Auteur Study- Colin Tilley

Music video director- Colin Tilley

Colin Tilley is a well known music video director, creating videos for the likes of Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Usher, Keri Hilson, Wiz Khalifa etc.

Colin Tilley has a very unique style of filming and editing. He seems to use a lot of lighting, quick shaky shots, slow mo, fast lighting transitions etc. Colin Tilley uses the majority of techniques that we have become to like and want to use.

Colin Tilley has won several awards including video of the year at the 2011 BET awards and best male video award. He has also nominated for best male video, best hip hop video, and best collaboration video.

Colin Tilley: My name is Colin Tilley, I was born on June 27^th 1988… I’m an international music video director born and raised in Berkeley California.

LegendBLOG: Our blog is based out of Michigan so, what are some things

about California life that people in other state might not know. As

far as music and what’s popular out there, and just life in general

out there.

Colin Tilley: Cali…Damn, anything can happen out here, it’s the land of hustle and dreams. It gets way too hot in LA…. What’s popular…. ?

  

LegendBLOG: How did you first get into directing music videos/photography?

Colin Tilley: Being from Berkeley I grew up around a lot of Artists, The Pack, The Cataracs, a Bunch of Oakland rappers, etc… I didn’t make music, so I found my niche on the creative side and just jumped in head first with a handy cam about 2 years ago…

LegendBLOG: What are some qualities that you feel separates well done

music videos from bad music videos?

Colin Tilley: emotion, authenticity, creativity…

LegendBLOG: What advice would you give to people trying to get into

this line of work?

Colin Tilley: Just go out and start filming shit. All you need is guts.

 (Reference)- http://legendblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/interview-with-video-director-colin-tilley/

Colin Tilley in this interview seems real motivated and inspiring to anyone wanting to start making videos. A sort of blunt attitude, which is good. 

EXAMPLES OF TILLEY'S WORK




This Video of Chris Brown & Chipmunk includes a various amount of panning shots, sped up shots, close ups,  jump cuts and a lot of different transition techniques. Tilley also seems to use a lot of glide cam and tracking shots of the performance.



This Video of Wiz Khalifa includes a lot of shots where the camera includes a lot movement. This gives a really good proffesional look. Tilley also uses a lot of filters on his camera to produce various shots with lighting effects. This always makes the artist look so good when performing. Colin Tilley's use of lighting in the background also looks amazing and adds interest to the performance.

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