Shane C. Drake is an American music video director from Redding, California. He has directed over 50 music videos for bands such as Paramore, Timbaland, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! At The Disco. Drake started his career as an editor and cinematographer and now runs his own production company called Red Van Pictures, based in Los Angeles. Some of his most notable music videos include "Misery Business" by Paramore and "The Way I Are" by Timbaland. He is known for creatively incorporating intertextual references and settings that reflect the lyrics of the songs into his video concepts.

1. Music Video Director…

2. ABOUT…
• Shane C. Drake is an American
music video director originally
from, Redding, California. He
has directed videos for bands
and artists such as Paramore,
Timbaland, Fallout Boy and
Panic At the Disco, Flo Rida and
many more. He started working
as an editor and
cinematographer, but now he
spends most his time directing.
He has directed over 50 music
videos and co-produced 3 films.
He owns ‘Red Van Pictures’ a
production company based in
L.A.

3. Music Videos he’s Directed…
2004
Fallout Boy- Saturday
Hawthorne Heights- Ohio is for Lovers
Mewithoutyou- January 1979
Silverstein- Smashed To Pieces
2005
Paramore- Pressure
My American Heart- The Process
June- Patrick
The Audition- You’ve made us Conscious
2006
Gym Class Heroes- The Queen and I
Panic, at the disco- I Write Sins
Paramore- Emergency
Panic, at the disco- Better If You Do
Gia Farrel- Hit Me Up
Less Than Jake- The Rest Of My Life

4. 2007
Paramore- Misery Business
Timbaland- The Way I Are
The Almost- Southern Weather
Angels and Airwaves- Everything’s Magic
Plain White T’s- Our Time Now
2008
Panic, at the Disco- Nine in the Afternoon
Paramore- Decode
Fallout Boy- Beat It
Flo Rida- In the Ayer
2009
Madina Lake- Never take us Alive
Flo Rida- Sugar

5. Panic, At the Disco- I Write Sins Not Tragedies
I really like the way Drake made this
video, as it is a common storyline but
in a really interesting, creative way.
There is also intertextual references
here to do with ‘Batman’ as the actors
make-up Is like the joker’s.
The visuals show a
wedding, where the bride
runs away, and decides to
be with someone else, and
the lyrics are so there is a
relationship between the
lyrics and the visuals.
There are lots of close-ups
of Brendon Urie, lead
vocals.

6. I love the way, the band and actors make-up, hair and costumes are
done. The theme is circus like, which makes the video stand out, and
more enjoyable to watch. And again here are the intertextual
references.

7. Inspired Ideas…
• I love in this video how
the setting reflects the
lyrics of the song, and
there are also
intertextual references
here of the film
twilight, in Paramore’s
video, ‘Decode’. This is
something I would
think about doing in
my video relating to
the lyrics to the
visuals, and finding the
appropriate settings
etc to enable me to do
this.