Hammer & Tongs

Emily, Sam, Alex & Jamie

Visual SignaturesMake videos for a similar genre of indie rock. Especially working with bands such as Badly Drawn Boy, Beck and Eels.Bands performing AnimationInfluenced by children’s tv programmesArtist would be drawn to these directors because of their authentic low budget, home made type of video and the fact that their videos are set in everyday situations with a slight twist .

Biographical information – Garth Jennings & nick Goldsmith

Garth first got interested in music videos at art school. "I was at art school with the guys I set up hammer & tongs with [including Nick Goldsmith]. While there I was doing lots of short films and animation stuff, and my other friends were commissioned by a tiny record label - actually it was XL Recordings who are now very successful”

Garth - Director of Hammer and tongs

Nick – producer of Hammer and Tongs

AnimationA picture of the interactive website.

A milk carton brought to life in there video for

blur’s coffee and tv

Screenshot from the video for pumping up your stereo

Film/Videography"Coffee & TV" - Blur (1999)"Driftwood - Travis (1999)"Pumping on Your Stereo - Supergrass (1999)"Right Here, Right Now" - Fatboy Slim (1999)"Cancer for the Cure" - Eels (1999)"B Line" - Lamb (1999)"Last Stop: This Town" - Eels (1998)"Help The Aged" - Pulp (1997)"A Life Less Ordinary - Ash (1997)"Weak" - Skunk Anansie (1996)"Dominion Road" (UK Version) - The Mutton Birds (1995)"Mr.Kirk's Nightmare" - 4hero (1990)

"A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend (2008)"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" & "Nude" - Radiohead (2007/2008) - Made with Adam Buxton"And I Was a Boy From School" - Hot Chip (2006)"Hell Yes" - Beck (2005)"Lost Cause: Version 2" - Beck (2003)"Little By Little" - The Wannadies (2003)"Imitation of Life" - R.E.M. (2001)"Disillusion" - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)"Spitting in the Wind" - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)"Silent Sigh" - Badly Drawn Boy (2002)

Chosen Video – Coffee &TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUil383us4&feature=fvst