Jonze is well known for his music video
collaborations with Fatboy Slim, Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Björk. He was a
co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass.
In 2010, he made a 28-minute short titled
Scenes from the Suburbs, inspired by the Arcade Fire album The Suburbs. Scenes
from his short were used in the music video to the album's title song,
"The Suburbs". A dystopian vision of suburbia in the near-future, the
short was co-written by Jonze, Win Butler, and Will Butler. Expanding on the
themes of nostalgia, alienation, and childhood, the short premiered at the
Berlin International Film Festival and saw its online premiere at MUBI on June
27, 2011.
Jonze is working on another project with
the Beastie Boys for the release of their Santigold collaboration, "Don't
Play No Game That I Can't Win." In a similar fashion to Jonze's recent
work with Arcade Fire, he has directed both "short and epic-length
videos" to partner with the single.
In 2011, Jonze directed the music video for
"Otis" the second single from the album Watch The Throne by Jay-Z and
Kanye West. On November 3, 2013, Jonze directed the live music video for Arcade
Fire's "Afterlife" and documented Lady Gaga's live performance of
"Dope" with Chris Milk for the YouTube Music Awards
This was a little sneaky because it was homework rather than coursework, and perhaps the purpose was lost. I think what I wanted you to explore was the artistic aspects of Spike Jonze's work. What makes a Spike Jonze video distinctive and easily identifiable, whatever genre of music he is working in. We're thinking about something called auteur theory here, which is a bit of a grade booster if you're able to analyse it and apply it to your own videos.
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