Jake & Jim

On wednesday 04 March, Jake and Jim, (Professional film makers / directors). visited us in order to give us feedback on our work aswell as give us a talk about their personal media productions / work, and what they do in the media industry.

Shown below is a screen grab from Jims webpage, showing a brief descirption of what Jim has done and also showing some of his videos.

Here is what it says on Jim's webpage:

2007 saw Jim Canty embark upon a solo directing career which quickly flourished. Videos for Liam Frost and the year’s breakthrough artist, Jack Penate, proved an auspicious start; both featuring Jim’s customary unique and cleverly executed ideas. He completed the year with the brave and much talked about one shot piece for Kaiser Chiefs’ “Love’s Not A Competition”.

Jim’s intelligent direction marries perfectly with his talent for finely balanced humour in his video for Mark Ronson’s “Just” – an homage to the iconic Radiohead video directed by Jamie Thraves. And in commercials Jim has directed ads for Kellogg’s, Colman’s, The Times and award-winning Observer spots.

Jim Canty started directing in 1999 as one half of the successful duo Jake and Jim. Together they directed videos for Super Furry Animals, Spiritualized, Paul Weller, Faithless, Stereophonics, Catatonia and Grandaddy to name but a few. And commercials for Observer, Nescafe, Cinzano, WH Smiths, Abbey National, Sony PlayStation, Powerade, Nike and BMW.