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Blind Aura Pictures’ short film THE HIVE has been nominated for a world Vimeo Award in the Narrative category. A huge accolade for everyone, THE HIVE is one of 12 films up for the prize – with the list being whittled down to four, before an awards ceremony to be held in New York on [...]
+ Read more…Our music video for Machines Don’t Care went live recently … and you can see it here! Directed by Courtney Phillips the promo was shot in Hackney, London and is a fast paced dance performance piece with some really nice visual ideas. Not to mention a big ‘reveal’. The video was shot in February and [...]
+ Read more…Tip-i-cal-ly by Skittles has recently been playlisted on BBC 1xtra and therefore we thought it a perfect time to post the video that we produced for him – having also notched up an impressive 27K youtube views. Skittles’ second album ‘Poor with £100 Trainers’ is available to buy and download across the UK. He has [...]
+ Read more…David Schofield was announced by Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator) as the WINNER of the Jessops ‘The Shot’ competition. Dave receives £5k of camera equipment and a trip to meet Paul in Toronto, in post on the new Resident Evil. Well done Dave and all involved in the film! You can watch [...]
+ Read more…We’ve collected some lovely praise on our short film THE HIVE over the past year or so. Here are some of the best quotes. “What can I say? Brilliant, really brilliant. The performances and casting are really good and it’s beautifully shot. Ed Lilly and the DP (Adrian Peckitt) have a really good eye.” Brian [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures’ short film The Hive has won the Shooting People ‘Film of the Month’ for December. Andrea Arnold (Wuthering Heights, Fish Tank, Red Road) judged the finalists and had this to say about The Hive “At first this film seemed tough and then I realised it was not at all. It was actually [...]
+ Read more…Aurora Fearnleys music video production for Troy Faid has made it onto the Promo News blog this week. Well done to her and all involved You can see the music video here on Promo News.
+ Read more…The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) happened last night in London with Paddy Considines Tyrannosaur picking up a hat-trick of awards for Best Film, Best Debut and Best Actress. Tyrannosaur is the follow on story to Considines short film Dog Altogether, which won the BAFTA for bet short film in 2008. Considine said: “It’s been [...]
+ Read more…Back in 2010 we shot our UK Film Council funded short film THE HIVE. If you’d like to know more about how we did it, here is a lovely ‘Making Of’ feature, made by Barney Batchelor and Luke Spiers at Vesper Pictures. Massive thanks to them, nicely captures how much fun we all had shooting the [...]
+ Read more…THE HIVE is currently in Decembers Film of the Month competition over on SHOOTING PEOPLE. Andrea Arnold is this months judge and for her to watch our film we need to be rated in the top three by the online community! So if you’re a member and you like THE HIVE please follow the link [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures short film THE HIVE has recently featured on the homepage of the BBC Film Network. The film has screened at BAFTA and Encounters Film Festival Industry screenings before making its online premiere at the BBC. We made the film back in 2010 and have received good feedback, including from Downton Abbey director [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures have recently completed music video production on the first release from newly formed duo DUKEBOX. Comprised of Virus Syndicate producer MRK1 and rapper DOCTOR their first single release is called PRESSURE and is due for release in early 2012. They are signed to AEI London who are owners of the UKF brand [...]
+ Read more…So, we have a lovely small rosta of Director who are all exceptionally talented storytellers. Here’s a bit about each of them. Ed Lilly is a BAFTA and Royal Television Society nominated Director. Specialising in pop promos and drama, his filmography includes UNITED YOUTH? (2008 BAFTA nominated ’60 Seconds of Fame’), THREE LITTLE WORDS (2009 [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures has shot no-less than THREE music videos that feature midlands based rapper Flexplicit. He is a prominent role in both the Sidewinder Raw movement as well as Highrise. We first met Flex on the set of THE SICKNESS music video, before shooting the SRE ‘Drop the Funk’ video and then in 2010 [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures has enjoyed a good relationship with Manchester grime artist Shotty Horroh, having now shot three videos in which he features, both as a solo artist and part of Highrise. Shotty Horroh has recently performed at the BBC 1xtra Live show along side Manchester artist Tyler Daley (Hoodman) and is set for big [...]
+ Read more…In late 2010 Blind Aura Pictures began their first project with Manchester grime artist Wrigley, on a track titled ‘Behind Closed Doors’. Wrigley is part of Wiley’s A-List group and has had previous success on tracks such as ‘Midnight Lover’ and ‘She Likes to’. In 2011 we then shot our second music video for Wrigz [...]
+ Read more…We have twice worked with dubstep group Virus Syndicate (MRK1, JSD, NIKA D, GOLDFINGER) who have found much success in the UK and across Europe, and more recently in America. Our first music video production for them was on a track titled ‘Believe’. ‘Believe’ took influence from feature film ’28 Days Later’. We took to [...]
+ Read more…We’ve been lucky enough to work with some outstanding artists over the past few years. One of our first music videos was for Manchester based rapper Skittles in 2007. The track was titled ‘Weed and Drink’ (later changed to ‘We’d Drink’) and the video was shot on a local Manchester market in Harpurhey. The music [...]
+ Read more…Blind Aura Pictures has grown through our love of film and short drama. We have shot numerous short films over the past five years. In 2008 we shot a one-minute short tilted UNITED YOUTH? which was later nominated by BAFTA in their ’60 Seconds of Fame’ competition. The film featured manchester rapper Skittles and focussed [...]
+ Read more…Over the past five years Blind Aura Pictures has worked with a large number of music artists and record labels, professionally producing exciting music videos for artists in genres such as grime, dubstep, hip-hop and urban music … however not forgetting indy, rock and pop. With the rise of urban culture into the mainstream, urban [...]
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