Director Research Task

David Fincher

David Fincher directed Justin Timberlake's music video 'Suit & Tie'. I like how Fincher has directed this video in black and white. The black and white video makes it seem 'posh'. I also like the creativeness of the video, like how it starts in one place and follows as a journey to a stage of some kind and then to Justin himself playing the piano.

There are certain styles withing the video that I find are impressive and look good. I like how the editing starts of quite slow an then gets faster as the song becomes faster. I also like how when Justin is on the stage, the camera work changes from behind and then to the front and so on. The lighting looks good so when the camera is behind the artist, we can still see he is the artist and main focus of the video. This gives off a good affect to the audience.

The black and white video is a good way of making a video in my view as I think it gives a different image to what normal videos give off. The black and white is different from most music videos out there and it doesn't follow what other videos tend to have, like the girl and romance throughout it.

When I make my music video, I will be looking at what Fincher has done with his camera movements and camera angles as there are a variety in this specific video which are good that I could probably use too.

Jake Nava

Jake Nave is a British film and music video director who directed Beyonce's song, 'If I Were A Boy'. I like the way Nava has directed this video in a number of ways, ranging from the colour, lighting and background story.

I like how Nava had directed the video in black and white as I believe it makes the video and story powerful. I like how he displays Beyonce as the 'man' and the man as the 'women', as in the terms, a women can do exactly what a man can do.
Nava shows this video as a women being independent and strong and doing things, like a job that is typically looked at as a mans job.

I also like the camera shots that Nava has used throughout this video, such as the extreme close ups of the both faces. The extreme close ups show the audience the facial expressions and emotions of both the characters in the video which makes us feel connected.

 The editing matches the timing of the song and fits perfectly with every camera shot that is used.

Overall, I like how this video is presented and I like the background story of what Beyonce is trying to tell. When I come to make my music video, I will go back to this and see how everything fits together and how I can get my music video to be like this is the concept of background story and the power that comes from it.