John Landis- 'Michael Jacksons Thriller'
John David Landis was born on the 3rd August 1950 and is an American film director, actor, screenwriter and producer however he is known for his comedies, horror films and music videos with Michael Jackson. When Landis was living in London, he was approached by Michael Jackson to make a video for his son 'Thriller'. "Thriller" forever changed the music industry, MTV and the concept of music videos; it has won many awards. Also a bit later Landis directed a second video for Jackson, "Black or White"
"Thriller" was made into a very successful music video, known also independently as "Michael Jacksons Thriller". This whole video is 14 minutes and is longer than the song itself however this ties together with the narrative of the whole video featuring Jackson himself with actress Ola Ray as its setting is inspired a lot by horror films of the 1950s. In the video's most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a choreographed dance routine and even to this day this routine is still learnt and performed professionally. Though it got criticism for its violent imagery, the video was extremely popular and received high critical acclaim, being nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 and winning three. In 2009 it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, and was the first music video ever selected.
Francis Lawrence- 'Bad Romance' -Lady GaGa
Francis "Frank The Rat" Lawrence was born on March 26th 1970 in Vienna and is an American music video and film director. He is best known for directing the films 'I Am Legend' and 'Water For Elephants' and music videos such as Justin Timberlakes 'Rock Your Body', Jennifer Lopezs 'Jenny From The Block' and many more including Lady GaGas 'Bad Romance'. Also Lawrence has directed many commercials such as Disneyland, Coca Cola and Bacardi. From the vast collection of artists he has worked with it shows he can work to an performing artists look and style rather than his own ideas and interpretations.
The Bad Romance music video features Gaga inside a surreal white bathhouse where she gets kidnapped by a group of supermodels who drug her and sell her to the Russian Mafia. The music video ends with Gaga killing the man who bought her. The video received positive responses for its artistic treatment and visual imagery; critics complimented its provocative and symbolic plot. It was nominated for ten awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music awards eventually winning seven of those, including the Video of the Year. The video also won a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. This became one of Lawrences best known work for its originality and creativity.
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