I have analysed the work of some of my favourite Music Video Directors in the following post embedding some of my favourite music videos that have been directed by themselves over the years.
David Fincher
I personally love the overall depiction of both Justin
Timberlake and Jay Z in the Suit and Tie music video. David Fincher does really
well to mix both modern with old in the music video to fantastic effect. I also
like the fact that the entire music video is in black and white something that
I myself was hoping to encapsulate in my own personal music video. As well as
the camera work I feel that David Fincher uses miss-en-scene to a great extent
in order to truly highlight the true class of what it feels like to live an
uptown singers lifestyle always wearing a suit and tie, drinking whisky and
smoking a cigar etc. The following video also underlines David's quote in this
blog as he truly hasn't followed protocol of just depicting lyrics he's filmed
a great degree of meaningful footage and managed to make it work with a catchy
song in the Performance based video. I myself wish to create a Music Video with
this sheer amount of meaningful visual imagery just as David Fincher has here, I
truly feel it leaves the audience in a state of the past, wishing they were in
that era and living the life that Jay Z and Justin Timberlake are making look
exceedingly glamorous.
Jonathan Glazer
I really like this particular Music Video directed by
Jonathan Glazer as I feel he creates a really moody tone something that I wish
to create in my own A2 Music Video production. Glazer utilizes elements such as
Camera, Editing, and Mise-En-Scene to create what appears to be an extremely
moody and eerie environment, matching the title 'Street Spirit' with the
constant slow motion editing making people appear to have some sort of inner
spirit inside of them that is being let out. Furthermore, the more and more I
watch this video I become further engulfed and intrigued as to what will
feature throughout the video and analysing separate components for meaning.
This particular video subscribes perfectly to Jonathan Glazer's theory of
creating a visual statement and really hooking your audience, a particular
feature that Radiohead’s Street Spirit highlights all the way through.
Great to hear your understanding of the lack of need to follow the concept of the lyrics - I can really hear you get this - well done
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