Teri Whittaker

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Pharrell Williams "Marilyn Monroe" (Luis Cerveró, dir.)

The secret to his happiness might be the hat. Or, maybe it's allowing himself to dream all day and all night about beautiful women. Lucky for Pharrell, he's got the means to fill his video with girls girls girls and lots of surreal style via elaborate set-pieces orchestrated by Luis Cerveró (of CANADA fame).

It is fabulous.

And yes, that's a Kelly Osbourne cameo.

In Depth

Talking Katy Perry "Roar" with co-directors Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi

If you're going to trudge into the jungle and challenge some of the most iconic film motifs ever, there's probably not a better choice than the Motion Theory creative team, which has previously tackled the high seas, candyland and way more over the course of many music videos.

Directors Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi — two independent directors at Motion Theory who collaborated on this project — took Katy Perry's "Roar" as a call to empowerment, leading the pop star on a journey from damsel in distress to queen of the jungle.

We recently chatted with the directors about everything from how.PETA recently hijacked a press cycle by questioning the treatment of the many animals in the video, and the general usage of animals in film production — claims which were rebutted by Katy in a statement and further countered in our interview — plus film inspirations, art directing nature and the truth about Junglescope.