Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves started his career off making short films in university. He later started working for a production company called Factory Films where he began directing music videos. He started making a few music for a small budget around £5000 each to start off with. 

The process when directing a music video starts when a commissioner sends out a song to a few different directors for treatments (this is unpaid) the commissioner then looks through the treatments to get a rough idea of the direction that  each director wants to go in for the music video and chooses the one that they think will make the best music video. The chosen director is then commissioned (paid)  to make the music video.

Coldplay "The Scientist"

Jamie's music video for Coldplay's "The Scientist" cost £200,000 to make and was filmed in 3 days. 

One of Jamie's biggest tips when making a music video is to use the lyrics as a guide for the narrative of the music video. Indeed the music video for Coldplay's "The Scientist" is a great example of this principle as Jamie took the lyrics "Oh, let's go back to the start" and decided to have the music video going backwards on events that were happening. 

Current music videos: 

Jamie Thraves still makes music videos but now his average budget is around £20,000 and are shot in around 2 days. 

Sam Smith "Money on My Mind"

Jake Bugg "Two Fingers"

He is now working with great music artists such as Sam Smith and Jake Bugg to make their music videos. 

Jamis has used his success with making music videos to further his career he has currently had the chance to make three feature films Treacle Jr., The Cry of the Owl and The Low Down.