In addition to the music video competition, you will occasionally find music videos represented in other places at SXSW. For example, director/animator Chris Ullens had two of his music videos screen at SXSW this year, with his video for "Sex" by Slugabed as part of the music video section, and… Read More

After the release of the "Alive" video by Krewella, director Bryan Schlam decided to cut together a remix version of the video, for fun, which included some previously planned visual effects by BEMO. These effects, despite being cut from the original video, ended up working out enough for Krewella’s management… Read More

Last month, we interviewed Danielle Robarge, director/producer of Sprockets Music Video Festival, which will be held on June 15 in Athens, GA. The early entry date for music video submissions has already passed, but you’ve still got a few more hours before the late entry deadline to digitally submit your… Read More

Music video ratios usually range from 16:9 to extremely wide. However, director Warren Fu took it all the way past 4:3 and used a square aspect ratio for the sexy and disorienting "Sooth My Soul" by Depeche Mode. We talked to Warren about the concept behind the video, his new technique called… Read More

Last year, both Sigur Rós and director Andrew Thomas Huang released some amazing music videos. Sigur Rós released 16 videos as part of "The Vaktaru Mystery Film Experiment," and Andrew released the visually epic "Mutual Core" by Bj?rk, a labor-intensive project that took over 5 months to create. Now, Sigur… Read More

"Do you think you could cry and grind at the same time?" There's no room for subtleties when casting for the lead role in a music video like "Cry Like A Ghost" by Passion Pit. So when Daniel Scheinert (of DANIELS) asked Tallie Medel to star in the video, that’s… Read More

We're not positive, but we’re pretty sure the song “Molly” by Tyga feat. Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall isn’t about their missing female friend. We have a strict drug testing policy here at IMVDb, so none of us have ever tried any drugs (we've never even done a marijuana), but based on what we've… Read More

Last week, we interviewed Eli Stonberg of fourclops about their video for "Live Your Life (TWINSMATIC Remix)" by Yuna. Today, we've got some more fourclops news because Eli and Jeff Greco are back with a sweet interactive video for “Girls Like Me” by TV Girl that lets you (and your Facebook friends) make cameos in the video. The interactive feature… Read More

Over the past year, director and designer Kate Moross has collaborated with singer-songwriter Jessie Ware on all things visual - from logos, to print campaigns, to several of her music videos. Along with Jessie and the styling team at Silver Spoon Attire, Kate has directed  nearly all of her music videos, starting with "Running” released early last… Read More

One of the best parts about watching music videos in an audience is getting to hear the different reactions out of people. And during the music video screening that we attended at SXSW, no video seemed to evoke as many different reactions from people as did “Big Shot” by CHRISTEENE… Read More

Music videos are inspired by lots of different things, but it’s rare to find one that was inspired by 5th grade science fair projects. However, in "Live Your Life (TWINSMATIC Remix)" by Yuna, that’s exactly where directors fourclops turned when coming up with the effects for the video. We talked… Read More

The debut music video for an up and coming artist is one of the first opportunities they have to really establish an image for themselves. In "Fall Over," the first music video for BANKS, the way director Dylan Knight approached the piece was to create the ideal environments for BANKS… Read More

A word of warning: if Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne are hanging around your mansion and your pool, keep a sharp eye out for them stealing from you and leaving in a helicopter. That's the central lesson behind the new video for “High School” by Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne, directed by Benny Boom and produced… Read More

Sometimes, a director needs to actually see what’s in their head in order to help visualize the concept, even if that means doing ballerina moves in their living room, which is exactly what director DJay Brawner did while brainstorming the idea for “Hands And Faces” by The Used.  We talked… Read More

"Like Home" by Nicky Romero and NERVO is Kyle Padilla's first video as a solo director, and an ambitious one. It includes motorcycle stunts, an artist's first attempt at music video lip syncing, and, of course, directing an actor acting as a director. We talked to Kyle about writing personal… Read More

Spectacle: The Music Video, the first museum exhibition dedicated to music videos, opens tomorrow at Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. Jonathan and Meg Wells of Flux curate the exhibit, and its goal is to “explore the art, history, future, and influence of the art form.” We were able… Read More

Family portraits are notorious for being awkward. There is a website dedicated to it. You can be the coolest, most photogenic family ever, but if I hand you over to a Sears photographer, 10/10 you're going to end up looking like this. In the video for “Wasted” by METZ, director Scott… Read More

Often times, a lot of post-heavy music videos don’t really come together until the backend. However, the video for “Bootleg Fireworks” by Dillon Francis was built almost entirely in the edit, so the plan when shooting for director team MENZ (Michael Giambra and Bill Benz) was just to get as… Read More

There are few things cuter than a bunch of elderly folks, boogie down to some funky tunes. Just out there getting their geriatric grove on, as a cool band jams on stage. Even a photo of Anderson Cooper holding grumpy cat is less cute than that. So, it is no surprise that… Read More

One of our favorite things to do at IMVDb is to find film festivals that feature music videos of any kind (highlighted by our continuing coverage of this year’s SXSW). But, what we really love is when we can find an event completely dedicated to music videos – and going… Read More

Jay Sean is a smooth dude, even when he’s constantly getting things spilled on him. In the new video for “Where You Are” directed by Hannah Lux Davis, not even mustard, coffee, or a giant bouncer can keep him from putting some subtle moves on a fly girl in the… Read More

Practical and computer-based effects each come with their own unique set of challenges, and director Filip Sterckx decided to take on both sets when making the music video for “Sweater” by Willow. Consisting of a live-action lead singer traveling through a projected computer-animated world, making the video posed a unique set of challenges. We… Read More

If you like your music political, you might want to check out Killer Mike's track "Reagan," off his 2012 album R.A.P. Music. If you like your music videos political (and by political we mean Ronald Reagan's naked body, suspending in a fluid tube that is part of a robotic killing machine),… Read More

Described as a "love letter to VHS and childhood," the video for Starcadian’s "HE^RT" has a look and feel that will be very familiar (and hopefully close to the heart) of many readers who grew up in the era of VHS tapes and classic movies like The Last Starfighter. Co-directed… Read More

Having a music video selected to screen at SXSW doesn’t just benefit the director of the video. Everyone involved with video, from the artist and through to each crew member, contributed to the success of the project. That’s why we were excited when our first interview at SXSW this year was… Read More