Emil Nava

Emil began as a runner for film production companies, then worked for Blink Productions and now freelances for OB Management.


After working as a runner graduated to Assistant Director (A.D.), where he would manage the video shoots. He signed to Academy, the biggest music video production company.
Then he worked for Between the Eyes and now works mainly for Pulse.

      At his busiest Emil has made 24 music videos in one year.  When he began shooting videos for independent labels the budget would be as low as £5,000 to £10,000.  His most expensive video to date has been for Jessie J and the budget was £160,000. 

•Emil’s first budget was for the band Kid British and the track Our House

•Budget - £20,000

•Location – Manchester

•Cast – local people

•1 day for filming

•2/3 days for editing

•10 days pre-production

•Demonstrates the very tight timescales involved

          

Paloma Faith ‘30 Minute Love Affair'

     Client Sony - Director Emil Nava


   

This video for '30 minute love affair' is very good as it shows the story that are in the lyrics.  The way it is shot in a strip club shows how men fall in love for just 30 minutes, which is probably the amount of time that the girls perform.  It is very good at portraying the emotions that Paloma is singing about throughout.  It also shows her specific style in which we see her in other videos.

Ed Sheeran 'Lego House'                  

Client Atlantic - Director Emil Nava

   

The video Nava created for 'Lego House' is my favourite pieces of his work.  I love how the video is quite sad until you realise that the reason for the characters emotion is because he is a fan of Ed Sheeran's.  This brings in a comedy element as you see him sneaking into his tour bus and onto the stage.  Also, the fact that they used a well known star to play the stalker makes the video even more funny.


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He has now begun to make adverts, which generally have a far higher budget and production values but which allow for less creative freedom.