Music Video Directors Research

I have decided to research into some music video directors, I am hoping to be influenced by some this will help me to come up with some good ideas to use in my video, this will help me to create a clever and imaginative video.

The first director I will look at is Paul Brown. I am choosing to research his work as he has worked with band 'Slipknot', and this is the band that I am going to produce a music video for. Brown is a graphic designer, photographer, music video & commercial director, having worked on many music videos in the past, in 2008 he worked with Heavy Metal band Slipknot for the video 'Psychosocial'. In my opinion this is a very good video, this is because the shots used are very effective and capture the meaning of the song. Brown uses a lot a fire and destruction in the video, tied in with an effective band performance. Brown has worked with other artists of similar genre to Slipknot meaning that he will be a major influence on my work. Brown stereotypically uses a band performance without a narrative, this is something I will consider, however I am likely to include a narrative in my video.

Another director I will look into is Hype Williams. Williams is a completely different director to Brown (genre-wise). This is because Williams ha worked with artists such as Kanye West and Busta Rhymes. Williams has been successful director in his time, winning awards such as Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for Busta Rhymes' "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", the NAACP Image Award (1997), the 8th annual Music Video Production Association Award for Black Music Achievement (1997), MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rap Video (1998) category for Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999) for TLC's "No Scrubs", and the BET Award for Best Director (2006) for Kanye West's "Gold Digger".In 2006, Williams was honoured by MTV with its Video Vanguard Award, presented in honour of his achievements as a filmmaker. This success makes Williams a big influence on me because he is imaginative and creative, meaning that I may use some of his ideas in my music video.