Directors research task - Jake Wynee

Jake Wynee - Director and editor

Early years of Jake Wynee: Jake attended Latymer School in Edmonton, when he was 16 he made a number of short horror films, he made these films using the schools equipment  Inspired by these short films Jake went on to study at Stafford University. He completed a degree in Film, TV and Radio studies. After university Jake Wynee began running at Rushes Post Production House. From this Wynee picked up the skills needed to cut on non linear editing systems. Jake Wynee made his way up through the post- production, and editied award winning commercials. Wynee also worked at Final Cut in London where he edited Promos for stars such as Robbie Williams and Spice Girls. After this Jake Wynee teamed up with a friend whom he went to school with and together they directed a music video for Nojahoda in 1999.

The making of Nojahoda: Wynee said he achieved this music video by using clever lighting and using film lenses on a video camera. By doing this it created ananamorphic, stretched vibe. The music video was a low budget video, and this was achieved by using Sony's own building so there were no costs to hire out certain locations for the music video.The only place which was not Sony's own building was the church. Extra characters that featured in the music video, such as the choir were fans and friends of the band. Therefore they worked for free. Jake Wynee's Dad also plays one of the main characters within the music video, therefore he also stared in the video for free. Therefore, this made the music videos costing a lot lower than if they would have to hire in professional actors, and hire locations.
Editing Nojahoda:  Throughout the Nojahoda music video there are a lot of special effects, including building blowing up, jets flying through a town and distortion to the bands faces. The majority of these effects are created by taking an image from the internet and inserting it into the footage. For example, the section of the music video where the Jets fly through the city is created by taking an image of Jets flying and inserting them into the footage. The section where the building blows up is created by taking an image from a film and inserting it into the footage. This image is from the film Independence day and is the image of the white house blowing up. One of the main reasons this music video works so well, is the fact that it is in black and white. This results in the finished
video blending nicely and seamlessly, resulting in an end result that everyone is happy with considering how little it cost to make.

When making my music video I will take Jake Wynee approach to Nojahoda into consideration, as it will allow me to think how to create a seamless and well put together finished product. Also thinking about what resources I have easy access to like Jake Wynee did, as this will help me put together a well thought out music video which has the potential to be low costing however still successful.