Jake Wynne

On the 13/10, Jake Wynne came into the school to talk to our media class in which I took a couple of notes from his speech. I found out that he started off in the media industry as a runner for a company called Rushes. He then done a guns n roses video. Following this he became an editor in 1993/94. During this time he edited the video for a band called Nojahoda, which he had a budget of £8000. According to him, it's become a lot cheaper to create videos nowadays. But this video made him very popular within the industry down to how well he edited the footage and how he used the special effects.



He then went on to become a director in 1997/98. In this time he directed many videos from big name stars. These included 'Let Me Entertain You' by Robbie Williams, as well as "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell. These are major hits and reflects on some good work by Jake.

He gave the class some advice about how to do our music videos.

• Don't always stick to the lyrics
• Shoot on full takes (Every performer if there is a performance)
• Start with performance, any weak spots; wack in a narrative
• Have to have a shot list; - Most important shots first
• Wide shots during the day time because of the natural light
• Close ups in the night time