The Guest Bedroom - No Thief / dir.: Scott Cudmore
All masks created by Tyler Clark Burke.
Music Video Directors Alliance
We apologize for the bumping up of this post. We feel it is a more than important issue that all antville directors need to take part in.
Who we are not: The DGA The record labels The MVPA
Who we are: We are a group of working music video directors, some of which are also DGA members. You know our names, and you know our work. Our feeling is that there has just been a paradigm shift in the music video business where our work has gone from being a promotional tool to sellable, revenue generating content. We are the creator/writer/directors of these works and our interests need to be represented. The only entity that has the clout and infrastructure to do something like this is the DGA. For instance, they already have an entire department whose sole responsibility it is to audit, collect, and distribute residuals for the tv/feature film director members.
We have had over 250 directors sign thus far. We can assure you, close to all of antville's hero directors are represented . Not only have the A list directors signed but it has crossed over to DGA feature film members signing in support of our cause as well. Here are some of the comments left by directors so far, www.mvdga.org.
A song on itunes is 99 cents. A song with the video is 1.99. That means that video is worth one dollar. The director is the creator, writer, and director of that video. As with every other format be it television, feature films, short films, internet films, etc where the work is being sold for profit, the director needs to be compensated on the back end sale of their intellectual property.
The director is in fact one of the very few people left on a video set that is not represented by their union. The way the business has changed recently, there is really no way we as directors can continue without having a larger entity represent our collective interests.
Please sign our petition at www.mvdga.org. Every signature is important. Thank you.
Sincerely, MVDA
Eurythmics "I've Got a Life" dir. Matthew Rolston
Er, I'll take this time to point to their groundbreaking work in the 1980's, and Annie's Sophie Muller solo vids. They're kinda in Cher mode here.
P.S. This is where Madonna could be..
via arjanwrites
2002: A New JY Movie Video
I'm a NYC-based video editor and I've found that, unlike writers and artists who can create their art from scratch, an editor has to edit "something." So, as a lover of movies and music, I used that as my jumping-off point-- cutting movies to songs that are either about the movie or can inform them.
Anyway, I've cut Misery to the Green Day song "Pulling Teeth" and Citizen Kane to the White Stripes' "Union Forever," a song whose every lyric is a line of dialogue from the film. My latest one is called 2002. It's Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to Mellow's "Fantastic."
Check out 2002 at:
Links to the other two or on the page.
Enjoy!
JY
