The History of Music Videos

EDGAR WRIGHT Edgar Wright uses music videos as a stomping ground for techniques and concepts to use in future films. I don't have much else to say regarding his MV work...... it's pretty limited. But he's one of my favorite directors and it'd have been a crime not to include this look at how a director can use MVs to experiment.  Mint Royale -  Blue Song   was the basis for Baby Driver. Wright's compulsiveness is on display as every action moves to the beat and each moment lends itself perfectly to the song. We can play the opening chase scene of Baby Driver to this one for a near-perfect match. Charlotte Hatherley -  Bastardo  is a playground for Scott Pilgrim's style. It's an interesting side-by-side. Not because of of Scott Pilgrim's similarities to  Bastardo  but from how different it is. Bastardo (2005) uses the graphic novel/magazine style very literally, as Scott Pilgrim (2010) takes cues from the comic book style. In Bastardo 

CHRIS CUNNINGHAM is a prodigy of special effects and disturbing imagery. He got his start in Hollywood working on the props and effects for Alien 3 with David Fincher when he was a teenager! And he's provided terror to audiences ever since. His videos are visceral in a way that gets under your skin. Disturbing, but captivating like found-footage of John Wayne Gacey at a pool party. His a direction creates actual, physical uneasiness. He uses a library of techniques to execute the distressing videos: Undefined Phenomena -  The focal point of Cunningham's videos is always an unexplained phenomena: a demon bursting from a TV, a humanoid experiment in a cell, a disembodied head on a subway. But the apparition alone isn't what keeps you watching. It's your desire to lean in and learn about the thing. But Cunningham knows giving you those answers will only deplete your fear of it. And so I think it is a consistent choice that he never reveals anything about the crea