Doug Klinger and Jason Baum talk about the notable music videos from 2021.
Interviews with music video directors and industry professionals, new release highlights, and IMVDb site news.
Our views on cinema seems to be changing, the once popular shoot-em-up style film seems a lot less entertaining after the recent events involving gun violence. With that said, there are still ways to find beauty within dark subject matter,…
When searching for a music video director, most people wouldnt think that LinkedIn is the best place to look. However, some really great music video directors, like Leah McKissock for example, apparently have LinkedIn accounts. We know this because that is…
Yesterday, we were on the lower east side of Manhattan on set with Jason Ano and Black Dave, shooting a behind-the-scenes video for Muthafuck! My Enemies that you guys will get to see very soon. Until then, here is a…
Director Luke Gilford knows about directing videos that feature supernatural situations in real life settings. Both his videos for The Silicone Veil by Susanne Sundfør and & It Was U by How To Dress Well deal with these ideas. We talked…
Ever wonder what it's like to live the glamorous life of a music video director? Daniel Kwan of the directing duo DANIELS has posted a video composed of bits and pieces of iPhone video from 2012 that gives us a…
Deadpanning (also know as the opposite of camera mugging) is an overlooked form of performance art in music videos. At IMVDb, we enthusiastically recognize and promote the art of deadpan, so we were excited when in late 2012 and early 2013, directing…
In 80s Fitness by Koan Sound, director Tim Hendrix introduces us to a colorful and twisted world full of violence, murder, and spandex (which apparently is more expensive than youd think). We talked to Tim about living in an editing…
Many, many things happened in the world of IMVDb over 2012. Just to give you a general idea, IMVDb wasn't even our name for most of 2012. So, here's a recap of what happened in 2012, and a little bit…
One thing we always enjoy hearing about here at IMVDb is music videos where the artist and the director have a really collaborative, hands-on process. If a music video involves an entire band and director taking a day to hot…
Any way you look at it, 2012 was a big year for music videos. We had great videos coming out on just about a daily basis, from independent productions to videos premiering on cable TV. We had a video reach…
Making a music video that ties into a film is hard enough, but making one without showing the song's artist, or characters from the film, or characters in general takes it to another level. Director Isaac Ravishankara tackled this problem…
Hip-hop videos have come a long way since the days when all you got was cars, money, and butts. But, is hip-hop ready for two old white dudes eating popcorn in a sauna? That question is answered by director Spaghetto…
The last time we talked to director Michael Lawrence, it was about his series of surreal and artistic videos for Emil & Friends, which were shot in Indonesia and are at times very autobiographical. Michaels latest video, "I Turn On" by Slam…
When director Matthew Boman isnt making crazy videos about the end of the world, hes making crazy music videos with the likes of Brooke Candy, BLOK, and Riff Raff. His latest video, PEPPERMiNT TiNT by the aforementioned Riff Raff, could…
When you direct an awesome music video for Aesop Rock that features motorcycles, dancing, and ballerinas, there is bound to be a lot of stories to tell about production. Add in the fact that this one shoot actually resulted in…
It's been a few months since we launched the first tools that allow everyone to submit data to IMVDb, and in those few months we've learned a lot. We've gotten great feedback and thought a lot about the direction we…
As someone who has shot for both DANIELS and BREWER, cinematographer Pat Scola knows what its like working with director duos. In his career as a DP, he's knocked some items off of our imaginary DP bucket list, such as…
Jason Baum spent most of the past year producing music videos for awesome directors like Hiro Murai, Isaiah Seret, and Saman Keshavarz. Some of that time, however, was also spent hanging out with Zee Avi, and coming up with the…
While most of the world gets to enjoy the talents of Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber from a distance, cinematographer Rob Witt gets about as close as you can get in his role as DP for directors like…
Photo by Zoe Rain Unless youre from Seattle, you likely were introduced to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis this year through their awesome music videos for "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love." Despite the subject matter of these videos being completely different…
When director Isaac Rentz started to assemble the cast for Tegan and Saras Closer music video, it was important to him that they feel like real people on camera. Pulling inspiration from TV shows like My So-Called Life, and even…
Showing up drunk to your first meeting with an artist might not seem like the best way to start a working relationship. That is, unless youre working with Elliphant, in which case shell just laugh at you and then things…
Whenever a music video comes out that features anyone from Odd Future, we pretty much assume that at one point or another, things on the set just broke down into chaos. We clearly have a poor perception of reality because according to…
If my girlfriend was a pop star and I had to direct music videos for her, I would cover her in sweaters and blankets and film her from the neck up only. Luckily, director Ryan Andrews is nothing like me…
Holy crap it's the end of Friday already! I hope Applebees has enough mozzarella sticks ready for me because on Friday I don't hold back. That's why this week's edition of This Week in Music Videos isn't going to hold…
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