From their first album 'fakesoundofprogess', music videos for the songs 'Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja' and 'The Fake Sound of Progress' were directed by Mike Piscitelli in 2001 and 2002 respectively. This was shortly followed by the release of the music video for 'Burn Burn' to promote their newer album 'Start Something'; this video was directed by Patrick Kiely and released in 2003. Also from this album, 3 more music videos were released for the songs 'Last Train Home', 'Wake Up (Make a Move)', and 'Last Summer'; directed seperately by Brian Weber (Last Train Home), and The Malloys (Last Summer) in 2004. The Malloy's in particular are famous for also directing music videos for Avril Lavigne (Complicated and Girlfriend), Foo Fighters (Breakout), Wheatus (A Little Respect) and many more.
The music video for 'Goodbye Tonight' directed by Steven Oritt was finally released in 2005. 2006 saw the creation of three music videos from the same director; 'Rooftops', 'A Town Called Hypocricy' and 'Can't Catch Tomorrow', all very praised music videos which have helped populise the band and given them an iconic image. The director Ryan Smith also went on the direct yet another video for the band in 2007 with '4:AM Forever.'. 2009 saw the first nomination for the band due to a music video, 'It's Not the End of the World (But I Can See it from Here)' directed by David Allen, was nominated for best music video at the Kerrang! awards but was unsuccessful. 'Where We Belong' was also released in 2009, shortly followed by the contraversial music video for 'For He's a Jolly Good Felon' in 2010.
As it is clear to see, lostprophets never stick to one director and often refrain from using a mainstream directer, giving smaller filmakers a chance to shine. This has led to the musics videos not tending to flow between one another due to their completely different styles. However, a few similarities have been picked up:
-Every member of the band is shown within every music video
-A wide variety of camera angles are used
-Location is vital, and often used within a street or public place
-Ian Watkins (lead singer) is always wearing monochromatic colours, or at least very simple colours to perhaps not draw total attention to the singer
-Music videos often include a crowd
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