Directors Research Task

One of the directors I have studied is Jasper Baydala. All of the music videos  he has directed are very original and creative. He tends to shoot with a fisheye lens and the camera is a lot older than your standard 1080p. He has shot a range of artists from rap to rock. I like the unique style he uses as it really sets his videos apart from the rest, which I think is extremely important because videos these days can be really repetitive.

The next director(s) I have studied are the duo Scott Cudmore and Michael Leblanc. The duo are based in Toronto and the music videos they direct tend to be unique and innovative. They have made videos for a lot of artists including Metz, Bahamas and Wooden Sky. Their videos are seen to be as extremely random with no story line. The main focus of their videos is around the editing. They use a technique where the go from fast cutting to slow cutting, which looks extremely effective, especially with heavy band such as Metz. The lighting that they use in their videos is usually very bright, and because there videos are quite in your face the harsh, bright lighting adds to that.