Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze made up one-third (along with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman) of the triumvirate of genius minds behind Dirt Magazine, the brother publication of the much lamented ground-breaking Sassy Magazine. These three uncommon characters were all editors for Grand Royal Magazine as well, under the direction of Mike D and Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch before the sad demise of Grand Royal Records. Jonze was also responsible for directing the famous Beastie Boys: Sabotage (1994) short film as well as numerous other music videos for various artists.

 A list of some of the music videos he has directed are:
Island in the Sun - Weezer, 100% - Sonic Youth, Elektrobank - The Chemical Brothers, Cannonball - The breeders, I'm Doing Fine - Beck, It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork, Weapon of choice - Fatboy slim, Wonderboy - Tenacious D, and many more. 

 Spike jonze has directed/produced films as well such as: Her, Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are, Adaptation, I'm Here, Jackass' Bad Grandpa and many more.

 Spike Jonze style uses camera work/movement to the max, in each music video the different styles of camera work fit the video and song's style perfectly

 Pharcyde's 'Drop':

Spike Jonze had come up with the idea to shoot the music video backwards. This gave a cool effect to the video because when the artists dropped from above it looked like they had a super jump, and their natural movement when walking was strange. 
The problem with shooting the entire music video backwards is that the artists had to earn all their lyrics backwards. Spike Jonze got a linguist to turn the backwards lyrics into a language so that it was easier for the artists to say. They then held up que cards while filming so it was easier for them to remember. 


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