Since friday is the release date for Where the Wild Things Are, I thought it would be good to see what other projects Mr. Jonze has done in his career.

He started off in the skateboarding world revolutionizing the way videos were produced for amateur and professional skating.  From there he went into the commercial and video front.  Today we will look at the comercials and later in the week we will look at music videos and trailers for his previous films.

I’m not sure when these came out chronologically, so we will just go through them in alphabetical order by company, cause why not?

So here we go…

Adidas: The music is by KAren O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs who is also doing the music for WTWTA!

Gap: Who hasn’t wanted to do this?

Ikea: I remember seeing this one with Ms. Katie and thinking it was hilarious.

Levi’s 1: This one is simple in Jonze terms, but still has his flair for the ridiculous and awesome.

Levi’s 2: This one is more of a story/music video inspired which is a good one to leave off on for our transition to music videos later in the week.

Overall, Jonze’s common thread through out all of his videos, commercial or music videos, or movies, tend to deal with ideas of the “wouldn’t it be cool if…” (both Levi’s) scenarios or flipping the conventional way of doing something on it’s head (Ikea personification of lamp), or both combined (Gap’s take on new beginnings). These themes all flow into his other works, as well, as you will see soon! (Or you can always youtube them yourself if you are so inclined, impatient or just curious, as I would be.)