Music Video Director- Sophie Muller

Sophie Muller is an english music video director who is known for working with big artists such as Coldplay, Sophie Ellis- Bextor and Shakira. She gained a Foundation diploma in art after leaving secondary school and then went on to study at the Royal College of Art to gain a masters degree in Film and Television.

Sophie is known for bringing out the personality and emotion of the artist in the music videos. One music video which I love is Stay by Rihanna. This music video is so simple yet so interesting. The use of a simple setting was a good idea because the audience are inticed to watch the video because of the emotion that Rihana portrays in the video.



Another video which Sophie Muller has directed is 'Girl on fire' by Alicia Keys. This video is again very simple yet shows in so many ways the personality and the emotion of the artist through different features such as the close- ups to show the emotion in her face. The video is a lot about showing the strength of the women and how she is 'on fire' Sophie has shown this through many iconic ways such as Alicia cleaning the toys and looking after the children.



In Shakira's music video for 'Hips don't lie' sophie has shown Shakira's bright and bubbly personality through the dancing and the bright colours used. There are a lot of shots of Shakira dancing and even though she is standing in a basic room she stands out wearing bright colours. I think this is good because she is the main part and Sophie has shown her personality.



Overall Sophie Muller focuses on bringing out the emotion and personality of the artists she works with and I think this is important in order to entice the audience to want to watch. I love Sophies videos and will use these techniques of emotion and personality when I am working on my music video.