Emil Nava

Who is he?

¡He is a Music Video director who has directed music videos for up and coming stars such as Ed Sheran, Jessie J and most recently Rita Ora

¡He started his career off as a “runner” which is an entry level position in the media institution which consists of menial tasks during production

¡He then free-lanced for OB Management for a while where he graduated to assistant director which allowed him to manage video shoots

¡He then signed to Academy who are the largest music production company there is

¡After that he moved to “between the eyes” before finally settling at pulse where he does most of his work today

His work

As well as being a very talented Music Promo Video Director Emil Nava is also a very efficient one being able to deal with small budgets and limited time frames so much so that in one year he shot twenty-four Music Videos, that's one video every two weeks. Here are some examples of the music videos he has produced.

artist- Jessie J
song- Price Tag (2010)
client- lava/island records
budget-£160,000 (his most expensive ever)

HE then moved on to have a go directing Adverts that would be played on T.V. and the internet rather than music videos this was to get his name out there a little more as it would be exposure on a much larger scale. here is an example of an Advert Emil Nava Directed :
L'Oreal Paris Feria (2012)

when shooting independent Music Videos the budget would have been between about £5,000-£10,000 and for his first Video "Our house is Dadless" by Kid British it was only £20,000 as it was filmed in the home town of the band Manchester and only used people from the local area as performers it took 1 day to film and 2/3 days to edit.However when he started filming Adverts they tend to have a much bigger budget than Music Videos as there is much more at stake as to getting their sold, this behind the scenes will give you an insight not only into how much money is poured into these adverts but how Emil works.

Emil Nava is obviously well experienced and dedicated film maker who's time and money efficiency has made him a well known name in the industry and his main piece of advice is to use extreme close-ups whenever possible.Here is a final Video with the man himself giving us a little personal Background information and advise for film makers just getting started.