With all of the compromises that usually have to be made to get a music video finished, sometimes a director just needs to put their foot down. Director Malia James did that when finding a location for the video for "Demon Dance" by Surfer Blood, a dark but funny video… Read More

If you’re anything like us, the first time you heard She & Him (the musical duo made up of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) you went, “Whaaat? I didn’t know Zooey Deschanel could sing like that, you guys!” And now, you get to have the same reaction to her abilities as… Read More

Flux is putting on quarterly screenings at the Hammer Museum at UCLA and one of those screenings is tonight. The main program is the LA premiere of David Shane’s short Playdate and Kirsten Lepore’s animated film Move Mountain. For music video fans, the screening also promises "new music videos for David Bowie,… Read More

In the video for “Around The Block” by Pretty Lights featuring Talib Kweli, director Anthony Dickenson focuses on the technical process of creating music and visuals - the wires, knobs, interfaces, and the human element that goes into creating sound and visuals. Pretty Lights is stationed at his setup, recording… Read More

Last night, Kanye West released the song “New Slaves” by projecting the music video onto the side of 66 buildings across the world. One of the projection locations, on the side of the Museum of Design & Arts near Columbus Circle in New York, was close enough for us to… Read More

What would a rapper and a comedian do if you gave them $5,000 and told them to make a music video? If you think the answer would be to get pizza with Childish Gambino, dress up like a chicken, and buy some shiny suits, you would be exactly right because… Read More

First off, we should start by saying great job this week everybody. You all worked really hard on whatever you do, and should be proud of the effort you put in. Music videos also did a great job this week, providing us with celebrity directors, twist endings, guest appearances, and… Read More

Inspiration as a filmmaker can come from all different places. For DP David Kruta, he was able to succeed in his current career by drawing influence from his previous careers, including his time spent as a graphic designer and as a dish washer. Since his days washing dishes, David has… Read More

At the beginning of this month, we traveled out to LA to attend the Los Angeles Music Video Festival. Co-directed by Sami Kriegstein and Colleen Curlin, LAMVF is one of the few things that allow us to take a break from our jobs as websitemen and venture out into the… Read More

The way it has previously worked at IMVDb is users submit content, we moderate it, and then it goes up on the site. However, IMVDb users aren't all just anonymous people. Since launched our page management feature in late 2012, we've had more than 800 pages claimed on IMVDb. So… Read More

The Uncluded, the genre-crossing duo comprised of Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson, has been on a music video tear recently, already releasing four videos off of their debut album Hokey Fright, which was released last week. Likely our favorite video from the album so far, “Delicate Cycle” directed by Ben… Read More

Last week while in LA for the Los Angeles Music Video Festival, we had the opportunity to drop by the set of “Cindy & Me” by Caged Animals, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada and shot by Niko Weisnet. We were only there for part of the day, but we can… Read More

If you're visiting IMVDb, there's a good chance that you're visting it on a phone. A lot of our traffic comes via mobile, and although you could technically access the site through your phone, it wasn't always easy. That's why we're very excited to announce that starting today, when you… Read More

For their last music video, “Wasted My Time” by I/O, director duo BRTHR spent three days running around Long Island, packing in multiple locations with multiple setups all within a short period of time. For their latest video, “Bounce” by Iggy Azalea, they also packed in a lot of locations,… Read More

Some of the things you’ll find in this week’s most popular music videos are female rappers riding elephants, comedians kissing each other on the lips, and projectile stigmata blood spraying over topless brides. This week also featured over 8 million people watching the new Selena Gomez video, "Come & Get… Read More

The Art of Pop Video is an exhibit in Liverpool that tells the story of music videos by showcasing over 100 of them from the past 80 years. The exhibit is currently running at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) through May 26th. Like Spectacle: The Music Video, the exhibit… Read More

Remember that reality show The Simple Life where Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie would travel the country failing at low-wage jobs? Apparently the managers and owners of the places they worked at on that show actually made out easy, because based on what we’ve learned from the Rich Gang “Tapout”… Read More

Last week, director Abraham Vilchez-Moran released the flashy “Liberachi” by M. Watts featuring Pusha T. The video features lots of sexy ladies, a snake, and of course M. Watts and Pusha T looking cool. The set seemed like a lot of fun, and although we didn’t get a chance to be… Read More

Right behind Psy on the list of recent artists who have used music videos to propel their careers would have to be Macklemore X Ryan Lewis. Despite being named to XXL magazine’s 2012 Freshman Class, it wasn’t until the success of the video for “Thrift Shop,” and to a lesser… Read More

Today we're very excited to announce a new feature we've been working on for quite some time: the ability for companies on IMVDb to promote themselves throughout the site. It's easy, and you can get set up today. The concept behind it is simple: if you represent or run a… Read More

There comes a time in every music video where the money runs out. Even on music videos with six figure budgets, eventually someone ends up working for free, or for much less money than they deserve and the only thing keeping them there is because they believe in the project… Read More

Right off the bat, we can pretty much award this week to Colin Tilley. Colin released two music videos that are among the top five most popular released this week, and his video for “Beat It” by Sean Kingston feat Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa comes in at number one.… Read More

In the behind the scenes video, director Colin Tilley says that he wanted to showcase Jason Derulo's energy in his new video for "The Other Side". It worked, becuase Derulo is working hard as a performer, a dancer, and a ladies man in this video, as the screenshot from the… Read More

There are only a few weeks left of school, you guys. You know what that means? It means OMG! Cameras Everywhere is on its way - and this time around, OMG is going international! This year, in addition to a weeklong session in Los Angeles, OMG will offer workshops in… Read More

The third annual Los Angeles Music Video Festival starts tonight at the Downtown Independent in LA, with doors opening at 8pm every night through Saturday. In addition to showing lots of amazing music videos up on a big screen, LAMVF offers some other great features, like director panels and their… Read More