Inspiration: Jamie told us that he got inspiration to be
created from doing art at a young age in primary school.
Also he got inspiration from doing a degree at Hull
university which he done illustration
Camera's he used: Throughout the 90's till 2000 they used
16mm cameras to shoot a lot of the music videos on, however
this became to expensive for them so therefore they changed
to digital cameras as it was a lot quicker and moving with the
times due to techonogly was advancing.
Locations: We asked Jamie if he found his own locations and
he said to us that he has location mangers who will find the
perfect location, however he does write his music videos with
locations in mind so the managers have a idea on what to
find for him.
Best moment being a director: Jamie told us that his best
moment being a director was making his first feature
film. He also told us that he enjoys the job due to the thrill
rides that he experiences and the highs and lows.
Funding: Jamie did talk to us a bit about the
funding in the job and he said that is a big
issue and illegal downloading and streaming can be a big issue
Key to music videos: Jamie Thrives spoke to us about the 3 key things to
music videos, on of them is that you have t have good imagination and
not to follow others and to be original. Also it is key to have a wow
factor
Biggest breakthrough: He told us that his
biggest breakthrough was the Radio Head
video.
Extra information: Jamie told us that when he first started there was no where to watch music videos. the only place he