Georgia Tooby 0264: Director Case Study

I choose to do a case study on Richard Lester for many reasons;

- 'The kinks' were around the same time of 'The Beatles' with a similar style in fashion and music. Therefore Richard Lester's work was worth looking at because he directed 'The Beatles' films; 'A Hard Days Night' and 'Help!'. I'd like the music video to have a 1960's camera/filming effect but with a modern twist. As 'The Kinks' do not have any music videos I think it is worth looking at 'The 'Beatles' films at the camera shots, effects and Richard Lester's directing skills. I hope that I and the group will capture some of the effects that Richard Lester has used in order to create a successful music video of the 1960's era with our own modern twist. Many of Richard Lester's stylistic innovations survive today as the conventions of music videos, in particular the multi-angle filming of a live performance.