Like most of the tech, film, and music world, we were in Austin, Texas this week covering SXSW. We were there, of course, to cover the music video portion of the event, which started with the first music video program screening on Monday at 11am. The selection of music videos… Read More

Having an inanimate object star in your music video can be difficult for both the director and the artist. For the director, they have to figure out a way to make a story about an object compelling. For the band, they have to be cool with this object getting more… Read More

From April 3 through June 16, 2013, Spectacle: The Music Video will be featured at Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. Curated by Jonathan Wells and Meg Grey Wells of Flux, Spectacle is the first museum exhibition to explore the art, history, future, and influence of music… Read More

With the way budgets and production schedules are set up, there are sometimes shots in music videos that the director can only get once. Shots where everything has to go perfectly, and if it doesn’t you have to keep going anyway. In that situation, the last place you’d expect to… Read More

Often times, music video directors have to capitalize on what the situation offers them in order to be successful. On the music video for “BBQ Sauce” by Sean Price featuring Pharoahe Monch, director Todd Angkasuwan was able to capitalize on the on the impatience of Sean Price and the natural… Read More

A good director and producer relationship is like a marriage, requiring a good balance of give and take from both partners for it to be successful. That’s why when director Ali Presley Paras describes his producing partner Kenneth Ferrell as “the perfect husband,” we know it’s probably meant as a… Read More

Here at IMVDb, we are such big fans of Brooke Candy that we feel like we know her. We don’t, though. But Spaghetto does! And has for a while now – even before Brooke was everybody’s favorite sexy lady rapper. After being friends for years, the two of them finally teamed up on the… Read More

This past weekend, we were on location in Long Island with BRTHR and I/O on set of the music video for “Wasted My Time.” The marathon production, with over 15 locations in less than 72-hours, required I/O to do everything from fall backwards into 35 degree water, climb into a… Read More

As the head of post production at Anthem Films, editor Chris Rodriguez might be doing anything from making sure clips are transcoded properly, to not sleeping for several days as he edits and delivers an entire music video over the course of a weekend.  We talked to Chris about his… Read More

Crying on cue can be difficult for even the most seasoned actors to achieve. However, when using the right techniques, even nonprofessional actors can pull off a convincing on camera cry. In the June Zandona-directed “Lapsarian," Lady Lazarus pulls it off pretty much the entire time she's on camera. We… Read More

Yesterday, while everyone else was enjoying the release of Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman’s “I Ain't Happy” by Cashius Green featuring Vince Staples, the directors themselves were on set with Pro Era, shooting the music video for “School High.” The video shows the Pro Era guys at a high school,… Read More

Music video director Matthew Boman has made some of our favorite videos for artist like Riff Raff, BLOK, and Brooke Candy. And since he has directed some of our favorite music videos, we decided to ask him about his favorite music videos. Man, were we excited when we got his… Read More

When a music video has a total of four crewmembers, and one of them is credited as prop master, it’s clear those elements play a significant role in telling the story of the video. In the music video for “The Snow” by AK, director Kristina Carucci was able to alter… Read More

When BRTHR (the duo behind colorful and visually interesting music videos for artists like Cris Cab, Angel Haze, and Nina Sky) teamed up with Emily Kai Bock to remix her video for “She Is The Wave” by Doldrums, their goal was to make it look like a crazy person edited… Read More

Brian C. Lehrer’s video for “Tribo Fuego” by TWST-1 features fire dancers, dark rituals, and a dude in a loincloth who also happened to be the key grip. It’s not unusual for people to take on multiple roles on the set of a music video, but this has got to… Read More

Here at IMVDb, we don't throw around terms like "charming" for a music video very often, but Jordan Bruner's video for “Tourniquet” by Hem is charming. Animated by Jordan and Greg Lytle, and utilizing hand-made puppets, the video tells the story of an artist fox who moves to the city after a run in with some… Read More

Chances are, if you’ve seen a music video made in the past three or four years, you’ve seen the work of Isaac Hagy. Editor of some of the most popular music videos for artists like Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, The Weeknd, Bon Iver, and Foster The People (just to name a few),… Read More

If you are the drummer in a band and you are directing your band's music videos, it's a pretty ballsy move to center the concept around 50 drummers. But, in "Beast" by Nico Vega, directed by drummer Daniel Epand, the concept not only works, but makes for a great video.… Read More

Last month, we spent the day with Jason Ano on the set of Black Dave’s “Muthafuck! My Enemies” and we shared a few photos with you. Today, Dave premiered the video, and so we’re happy to premiere the behind the scene video that we shot while on set with him and… Read More

Last night, I headed down to Anthology Film Archive in New York City to see the premiere of Kevin Slack's short film Every Word Handwritten, presented by The Gaslight Anthem. The film is based on The Gaslight Anthem's music video "Handwritten," which Kevin also directed. The house was packed, so packed… Read More

There are a few ways to get a realistic looking performance out of a band. One way is to simply work with them over and over again with the track playing behind them until they get the sync looking right, another way is to just have them plug in and… Read More

Time management is always an issue when it comes to making music videos. However, Kid Rock and director Jameson Stafford took that to another level when they conceptualized and shot Kid Rock’s videos “Cucci Galore” and “Happy New Year” within the span of six days. We talked to Jameson about… Read More

Keith Schofield's video for “You Can't Be My Girl” by Darwin Deez features Darwin photobombing a bunch of stock video clips from pond5 and shutterstock. How many stock videos do you ask? We’re not exactly sure, but we did find as many as we could. You're welcome. Click on each image to see… Read More

You know you’ve hit gold with your casting call when “a Ukrainian ex-circus member, a real estate broker, and a straight up junkie” all show up to be in the same video. In “Crystal Vases” by The Last Royals, director Michal Lawrence follows a team of older women, lead by… Read More

Working with a five year old can be difficult, especially in a role that requires a range of emotions and a story to be told almost exclusively through facial expressions. That's why when working with five year old Talula Paulson, star of "Stubborn Love" by The Lumineers, director Isaac Ravishankara… Read More