Six of the best creative music videos

26th October 2012

A brilliant mix of new animation for Goyte, beautiful filmic work from directors Young Replicant, Joey Bania and Nice Idea Every Day, screen sex from new director Ryan Patrick and, of course, Terence Neale and Ninja's total joy for Die Antwoord that's been exploding the net. Lie back and enjoy

1. Gotye, Seven Hours With a Backseat Driver, directed by Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp, Rubber House

2. The XX, Chained directed by Alex Takacs (Young Replicant)

3. Die Antwoord, Ten$ion, directed by Ninja and Terence Neale

4. Kyle Bobby Dunn, An Evening With Dusty directed by Joey Bania

5. Tesla Boy, Fantasy, directed by unsigned new director Ryan Patrick

6. Panama, It’s Not Over, directed by Nice Idea Every Day

Credits

Gotye, Seven Hours With a Backseat Driver

Directors: Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp

Production House: Rubber House

Additional animation: Neil Sanders, Gavin Mouldey, Alex Grigg, Peter Lowey and Jérémy Pires

Additional design by Marlo Meekins

The xx, Chained

Director Young Replicant
Creative Producer Joe Nankin
Exec Producer Laura Tunstall
Commissioner Phil Lee
Producer Rachel Rumbold
1st AD Stehpanie Zari
DP Steve Annis
Colorist Ben Rodgers at Glassworks
SFX Gary Brown at Munky
SFX Producer Samantha Banack at Munky

Die Antwoord, TEN$ION

Music video and story concept: Ninja and Yo-landi Vi$$er

Executive producers: Eddy Moretti, Trevor Silmser, Sterling Proffer, Ninja and Yo-landi Vi$$er

Produced by ZEF FILMZ in association with Egg Films, Battalion and VICE

Directors: Ninja, Terence Neale and Saki Fokken Berg

Director of Photography: Alexis Zabe

Editor: Saki Fokken Berg at Left Post Production

Producer: Julia Schnurr

Music and sound design: DJ HI-TEK

Costumes designed by Ninja

Costumes / wardrobe created and sourced by Gabrielle De Gersigny

Ninja and Yo-landi's black human hair garments by Alexander Wang

Set designs, mural designs, and graffiti by Ninja

Ninja's graffiti based on the work of Roger Ballen

Voodoo Room - art directed by Roger Ballen

Art department: Kezia Eales

Make-up and body-paint design by Ninja

Make-up artist: Alexa Wilson

Vagina Prawn scene based on 'Black Gynaecologist' by Anton Kannemeyer

Dance choreography/dancing by Ninja, Yo-landi, Manti, Tarryn and Robin

Wild animals wrangled by Rodney Nombekana and Andile Nombekana

Animatronic lion head by the Creature Shop

Camera and grips equipment courtesy of Panavision

Lighting equipment courtesy of Media Film Service

Flame and grading by Left Post Production

Additional flame and grading by Blade

Kyle Bobby Dunn, An Evening With Dusty

Starring Grace Averis
Directed and edited by Joey Bania
VFX by Robin Stuart Cape
Photography by Joey Bania
Production assistance from Dominic Stephenson & Ram Alluri
Excerpts from 'Cassini Mission' courtesy of Chris Abbas and NASA

Filmed in and around Dunedin, New Zealand // June 2012

From the album - Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn

Telsa Boy, Fantasy

Director: Ryan Patrick

Editor: Chris Amos

Starring: Dasha Malygina

Panama, It's Not Over Yet

Director: A Nice Idea Every Day
Dop: Vivien Weyrauch
Camera assistant / 2nd camera: Christoph Hüttner
2nd camera assistant: Knut Lehmann

Produced by A Nice Idea Every Day

Tags: Gotye Seven Hours With a Backseat Driver, unsigned new director Ryan Patrick Gallagher, Tesla Boy Fantasy, Joey Bania, Kyle Bobby Dunn An Evening With Dusty, Die Antwoord Ten$ion, Young Replicant, The XX Chained, Rubber House, Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp, Panama It's Not Over, Ninja and Terence Neale, Ryan Patrick, Nice Idea Every Day