Talk with Phil Tidy

TIDY TITLES from Phil Tidy on Vimeo.

Today we had a talk by former music producer, Phil Tidy. Above is a video detailing all of the artists Phil had worked as a producer for.

He gave us some interesting facts, along with some thought inspiring music videos. For example, some interesting facts are that:

Less than 10% of music videos are filmed by women

31% of all music is listened to online.

He presented to us his favourite music video, Intergalactic by the Beastie Boys, shown below.

"Music videos as a portal to other creativity and getting experience."

He also mentioned how making music videos is a great way to start in the film industry. He gave us a list of feature film directors that started by making music videos:

• Spike Jonze.
• Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. 
• Anton Corbijn. 
• Marc Webb. 
• Mike Mills. 
• David Fincher. 
• Michel Gondry. 
• Jonathan Glazer. 

He gave us an exmaple of one producer who gave a successful pitch for a brief by The Coronas. A treatment and budget was produced, and finally, a contract made, and below is the end product.

He also gave us some examples of strange videos he had produced. He was given the following quote, part of the brief: "I want the band to be photoshopped and mucked around with as much as possible." Below is the finished product:

He also did an unusual music video for the artist Jamiorquai. The treatment was JK wanting to be in a space buggy going around London in a space suit. Phil got him a space buggy built (right), which is still in his garage (cost $50,00 to built). Below is the finished product:



Another video he made, with conflicting stylistic elements was "So Many Times," by Gadjo, which was filmed over 2 days.  In the video he acted as a producer, director, director of art, camera man and actor. Below is the video of it:
Gadjo - "So Many Times" - BAYVICE from Phil Tidy on Vimeo.