{"id":586,"date":"2008-08-27T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2008\/08\/27\/job-urgent-seeking-director-for-political-satire-music-video\/"},"modified":"2008-08-27T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T18:11:08","slug":"job-urgent-seeking-director-for-political-satire-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2008\/08\/27\/job-urgent-seeking-director-for-political-satire-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: URGENT: Seeking DIRECTOR for Political Satire Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; Seeking INNOVATIVE DIRECTOR from NYU film or video\/new media<br \/>\n&gt; departments. (Graduate students only).<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; -Seeking director\/editor interested in working on a provocative<br \/>\n&gt; music video for Layla Kaylif&#8217;s new song: Body of Lies. (the song is<br \/>\n&gt; inspired by the David Ignatius spy novel, Body of Lies, which has<br \/>\n&gt; also been made into a film).<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; -The song and video are NOT attached to the film. ( Ridley Scott&#8217;s<br \/>\n&gt; new political thriller, Body of Lies, is due in theatres on Oct 10th)<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; -Layla is a Dubai born singer\/songwriter, of English and Arabian<br \/>\n&gt; heritage, and is currently preparing to release her new album: Body<br \/>\n&gt; of Lies for digital release. She is best known for her hit song<br \/>\n&gt; Shakespeare in Love.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; VIDEO CONCEPT:<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; Please visit this youtube url, to see Layla&#8217;s &#8216;sketch video&#8217;<br \/>\n&gt; storyboarding her idea for the video:<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AdxQT0vcmhc<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt;  Note: There is a deadline for this project, since Layla must<br \/>\n&gt; submit a EPK including the video to the Grammy &#8220;World Music<br \/>\n&gt; Committee&#8221; on the 18th September.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; Please be aware that if you wish for the video to be submitted for<br \/>\n&gt; a short form music video Grammy nomination than you will have to<br \/>\n&gt; complete the work by no later than September 10th. This will allow<br \/>\n&gt; us time to ensure the video meets the Grammy broadcast<br \/>\n&gt; requirements, which is no later than 30th September. Our coverage<br \/>\n&gt; will include MTV Arabia, but we will also attempt to gain coverage<br \/>\n&gt; in the US.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; The video will available for sale on itunes. Layla is willing to<br \/>\n&gt; work out a contract with the director to split the profits on<br \/>\n&gt; sales, rather than pay an up front fee if preferred. In any case,<br \/>\n&gt; directors motivated by money are discouraged, since this video is<br \/>\n&gt; intended as an effort to make the world a more enlightened place,<br \/>\n&gt; rather than to line our pockets.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; -for further information please visit:<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; www.airplaydirect.com\/laylakaylif<br \/>\n&gt; www.myspace.com\/laylakaylif<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; -please note that the myspace page has just been loaded and is<br \/>\n&gt; currently under construction along with her website.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; Contact Layla directly.<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; cell: 646-752-7689<br \/>\n&gt; or email her at<br \/>\n&gt; laylak66@gmail.com<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\n&gt; Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt; &gt; Seeking INNOVATIVE DIRECTOR from NYU film or video\/new media &gt; departments. (Graduate students only). &gt; &gt; -Seeking director\/editor interested in working on a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-listserv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}