Director Case Study.Chris Hopewell.

Chris Hopewell

• English Video Director• Formed his own animation company with fellow director Ben

Foley; Collision Films.• Studied a BA Hons in animation at Newport University• Over the last 7 years he has worked with some of the major

record labels in the UK and USA; Sony, Island and Warner.• His work is described as being "highly original story telling

with a darkly atmospheric folksy leaning".• In 2003 he won MTV's Big Shiny Moon Man Award for best art

direction in Radiohead’s "There,There". The video also picked up Video of the Year at the NME awards.

Artists

• McFly• Radiohead• Franz Ferdinand• The Killers• Scissor Sisters• The Zutons• Goldfrapp

Elements of Work• I like the elements of Chris's work. I like how he adds a kind of

fantasy twist to the music and separates his videos from real life, and uses the music to fulfil his 'crazy' ideas. I also like how he produces some of his videos as short stories.

Examples of his work:

McFly - Lies

Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots on.

Radiohead – There, There.