2. Fact File
Spike Jonze (Born as Adam
Speiger) was born on October
22nd 1969.
He is an American director of
music videos and commercials,
and a director and producer in
film and television; his best
known film is ‘being john
makavich. He is also the
creator of Jackass and owns his
own skate park.
3. oFully Flared” for Lakai
oSonic Youth – 100%
oBeastie Boys – Sure Shot
oFatboy Slim – Praise you
oTenacious D – Wonderboy
oWax – California
o4. Pavement – Shadylane
o3. Bjork – It’s Oh So Quiet
oBeastie Boys – Sabotage
oWeezer – Buddy Holly
Spike’s respect within
the music industry
clearly shines through
from the list of music
videos he has
produced.
4. Iconic Cinematography
Where the wild things are
Within this trailer Spike picks out key, emotional events from the film,
that enable the audience to have a clear understanding of the
underlining story behind the film.
This is an unusual project for Spike as he usually directs and produces
films and music videos that he has a personal interest in.
In this trailer, he strongly relies on setting the scene by incorporating
a scenic background to create an atmosphere. This is not a theory that
Spike generally relies on.
5. Iconic Cinematography
unkle PART 1.
In this short video Spike starts off using slow
motion, making it all seem quite surreal. He
carries on using sharp editing, cutting the scene
just before something happens., creating
tension.
unkle part 2
The second part remains in slow motion
but concludes the first part as it establishes
the end of each event. This being numerous
small explosions, equating to one large
explosion, ending the video.
This video fits
more into Spike’s
urban style of
work. This video
especially. as he
owns and
promotes a
skateboarding
company, showing
projects like these
are close to his
own personal
interests.
