Who are some famous music video directors and why are their videos so well known?
Most notable music video directors are:
David Fincher,David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. At the age of 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. Fincher worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. He left ILM to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood.
David Fincher directed the music video of Madonna 'Vogue' and Michael Jackson 'who is it'
Hans Uno Jonas Akerlund is a swedish director and drummer. He is the best for directing music videos, Which are often mock forms of movies trailers and short films.
He directed the music video of Lady Gaga 'Telephone featuring Beyonce' and Christina Aguilera 'Beautiful'
Anthony Mandler is Rihanna's favourite video director. The Two have reportedly come together for a whopping 16 music videos since she began her career in 2006.
His notable music videos include JayZ/Justin Timberlake 'Holy Grail', Rihanna 'Diamonds' and Drake 'Find your Love'
Their videos are made so popular by the large budget they are able to put into it. The best directors will not want to do a video for a new artist unless they feel that their debut single will do well in the charts. These directors need to know that they will be getting the money money they spent on the video back. How good the video is will determine the outline of views and sales of the single after video consumption.
Because technology is improving, the amount creativity allowed in a video in unlimited. Artists coming out now are all about being individual and unique so they crate the most alarming videos in terms of dancing, effect etc. This makes the audience to enjoy the video and praise the directors. And other artists, upcoming or established will want to work with that particular director. For instance when i hear a song i really like, i imagine what sort of video will suite the song and if a video does get released for that song i'll be excited to watch it. However if the video doesn't fit the video, I will criticise it for example Nicki Minaj's video for 'Startship'
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