Directors

For our media course, we were put into small groups, each given a different director, and told to create a prezi presentation, here is what i learnt about my direction, and the other directors from other presentations!
The director my group were given was spike jonze, and below is the prezi presentation we created.

Wes Anderson
Born in texas, May 1st 1969, Wes Anderson is an an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer of features, short films and commercials.  He characterises his films with many similiaries such as casting actors numerous times for many different jobs, most popular being Owen Wilson, he uses bold yellow font, and uses similiar sounding tracklists for his songs, this making all his work recognisable and identifiable. He targets his audience at middle class adults with alot of disposable income, this being made increasingly clear in the American Express advertisement, that he not only directed but also starred in. Anderson is also a great lover of symmetry within his work and has an overwhelmingly strong fan base shown by his 2 Oscar nominations.


Shynola
Shynola is collective name of a group of 4 visual artsists based in london, formed by Gideon Baws, Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy and Jason Groves. The name shynola is a reference to the film 'The Jerk'. Shynola often uses creative and imaginative animations and focuses on unrealistic themes within their work. They have worked on a number of projects, most notably a number of music videos for varying artists. They have a mass audience, mainly middle aged.


Hammer & Tongs
Hammer & Tongs is the creation of Garth Jenning and Nick Goldsmith. This name has been repeatedly popular within the music industry, directing and producing music videos for Supergrass, Vampire Weekend and Blur along with many other popular names. They have also ventured out into the film world directing films such as Son of Rambo and Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. Puppetry is a very common theme used and makes their work very recognisable.


Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry is a French film, commercial and music video director born May 8th, 1963. Started out as a drum player in a small unsuccessful band, but found larger achievements Directing. He has directed music videos for famous artists such as Paul McCartney, Kanye West and The White Stripes along with many others and has undergone commercial work for names such as Smirnoff Ice and Levi, these were viewed as very strange works, and his work for Levi never aired on television as it was deemed too strange.