TASK 3 Director research

Marc klasfeld is an american music video director who has also written and directed independent films and documentaries. He has many award-winning and breakthrough videos for artists such as Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Nelly, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Taking Back Sunday, Gnarls Barkley, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, Enrique Iglesias, Bon Jovi, N'Sync, and Jewel. His videos have dominated MTV playlists and established him as a diverse director with a very unique voice. The L.A. Riot Spectacular" was Marc's feature film directorial debut which he wrote, co-produced and directed. It takes a satirical look at the '92 LA Riots and stars Snoop Dogg.
His second film is a documentary entitled "Bears", which is about a subculture within the homosexual community, where big, hairy gay men compete in beauty pageants and show off their unorthodox beauty.
Marc graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and is the founder of Rockhard Films.
His target auidience is varied as he makes music videos,films and documentaries. His music videos target a younger audience of teenagers as most his music videos are for songs mostly teenagers listen to. And his Films/documentaries are aimed at adults around 30-40 because the film 92 L.A. RIOTS people who are under 20 years old are not really going to know much about it because it may not have effected them, so this could be targeted at an older generation of people who would have experianced it. Someone has said this about him. 'His work displays a completely different tone than anyone else working in the business. His unique mix of humor and visuals makes each video he produces something that has not been seen before'. I have found some responses to his work 'The L.A. Riot Spectacular' . 'here's a movie that has that rare blend of outrageous comedy, biting satire, art with substance and spot-on social criticism' ' I have to see this movies again. The second I left the theater I wanted to watch it all over again'. It seems that people do enjoy this piece of work we have some good examples of positive feedback. But there is also negative feedback to. 'It's weak and obvious, with only modest production values, a ham-handed script, and labored humor'. There is a mixed opinion with this piece of work then. Here is some feedback for his music video he directed Bat country avenged sevenfold. 'THIS VIDEO WILL NEVER GET OLD!' 'this video is insane good. ' I got these comments of youtube. It looks like he is succesful in making both movies and music videos that people do enjoy. There are some people who dislike what he produces though aswell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UdiLRxu5k
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388193/usercomments