Post 34 - Planning- Directorial style

Is there a particular directing style you want to use?

Montage and long takes style

Shots and the cuts are the most basic building blocks of films, meanings in films and music videos are created primarily by montage, or editing that uses cuts to place shots in conversation with one another. We get to view past and present at the same time and understand the back stories of our characters. Where shots last for a long time and keep the elements of a scene in deep focus, letting the viewer choose his or her points of emphasis. The mise-en-scène, the design and arrangement of the shot, gains importance in this style of directing. This is the style of direction I wish to recreate. 

Are there particular directors you are inspired by and want to integrate these styles into your work? 

Tim Mattia is one of the directors I was inspired by, Mattia tends to work with artists who take the narrative route throughout their music videos. A couple of examples of this would be Robbers by The 1975 which is a music video I have mentioned as a video that has inspired my idea, the music video is heavily based on a story throughout. But, they also have an underlying story. For example, in Robbers, both Matty and his girlfriend take drugs during this video, however the seriousness of that is covered up by the romanticising of their relationship, so Mattia has made the idea of the drugs look beautiful as its wrapped in with the relationship between the two people. Which is similar to my idea, but the girlfriend is left behind in my video. During the course of all of the music videos that Tim Mattia has directed and edited It is clear that each music video has a similarity, which is that they all use quick edits and each section is cut smoothly, so it goes straight into the next one without breaking the tension that's being created. Also, he uses a lot of medium close ups, as well as close ups in order to see the facial expressions of the band members and the actors that are involved in each individual music video. 

He also uses continuity editing in each music video that he creates, in order to keep the pace up and make the videos more interesting for the audience. Its clear that Tim Mattia focuses on quick edits in order to stand out as a director, as well as the use of sub-genre throughout the narrative music videos. But also, the grittiness of the less mainstream bands. With the use of slow motion which impacts certain aspects of the videos and make them more dramatic. Which is something that I would want incorporate into my own music video.

I am inspired by this style of work as the use of colour and fast cut editing, I want to incorporate both of these into my music video's using short and long clips to convey meaning and to use colour psychology too. Darker colours being used to show more upset, emotional moments and colour being used to show happy, brighter moments.

Any inspiration from the director you previously research and made a documentary about

Hannah Lux-Davis has directed music videos for some of the biggest artists in the music industry such as Miley Cyrus, Drake, Lil Wayne, Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. Recently Billboard magazine labelled her as someone who is “rapidly becoming one of the most in-demand music video directors.” It is hard to disagree with this statement in light of Lux-Davis’ body of work that encompasses visuals for the songs 23, Burnin’ Up, Bang Bang, Love Me Harder, and, most recently, Nicki Minaj’s Only. Hannah has. clean, vibrant colourful style.

I want to use the same theories from this artist, I want to incoprorate colour psychology too. Darker colours being used to show more upset, emotional moments and colour being used to show happy, brighter moments.