Emil Nava

Emil Nava began as a runner for film production companies working for Blink productions and now freelances for OB Management. After working as a runner he graduated to Assistant Director (A.D.) where he would manage the video shoots. He signed up to Academy who are the biggest music video production company. Then he worked for Between the Eyes and now mainly works now Pulse. He has now also, began to make adverts which generally have a far higher budget and production values but which allow doe less creative freedom.

At his busiest, Emil has made 24 music videos in one year. When he began shooting videos for independent labels the budget would be as low as £5,000 to £10,000. His most expensive video to date has been for Jessie J and the budget was £160,000. His first budget was for the band Kid British and the track Our House.

The budget for this video was £20,000 and the location at Manchester. The cast of it were local people, it took one day to film it and 2/3 days to edit the video. It took 10 days for pre-production and this demonstrates the very tight timescales involved.
OB Management work as agents for music video directors. Their aim is to nurture talent, work with production companies, work with record labels and match the right director to the right artists.
Some of the production companies that OB work with are:

• Pulse Films
• Rocket
• Agile Films
• Friends
• Wonda

Some of Emil Nava's music videos:

Paloma Faith '30 minute Love Affair'
Client Sony - Director Emil Nava


Jessie J 'Do it like a Dude'
Client Island - Director Emil Nava
Cost - £25,000


Paloma Faith 'Picking up the Pieces'
Client Sony - Director Emil Nava
Cost - £80,000


Rita Ora 'RIP'
Client RocNation - Director Emil Nava

Emil Nava's top tips for a successful music video is to use extreme close ups like for the music video Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to You



He wouldn't shot a whole video in just medium shorts and long shots. Since, for this video you're able to get a close up of Sinead actually crying which, brings an emotional effect towards the audience.