Miranda Bowen and Gemma Ray ‘100 mph’ at ‘Music Loves Video’ - Bird’s Eye View Film Festival 2011

It was great to see Miranda’s beautiful music video for Gemma Ray on the big screen for the first time at the Bird’s Eye View Festival the other night and hear her speak about her directing career in a conversation with Miranda Sawyer (and a few other female directors) that followed the screening. I am happy to say that in my opinion Miranda’s ‘100 mph’ promo stood out (alongside the very funny and engaging Fake Blood ‘I Think I Like It’ by Jo Apps) amongst eleven other music videos that were shown that night. I expected to like a lot more than I did but I was deeply disappointed. Call me old-fashioned but I like a good story and strong ideas and concepts executed well and I like people who know their craft. Miranda Bowen is one of those people.

I hope next year's music videos by female directors at Bird's Eye View will show more craft and less pretension and 'laziness' and hopefully I will see some great promos and remember them on my way out of the screening.