodkid "Iron" (Yoann Lemoine, dir.)

When Mark Romanek tweets about an "astounding" music video, you click on through. As expected, he's correct. Director Yoann Lemoine delivers a b/w work of art for this Woodkid track, starting with a compendium of images that plays like a more naturalistic version of "On To The Next One" before climaxing with an epic battle sequence that answers the question, "What would 300 look like as a fine art flick?" That said, it's pretty awesome in its own right as well (and it should be mentioned that supermodel Agness Deyn stars in it).--> watch "Iron"

Woodkid "Iron" (G.U.M.)
Yoann Lemoine, director | Mourad Belkeddar, producer | Caviar/HSI/OneMore, production co | Mathieu Plainfosse, DP | OneMore Prod, post | Herve Thouement, flame artist | Pierre Le Ny, comissioner

BOOKED: Death Cab For Cutie - Tim Nackashi, dir. (LIVE, SCRIPTED)

If a sitcom like 30 Rock can pull off a live-to-air stunt episode, then why can't a music video pull off something similar. 

Death Cab For Cutie will be making history with a live, all-in-one take, scripted music video for new single "You Are A Tourist" — It's not a live concert webcast, but an actual conceptual video.

Directed by Tim Nackashi — who's credits include OK Go "WTF" and a 360 explore it yourself clip for Craig Wedren —  and conceptualized by longtime Death Cab visual collaboration Aaron Stewart-Ahn, the video will be produced and filmed and performed LIVE  on Tuesday, April 5^th at 7pm EST/4pm PST via www.youareatourist.com...

• artist: Death Cab For Cutie
• song: "You Are A Tourist"
• label: Atlantic
• director(s): Tim Nackashi
• production co: HSI/JLP
• rep: LARK Creative
• producer: Jonathan Lia
• commissioner: David Saslow

WATCH IT: Dr. Dre f/ Eminem "I Need A Doctor" (Allen Hughes, dir.)

When a man drives a Ferrari to a cliff in order to contemplate their life and potentially ending it, chances are he's going to drive away. Unfortunately for Dr. Dre, he's so haunted by memories — from N.W.A. to solo success to discovering Eminem to his own family matters — he loses control of the steering wheel and winds up at death's door. With that as the backstory, perhaps to explain his multiple year absence from making music, director Allen Hughes (Menace II Society, The Book Of Eli) delivers a rehabilitation story, with Eminem giving a pep talk to get Dre re-animated. Finally with about a minute or so left, Dre finally heeds the call and shifts into gear, getting up and back on the mic. In lots of ways the video comes across as a throwback, partially due to the archival footage, but also due to a structure that's reminiscent of their cohort 50 Cent's "In Da Club" video. Not to mention that  it's a 7-minute epic and they actually totaled a real Ferrarri Modena, which is the kind of old-school, big-time, over-the-top music video extravagance you rarely see these days. --> watch "I Need A Doctor"

Dr. Dre f/ Eminem and Skylar Grey
"I Need A Doctor" (Aftermath/Interscope)
Allen Hughes, director | Ron Mohrhoff, producer | HSI, production co | Ben Serenson, DP | Fred Fouquet, editor  | Arsenal, vfx | Rob Buono, production designer

WATCH IT: Craig Wedren "Are We" panoramic video (Tim Nackashi, dir.)

Director Tim Nackashi creates an pretty amazing interactive 360 degree panoramic environment where you can click and drag all around to follow a sci-fi story. Keep an eye out for Craig Wedren, who you hopefully remember from the classic band Shudder To Think. --> watch/explore "Are We" (There is a flattened-out version too, but go for the panoramic one)

Craig Wedren "Are We"
Tim Nackashi, director | Clark Reinking, producer  | HSI, production co. | LARK, rep | Benjamin Farrag, DP | Ayaka Ohwaki, art director | Craig Wedren, exec. producer 

IN DEPTH: Maroon 5 "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" (Tim Nackashi, dir.)

I guess when a rock star is dating a Victoria's Secret model, there's no sense looking any further when it comes time to cast for their music videos. Anne Vyalitsyna follows up her featured role in Maroon 5's "Misery" with "Never Gonna Leave This Bed," which finds her never leaving singer/boyfriend Adam Levine's bed, no matter where it is. --> watch "Never Gonna Leave This Bed"

Tim Nackashi, director: "Maroon 5 wanted to explore the chaotic feeling of having private lives in public, and when we got to sharing ideas, it became clear that they were into the idea of going beyond shooting a straight video. They were willing to actually go out and do something real – a stunt of sorts, or some kind of performance art. So we came up with the idea of putting Maroon 5 in a plexiglass truck which we would take around to heavily trafficked areas of Los Angeles and basically have them 'pop-up' unexpectedly in the middle of a pedestrian scene – like objects on display behind glass. And to take the exploration of intimate life and public life further, we decided to put Adam Levine and his girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna in beds which would be placed out in the open at a few monumental locations around LA – the Santa Monica Pier, Mann’s Chinese Theater and out in front of Teddy’s/Roosevelt Hotel at night – in addition to transporting them throughout the city in the plexi-truck.

We wanted to see how people would react and what they might do unprompted, so we hired no extras or actors, and we didn’t announce anything about this until the band started tweeting about their experiences on the day of the shoot.

I didn’t really know how the whole event was going to feel, but I was pretty sure that it would surprise some people and get a lot of gawking as people passed by. Fortunately things built up to be pretty huge and chaotic -- especially at the Chinese Theater when there must have been hundreds of passersby gathered around just to look at Adam and Anne in a bed.

I think Adam and Anne felt really exposed and I was almost scared for them at certain points. It was a pretty brave thing to do."

--> watch "Never Gonna Leave This Bed"

Maroon 5 "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" (A&M/Octone)
Tim Nackashi, director | Fuliane Petikyan, producer | HSI, production co | Lark Creative, rep | Ketil Dietrichson, DP | Bill Yukich @ Sunset Edit, editor | David Courtemache, art director | Dave Hussey @ Company 3, colorist | Coleen Haynes, executive producer | Melinda Kelly, commissioner

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