Spike Jonze- Music Director

Spike Jonze is an american director, producer, screenwriter and actor with work including music videos, commercials, films and television programs. His directing skills aren't genre specific with a portfolio spanning over many different genres and sub-types.

He has won various awards such as best direction, best breakthrough and best choreography at the 1999 music video awards for Fatboy Slim's - Praise you.

Some of his well known videos are Da funk- Daft Punk, Flashing Lights- Kayne West, Sky's the limit- The Notorious B.I.G and Otis- Jay Z and Kayne West.

Da-Funk- Daft Punk

Otis- Jay Z and Kayne West

          

OneInThree

OneInThree are a media director company etablished by Ross Cooper and Bugsy Steel. They signed to colonel blimp a London based production company who have won multiple awards, since signing to the company the lads have worked with international artists such as Bloc Party, Ellie Goulding as well as independent artists such as The Teenagers and Badly Drawn Boy.

They are well known for producing industry standard quality music videos on a lower budget. In 2008 they received the most awards that has been acquired by new directors at the music video awards. The video above is Promises by Badly Drawn Boy and it was nominated for best art direction. The comments on this video was the experimentation between light and space.

They have gone on the do adverts for major companies such as O2, Ford and Trident.

Rancid

I have chosen to look at the band Rancid to use as a case study as the vocals sound very similar to my band The Grifters.

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, who were famous during the 80's punk scene. The band was formed as a way to help Armstrong out of Alcoholism and with the help of his roommate Brent Reed. The band formation has changed over the years and know includes Lars Fredericksen as second guitar and vocals and replacing Brett Reed, Branden Steineckert.

Although the band is from America their style of singing represents my band The Grifters, it has an urban edgy feel to it.