Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Spike Jonze - Music video director

Spike Jonze is an american director, producer, actor and screenwriter, however a lot of his work includes music videos. He has successfully worked with the likes of the Beastie Boys, Weezer and Bjork. Some of his videos seem like more like a short film than an actual music video.

Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
This video was taken from Jonzes short film 'Scenes from the suburbs.' Indie rock band 'Arcade Fire' accompanied the video with their song 'The Suburbs'.


Weezer-Island in the Sun
Jonze also directed the video Island in the Sun by alternative rock band Weezer. 



However Jonze doesn't just direct indie/rock/alternative videos, he has also directed videos such as Flashing Lights by Kanye West and Get Back by Ludacris, both rappers.
His videos seem to take quite a narrative based form, and are sometimes quite comical, such as Ludacris' Get Back, which was directed by Jonze. His videos all seem to be quite alternative and different, yet equally as gripping.




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