The artistic merit of music videos is a debate that never seems to go out of style. Rather than stoke the coals here, I thought I'd just post a few clips of some great vids that I've come to love over the years. Making music videos is one path many an aspiring Director has taken, often with the aim of getting noticed by a studio and/or the right people...the right people being the brass who keep an eye on new clips and can poach up and coming Directors and put them behind the wheel of a feature film. In reality I think it rarely happens this way but, to be fair, it worked out alright for Brett Ratner and Michael Bay. Exceptions rather than the rule I'm sure; the equivelent of a modelesque 16 year old piece of jailbait being "discovered" whilst shopping at the Mall.Personally, I'd love to cut my teeth directing video's. I've always favoured the quirky clips that utilize the medium to do something iconic and cool, like these...
*I'd hoped to post the clips directly on here but, since iTunes has been selling Music clips, it's become increasingly difficult to find decent quality versions online for free. Most of the one's that are on Youtube have had their embed code removed by request if they havent been pulled entirely, so I've instead provided the direct links. A notable ommission is the haunting video for Bjork's "Human Behaviour", which I cant find anywhere on the web. Nevertheless, here's some of my fav's...
Weezer - Island In The Sun (Spike Jonze)
Coldplay - Yellow (James & Alex)
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Walter Stern)
Sick Puppies - All the same (Shimon Moore)
Massive Attack - Teardrop (Walter Stern)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (John Landis)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Jonas & François)
OK GO - Here it goes again (Trish Sie)
The Presets - My People (Kris Moyes)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (Jonathan Glazer)
Chemical Brothers - The Salmon dance (Dom & Nic)
