![]() It was more deciding what we were shooting and how to do it.” “I didn’t have to really do much with that. ![]() “Macklemore is very, very good on camera and he already has his style,” says Augustavo. They asked him to come to their studio and talked about what they wanted in a video. These days, he may be expected to do those jobs!”įilm alumnus Jon Jon Augustavo directed the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis music video “Thrift Shop,” which was nominated for a 2013 BET Award.Īugustavo met the rapper and producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis while he was making independent videos for friends at the same time he was attending Art Center College of Design. “It’s not enough for a young director to have a working knowledge of all the jobs on a set. “Jon Jon’s experience on these videos certainly shows the value of the comprehensive filmmaking education we provide at Art Center,” said Ross LaManna, chair of the Undergraduate and Graduate Film Departments. It’s no wonder that Augustavo calls this video “a testament to the indie filmmaker.” ![]() A lot of it is a blur for me, but there were four long and hot days of me setting up lights, loading trucks, moving dolly tracks and swapping lenses solo.” ![]() “This video was crazy as I was director, cinematographer, gaffer and other random positions, because this was before they got big so the budget was small,” said Augustavo. On top of that, their second music video collaboration, “Can’t Hold Us,” has racked up nearly 44 million views on YouTube in six short weeks. Both songs made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and “Can’t Hold Us” is now four weeks into holding top spot.īut Augustavo sees that success in a more humbling light. The music video “Thrift Shop” that he directed for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-with 324 million YouTube views and counting-has been nominated for BET Music Video of the Year. Recent Art Center Film alumnus Jon Jon Augustavo has more than one reason to celebrate. ![]()
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