INSPIRATION

I have researched some of the possible directors to be involved in my music video:

Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller is a British director, this means she will be more accessable as my artist is also British. She is the director of the video which has given me the original inspiration for the narrative in my video, P!NK's 'Family Portrait' (2001)

This video also includes real life issues which are much more uncommon to include in music videos. P!NK displays a young girl experiencing her parents divorce and the possible repurcusions it may have on her as an impressionable child.

More recently, Muller has directed videos for:
Rihanna (Stay, 2013)
Beyonce (I was here, 2012)
Alicia Keys (Girl on fire, 2012)
Noah and the whale (L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N, 2011)





Mickey Smith

Mickey Smith is an Irish director, he has worked with Ben Howard a number of times for videos such as 'Only Love' and 'Esmerelda'. It is especially important to me that he has worked with my artist before because he understands the concepts and mood of Ben Howard video's already. 'Esmerelda' is one video of Howards that captures some of the darker tones that are represented in my video.

Smith has also won the Kinsale Sharks International Young Directors Award (2012), Best Sports film, Vimeo Awards 2012 and best Cinematography - Rhode Island Film Festival 2011. He will help create the beautiful imagery that i want to display in my video, as it is a big part of my genre's codes and conventions.

^^ Dark Side of the Lens (Short film): This shows Smith's style of cinematography that is so intimate and intricate towards his subject. This is the style i will take on in my video for 'To Be Alone'.