May 2012

2012 MuchMusic Award Nominees

Canadian music video channel MuchMusic has announced the 2012 MuchMusic Award nominees, recognizing both homegrown and international (mostly American) work.

The show airs live June 17 on MuchMusic and in the US on Fuse.

Check out all the videos at: mmva.muchmusic.com/nominees/

(If you're on the homepage reading this, please click through for the full list...)

Video Of The Year (Canadian)

SAVE THE DATE: MTV VMA's September 6 @ LA's Staples Center

MTV will be bringing the annual MTV Video Music Awards to L.A.'s Staples Center for the first time ever. Also a change of pace is the moving of the show from its usual Sunday night schedule to Thursday, September 6.

The MTV Video Music Awards have graced the airwaves since 1984, hosting performances and infamous moment from a who's who of music stars that runs the gamut from Madonna to Michael Jackson, Nirvana to Guns N Roses and, of course, Kanye West to Taylor Swift. 

2012 MVPA Award Nominees

The Music Video Production Association has announced their  2012 MVPA Award Nominees for all genere and overall categories (Technical categories are forthcoming).

Parris leads all director nominees with seven nods for his Cher Lloyd, Common, Romeo and Don Trip videos. He's followed by Chris Marrs Piliero with six nominations, and Yoann Lemoine with five nominations. The most nominated videos are director Piliero's Black Keys "Howlin' For You",  Lemoine's Lana Del Rey "Blue Jeans" and Justin Francis' B.o.B. "So Good" with three each.

See below for all 15 genre/overall categories.

WATCH IT: OFF! "Wiped Out" (Richard Kern, dir.)

Skateboard and surf wipeouts, mosh pit makeouts, pretty alterna girls and a stripped-down punk performance. All you can really want from this video collaboration that matches the mighty thrash throwbacks OFF! with famed photographer Richard Kern. --> watch "Wiped Out"

OFF! "Wiped Out" (Vice)Richard Kern, director | Max Hull and John Wilson, skater footage | Transworld Surf, surf footage 

IN DEPTH: Electric 6 "Psychic Visions" (Justin J Lowe, dir.)

Or, How to make a music video with a musical number, wedding, and underwater fight scene for under 2 grand..

Sometimes when I can't totally connect the dots on a music video — let's face it, over a decade in this business has not done wonders for my attention span — I ask the director to grab control of this blog and explain it. Much like he did with this Electric Six video, director Justin J Lowe overdelivered to an awesome and very much appreciated extent. And, it will hopefully be a helpful guide for any directors or bands looking to put on a (video) show.

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