Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Case Study - Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves is a well known British director.

History

He began his media career by making short films at University. His award winning short films were used as 'calling cards' to get a 'foot in the dorr' with the video production company Factor Films. He then went on to begin shooting three very low budget music video's costing around £5000 each.

Work of Thraves

Thraves two most proud achievements come are the video's for the song Just by the Radio Heads, and then the song The Scientist - Cold Play

Radiohead - 'Just'



This video was shot in just three days and cost in the region of £100,000


Cold Play - 'The scientist'


Like the Radiohead song it was shot in just three days but this video had a budget of £200,000

Most recent video - The Japanse Popstars - Song for Lisa


Jamie used these videos to establish himself in the video production business and he used these to help take him into the film industry. He shot three films

  • The Low down

  • The cry of the Owl

  • Treacle Jr.


In todays climate the average music video costs around £20,000 and the average shooting time is around 2 days.

Tips

Jamie's top tips for music video's are

  • use the LYRICS of the song but do not be too literal, i.e don't act out every word
  • Go with the EMOTION of the LRYICS

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