How does directing music videos differ from movies and documentaries?
Besides basic knowledge of the shooting formats, the approach is different. Music videos can be turned around quickly. I can shoot over 10-15 music videos in the same time it takes to put an entire film together. Documentaries can take even longer. I’ve always described documentaries as a two-headed snake and very difficult to control. You can plan to follow the story one way but end up with a totally different final product. You have to constantly re-evaluate the story and reshape the ending because it can change on dime. Like the Wu-Tang documentary, I was originally just going to be a concert documentary at first. But when ODB died, it really changed the dynamics of the group. The group had also spilt up so the story shifted and focused more on what drove them apart. Learning editing also helped make me a better editor. I enjoy watching Steven Spielberg who has a solid engineering background which he draws from to research material for his films. Jamati: You produced music videos fo
