Music Video Directors- David Fincher

As a music video director, David Fincher has won two Grammy Awards for Best Music Video, for his work in "Love Is Strong" by The Rolling Stones (1995) and "Suit & Tie" by Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z (2013), and three MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction, being one of the most awarded directors in the category, alongside Spike Jonze. His video for Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" won Henley the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1990. He also earned back-to-back MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction in 1989 for "Express Yourself" and in 1990 for "Vogue". In 1990, he earned three of the four available nominations in the Best Direction category.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher#Music_videos

Typical Fincher features:

• Black and White setting which dissolves between shots, creating a sense of fluidity between scenes and images.
• Shadows
• Leisurely camera movement
• Extreme high angles
• Some slow motion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Father

The first music video he did was 'Dance This World Away" by Rick Springfield in 1984

This music video uses an array of colours, such as red, when Rick Springfield is being shown. This connotes danger and is a direct contradiction to the light, pastel colours of the opening 'children's TV show' theme. The TV show is about things such as acid rain and nuclear waste. This represents the fact that these are dangerous issues in society of that time and that they were being taken too lightly by the public. There is also a scene of people dancing in a ballroom in black and white colours which generalises the population and makes it seem like they are oblivious to what is happening in the real world. At this time, the cold war was coming to an end and there had been a threat of nuclear war. Therefore, Springfield is trying to express the severity of what could have happened. He is also wearing black and comes across as quite angry, which makes the audience feel like he is trying to alert us to danger. A missile also comes out in the middle of the dance floor and the people in the scene don't have a clue. This represents the public's naivety.  

A second music video that he did was 'Oh Father' by Madonna in 1989

The video was shot entirely in black-and-white and recreates the death scene of a young woman, exploring the tempestuous relationship between the husband and the daughter she has left behind. It begins with a young girl playing in the backyard as snow falls on the ground. The scene shifts to that of a bedside, where a young woman who has died, lies. Her husband covers her with a white sheet as a priest prays. Madonna, wearing a long, black coat, sings the song underneath a snow-covered, dead tree, as the young girl plays with her dead mother's jewellery. The husband comes and shouts at the girl, tearing away the woman's pearl necklace which drop at the little girl's feet. The adult Madonna is shown lying beside another man singing the song as the little girl visits her mother's grave. The man gets up and slaps Madonna in the face, as the little girl cries in front of the grave. She is taken away from the graveyard by her father, as interspersed scenes show the girl being kissed by her mother, her trying to reach the knob of a door, and Madonna powdering the bruise mark on her face. As the singer walks through a forest, the father is shown resorting to drinking in grief. A funeral scene follows, showing the girl walking up to her mother's wake. When she sees her mother's lips sealed with thread, she runs away from the wake. Madonna walks through a house, where shadows show the girl being scolded and shouted at by the father. Ultimately she walks to the graveyard and stands beside an old man, implying that she herself is the little girl portrayed. The video ends with the little girl dancing in front of her mother's grave as snow falls around her.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Father#Music_video

Another music video that he did was 'Vogue' by Madonna in 1990

The black-and-white video, set in Art Deco-themed 1920s and '30s surroundings, starts off showing different sculptures, works of art, as well as Madonna's dancers posing. Along with this are images of a maid and a butler cleaning up inside what seems to be a grand house. When the dance section of the song starts, Madonna turns around, and, similarly to the lyrics, strikes a pose. The video progresses, and images of men with fedoras, Madonna wearing the controversial sheer lace dress and other outfits, follow. As the chorus begins, Madonna and her dancers start to perform a vogue dance routine, where she sings the chorus as her dancers mime the backing vocals. Following this, other scenes of Madonna in different outfits and imitations of golden-era Hollywood stars progresses, after which there is a scene with Madonna's dancers voguing. Finally, after this scene, Madonna can be seen wearing her iconic "cone bra", after which she also performs a dance routine with a fellow dancer. As the rap section begins, various clips of Madonna posing in the style of famous photographs or portraits of Hollywood stars, begins, ultimately followed by a choreographed scene with her dancers and backup singers. This video has lots of fast paced shots which help to keep it more interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_(Madonna_song)#Synopsis

His most recent one is 'Suit & Tie' by Justin Timberlake 

The music video features Justin and Jay-Z performing in black and white on a gigantic 50′s style nightclub stage.  At the beginning of this video you see Justin Timberlake going about his day. It then cuts to him singing on stage, to then recording music in the studio. For Jay-Z's part of the song the video's pacing slows, matching the speed of the music. 

http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013/02/14/music-video-justin-timberlake-ft-jay-z-suit-and-tie/