Music Video Director…

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.

Music Videos he’s Directed…

2004

Fallout Boy- SaturdayHawthorne Heights- Ohio is for LoversMewithoutyou- January 1979Silverstein- Smashed To Pieces

2005

Paramore- PressureMy American Heart- The ProcessJune- PatrickThe Audition- You’ve made us Conscious

2006

Gym Class Heroes- The Queen and IPanic, at the disco- I Write SinsParamore- EmergencyPanic, at the disco- Better If You DoGia Farrel- Hit Me UpLess Than Jake- The Rest Of My Life

2007

Paramore- Misery BusinessTimbaland- The Way I AreThe Almost- Southern WeatherAngels and Airwaves- Everything’s MagicPlain White T’s- Our Time Now

2008

Panic, at the Disco- Nine in the AfternoonParamore- DecodeFallout Boy- Beat ItFlo Rida- In the Ayer

2009

Madina Lake- Never take us AliveFlo Rida- Sugar

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.

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.

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.