If you're a hip-hop and/or music video fan who's not aware of MTV Jams, you should check your local listings. The 24/7 rap video channel airs in 29 million homes now, so you likely get it. And if not, bug your cable provider. Incessantly.
The Jams brand will be expanding to all of MTV's properties on October 23, with Jams.MTV.com as the digital hub for all things hip-hop.
Due to scheduling conflicts, director Jake Davis will be joing our panel. Jake's directorial work includes videos for The Walkmen, Wiz Khalifa and lots more...
Hope to see you there!
I'll be moderating a muic video panel at this years CMJ Music Marathon. If you're in NYC and have a festival pass, please come be sure to come on down!
It's ghost story of sorts in director David Altobelli's latest video for instrumental post-rock duo Hammock, as a woman realizes that you can't be in love with a memory forever. --> watch "Cold Front"
"Music videos are so stylistic. It’s about the beauty of the image- it’s like a commercial. Features are the opposite of that. If you do that in a feature, you’re actually downplaying what’s important- the story- and taking away from it." — Harris Savides, DP
Word is spreading that the great cinematopgrapher Harris Savides passed away yesterday...
Savides was the DP on some classic music videos, including several by frequent collaborator Mark Romanek:
Don't be too quick to assume you know what the young man is looking for in this sketchy strip club. (Also: Never trust anyone in a Jets jersey. Especially Mark Sanchez). --> watch "Lupine Dominus"
Thee Oh Sees "Lupus Dominus"John Strong, director | Gregory Finch, producer | Not So Strong, Forever Pictures, production co | Nicholas Stango, DP
"The idea came from a lack of sleep and too much time away from home. I wanted it to be dreamlike; something that’s relatively normal but seems ‘off.’” — Tony Smith, Sleeper Agent [via IFC.com]
A Karaoke session gets increasingly bizarre in this video directed by the band's own Tony Smith. --> watch "That's My Baby"
Sleeper Agent "That's My Baby" (Mom+Pop/RCA)Tony Smith, director
