Tuesday 23 February 2010

Research into Music Video Director

The director I have researched is:

Wayne Isham

Wayne has been working in the media industry for 26 years. he started out as a cameraman, working on the set of "caught in the act" which was the music video for the track by the Styx. he then went on to direct the video for motley Crue and their track " smokin in the room boys".since he directed his first video Wayne has directed 60+ music videos with loads of famous artists such as Bon Jovi, Whitney Huston, Ozzy Osbourne, Micheal Jackson and journey. he has also directed many newish bands that have released music in the last 5 years and these artists are Kelley Clarkson, muse, Leona Lewis and and Shayne ward. the latest video he directed was resistance by muse.

Wayne Isham`s style of video varies with the time that they were made. what i mean is if you notice he went from being very rock to being more pop.Alot of his videos are of the bands concerts or live performances. His earlier videos that are not of concerts are bizarre ones but they go along with the genres as they are very hard rock type of genres. his more resent videos are hip hop ones that are not as strange but they are still oddly located.their is one aspect of his videos that you do notice alot is the cinematography of the videos as the lighting of the videos are similar to one another as they are fairly bright, but the lighting is very much according to the genre that the artist`s music is common to the artist.







This is one of waynes older videos by motley crue, it was released in 1985. sadley this is not the full version of the video as their is more at the start. this is a very common music video of waynes as it has the band performing at a concet however at the start it has a very odd begining as it is in different locations of each of the band memebers n=but these locatiobns are very odd but he also has the beginig of the concert which has been show very interestingley as it uses still images to make people look like the are moving very statically. another video he did in his earley years that is very similar to this is bon jovi`s you give love a bad name.





the start of this video is not like the other video however it has the same context, as it is of the bands live performance. one very interesting part of cinematography for this video is that it has a few slow action shots and the band also interacts with the camera. another video that is a concert type concept video that wayne has directed, which is from his earley years is Black Cat - Janet Jackson





this video again is a concert based video. if you notice the simillarity between this video and the perviouse two is their is and intro on the video to create a build up of excitment to make the veiwer want to see the video even more and to make them get more excited about it. he has also used stills in this video just like the on with motleu crue but he hasnt used them as much this time. another concert type based video he has done that is a little more modern is resistance by muse.





if you compare this video to his earleir ones you can see that the style hasnt changed and all that has really happened ius that it has become more modern. he still has the build up at the start, he also has the chots of the crowed and alot of panning shots just like the previouse ones. he also has the whole band dramatic shot of them walking to the stage through the tunnel but even though he has very similar styles of shooting the videos they are still just as effective as they used to be.


as you can see he is a very important and successful director that has worked with many people of big names but also he has many different styles in the way ha shots his videos the inly really consistant styel is of the concert based videos. he has acheivwed alot and has had a very succesfull run as a director but i am now going to show what the audience response is to his work:



The Only Best Rock Director
by love_sexy_deryck (Wed Feb 25 2004 08:02:35)
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He is the best, no doubt. He always make different videos from the other directors and it just amazing where he get his ideas from.

12 Bucks-Worst Movie Ever!!
by calmaninga (Sat Feb 21 2009 16:33:53)
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He should stick to his older videos. This movie is the worst movie ever made. No wonder all his peers are film directors, and he's not All of his new videos blow too....little too much fun?

Yeah Piece of Me Won 2008!~!
by Roxburyfunny1 (Mon Sep 8 2008 18:18:22)
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Wayne's Video won and it totally deserved it. Congrats Uncle Wayne!~! Joe: Stealing Stuff!~! Nick J Show Part 2 (REVENGE) I love the Ignore button!~!

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