Emil Nava Case Study

• Director - Emil Nava
• Began as a runner for film production companies.
• Worked for Blink productions and now freelances for OB management.
• After working as a runner, Emil Nava graduated to Assistant Director where he would manage the video shoots.
• He eventually signed to Academy - who are the biggest music video production company and then worked for Between The Eyes and now works mainly for Pulse.
• He has now begun to make adverts which generally have a far higher budget and production values but which allow for less creative freedom.
• At his busiest, Emil has made 24 music videos in one year.
• When he began shooting videos for independant labels, the budget would be as low as £5,000 - £10,000 and his most expensive video to date has been for Jessie J and the budget was £160,000.

Emils first budget was for the band, Kid British and the song was called 'Our House'.
-The budget of the video was £20,000
-It was made in Manchester.
-The cast consisted of local people.
-It took 1 day to film and 2/3 days to edit.
-It only cost Emil 10 days for pre-production and this demonstrates the very tight timescales involved in the music video industry.

OB management are a company that work as agents for directors. Their aim is to:
-nurture talent.
-work with production companies.
-work with record labels.
-match the right director to the right artist.

Some of the production companies that OB work with are:
-Pulse Films.
-Rocket.
-Agile Film.
-Friends.
and Wonda.

A few examples of Emil Nava's music videos are:

Paloma Faith - Picking up the Pieces.
Client- Sony
Cosing £25,000



Ed Sheeran-Lego House
Client- Atlantic





Jessie J - Do it like a Dude
Client-Island
Cost-£25,000