Music video directors and my favourites

There are many different types of music directors, each associated with a genre. Today, with the advancements of technology, some directors can be found on social networking sites, e.g You Tube.

From music-mix.ew.com, the top 10 music-video directors of 2011 are shown below;

1. Spike Jonze ('Otis' by Jay Z and Kanye West)

2. Canada - is the 'nom de director' of a trio of filmmakers from Barcelona; Luis Cervero, Nicolas Mendez and Lope Serrano. (Ice Cream by Battles)

3. Tom Scharpling (Romance by Wild Flag)

4. Marc Klasfeld (T.G.I.F by Katy Perry)

5. Jake Nava (Someone Like You by Adele)

6. Jesse Dylan (Lotus Flower by Radiohead)

7. Wolf Haley (Yonkers by Tyler The Creator)

8. Natasha Pincus (Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye)

9. Dugan O'Neal (Ass Back Home by Gym Class Heroes and Neon Hitch)

10. Maria Matsoukas (We Found Love by Rhianna and Calvin Harris)


From my reasearch through watching different music videos, I can determine my favorites directors. These are as follows;

Director X - "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber, "HTFR" by Drake, "Chasing The Sun" by The Wanted.

 

"Chasing The Sun" by The Wanted

 

"Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber

 When watching the videos, I have noticed that he uses a swipe for the introduction of the music video. Moreover, the name of the artist and the song is portrayed in slow motion before the start of the song.

Yoann Lemoine - "Take Care" by Drake ft. Rhianna, "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry, "Born to Die" by Lana Del Ray

                                                        

                                                          "Take Care" by Drake ft. Rhianna

                                                           "Born to Die" by Lana Del Ray

From the videos, the director uses a lot of slow motion action. Moreover, he uses videographic filters on the camera. From the above videos, the concepts of the music videos are based around romantic relationships.

Colin Tilly - "Next to You" by Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber, "Champion" by Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown, "U Smile" by Justin Bieber 

                                              "Next to You" by Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber

                                                 "Champion" by Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown

From Colin Tilly's music videos, at the start of the video, there shows 'Colin Tilly presents' Moreover, the name of the song and the artist is displayed at the start of the video, and at the same time, the camera is rolling on the artist(s)