The nominees have been announced for the “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” which will air on Sunday September 7, 2008 at 9:00pm SHARP (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT). Coldplay’s ‘Violet Hill’ has been nominated for Best Special Effects at this year's awards.

 

The “Moonman” contenders for this year’s professional categories are in. The list of “2008 Video Music Awards” nominees for “Best Choreography,” “Best Editing,” “Best Special Effects,” “Best Cinematography” and “Best Art Direction” include a top-notch group of musicians including Coldplay, The White Stripes, Weezer, Adele and Eryka Badu.

 

MTV’s 25th annual Video Music Awards will be hosted by comedian/actor Russell Brand, the mouth of Britain. Lil Wayne , Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock, Pink, Rihanna, and Paramore have already been confirmed to perform at this year’s show.

 

The “2008 MTV Video Awards” nominees for “Best Choreography” include British newcomer Adele, Chris Brown who finds himself nominated for both “Kiss Kiss” featuring T-Pain and “Forever,” Gnarls Barkley and Pussycat Dolls.

 

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

 

Chris Brown featuring T-Pain

“Kiss Kiss”

Exclusive

Jive Records/Zomba [CC]

Director: Erik White/Chris Brown

Choreographers: Flii Stylz

 

Gnarls Barkley

“Run”

Label: Downtown / Atlantic Records

Album: The Odd Couple

Director: Happy

Choreographer: Mikey Rooney

 

Chris Brown

“Forever”

Exclusive The Forever Edition

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Joseph Kahn

Choreographers: Tone & Rich

 

Adele

“Chasing Pavements”

19

XL/Columbia [CC]

Director: Matthew Cullen

Choreographer: Marguerite Derricks

 

Pussycat Dolls

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

Choreographer: Robin Antin & Mikey Minden

 

BEST DIRECTION

 

Panic at the Disco

“Nine In The Afternoon”

Label: Decaydance / Fueled By Ramen

Album: Pretty. Odd.

Director: Shane Drake

 

Linkin Park

“Shadow of the Day”

Minutes to Midnight

Warner Bros. Records

Director: Joe Hahn

 

Rihanna

“Take A Bow”

A Good Girl Gone Bad

SRP/Def Jam

Director: Anthony Mandler

 

Erykah Badu

“Honey”

New Amerykah

Universal Motown [CC]

Director: Erykah Badu/Mr. Roboto

 

Pussycat Dolls’

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

 

BEST EDITING

 

Death Cab For Cutie

” I Will Possess Your Heart”

Label: Atlantic Records

Album: Narrow Stairs

Director: Aaron Stewart-Ahn / Shawn Kim

Editor: Aaron Stewart-Ahn / Jeff Buchana

Manager: Jordan Kurland

 

Katy Perry

Song: I Kissed A Girl

Album: One of the Boys

Label: Capitol

Director: Kinga Burza (pictured above, left)

Editor: Tom Lindsay

 

Weezer

“Pork and Beans”

Weezer

DGC/Interscope [CC]

Director: Mathew Cullen

Editor: Jeff Congiglio/Colin Woods

 

Ne-Yo

“Closer”

The Year of the Gentleman

Def Jam [CC]

Director: Ms Melina

Editor: Clark Eddy

 

Erykah Badu

“Honey”

New Amerykah

Universal Motown [CC]

Director: Erykah Badu/Mr. Roboto

Editor: T David Binns

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Death Cab For Cutie

” I Will Possess Your Heart”

Label: Atlantic Records

Album: Narrow Stairs

Director: Aaron Steward Ahn / Shawn Kim

Cinematography: Shawn Kim & Aaron Stewart-Ahn

 

The White Stripes

“Conquest”

Icky Thump

Third Man Records/Warner Bros. Records

Director: Diane Martel

Cinematography: Wyatt Troll

 

Pussycat Dolls

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

Cinematography : Christopher Probst

 

Erykah Badu

“Honey”

New Amerykah

Universal Motown [CC]

Director: Erykah Badu/Mr. Roboto

Cinematography: Crash / carston gopinath

 

Katy Perry

“I Kissed A Girl”

Album: One of the Boys

Label: Capitol

Director: Kinga Burza

Cinematography: Simon Thirlaway

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

 

Missy Elliott

“Ching A Ling”

Label: Goldmind / Atlantic Records

Album: Step Up 2 The Streets Original Soundtrack / Block Party

Director: Dave Meyers

Special Effects: Special Effects: Les Umberger under Elicit Effects

 

Linkin Park

“Bleed It Out”

Minutes to Midnight

Warner Bros. Records [CC]

Director: Joe Hahn

Special Effects: Ingenuity Engine: David Lebensfeld & Adam Catino

 

Coldplay

Song: Violet Hill

Album: VIva La Vida

Label: Capitol

Director: Asa Mader

Special Effects: Gregory DeMaria

 

Erykah Badu

“Honey”

New Amerykah

Universal Motown [CC]

Director: Erykah Badu/Mr. Roboto

Special Effects: X1 FX

Cinematography: Crash / carston gopinath

 

Kanye West featuring Chris Martin

“Good Life”

Graduation

Hip Hop Since 1978/Roc-A-Fella [CC]

Director: SoMe, Jonas & Francois

Special Effects: SoMe, Jonas & Francois

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

 

Gnarls Barkley

“Run”

Label: Downtown / Atlantic Records

Album: The Odd Couple

Director: Happy

Art Direction: Happy / Kells Jesse

Manager: Jeff Antebi

 

MGMT

“Electric Feel”

Oracular Spectacular

Red Ink/Columbia

Director: Ray Tintori

Art Direction: Sophie Kosofsky

 

Pussycat Dolls

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

Art Direction – Marcelle Gravel

 

Katy Perry

I Kissed A Girl

Album: One of the Boys

Label: Capitol

Director: Kinga Burza

Art Direction: Benji Bamps

 

The White Stripes

“Conquest”

Icky Thump

Third Man Records/Warner Bros. Records

Director: Diane Martel

Art Direction: David Fitzpatrick

 

GENERAL CATEGORIES (PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED)

 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

 

Britney Spears

“Piece of Me”

Blackout

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Wayne Isham Pussycat Dolls

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

 

Jonas Brothers

“Burnin Up”

A Little Bit Longer

Hollywood Records

Director: Brendan Malloy/Tim Wheeler The Ting Tings

“Shut Up and Let Me Go”

We Started Nothing

Columbia

Director: Alex & Liane

 

Chris Brown

“Forever”

Exclusive The Forever Edition

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Joseph Kahn

 

BEST ROCK VIDEO

 

Paramore

“crushcrushcrush”

Riot!

Fueled By Ramen

Director: Shane Drake

 

Foo Fighters

“The Pretender”

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

RCA

Director: Sam Brown

 

SlipKnot

Psychosocial

All I Hope For Is Gone

Roadrunner

PR Brown

 

Fall Out Boy

“Beat It”

LIVE in Phoenix

Island Records

Director: Shane Drake

 

Linkin Park

“Shadow of the Day”

Minutes to Midnight

Warner Bros. Records

Director: Joe Hahn

 

BEST DANCING IN A VIDEO

 

Ne-Yo

“Closer”

The Year of the Gentleman

Def Jam

Director: Ms Melina

 

Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

“4 Minutes”

Hard Candy

Warner Brothers Records

Director: Jonas & Francois

 

Pussycat Dolls

“When I Grow Up”

Doll Domination

Interscope Records

Director: Joseph Kahn

 

Chris Brown

“Forever”

Exclusive The Forever Edition

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Joseph Kahn

 

Danity Kane

“Damaged”

Welcome To The Dollhouse

Bad Boy Records

Director: Syndrome

 

BEST NEW ARTIST

 

Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown

“No Air”

Jordin Sparks

19/Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Chris Robinson

 

Tokio Hotel

“Ready, Set, Go!”

Scream

Cherrytree/Interscope Records

Director: Warwick/Haering

 

Katy Perry

“I Kissed A Girl”

One Of The Boys

Capitol

Director: Kinga Burza

 

Miley Cyrus

7 Things

Breakout

Hollywood Records

Director: Brett Ratner

 

Taylor Swift

“Teardrops On My Guitar”

Taylor Swift

Big Machine Records

Director: Trey Fanjoy

 

BEST POP VIDEO

 

Jonas Brothers

“Burnin Up”

A Little Bit Longer

Hollywood Records

Director: Brendan Malloy/TiM Wheeler

 

Tokio Hotel

“Ready, Set, Go!”

Scream

Cherrytree/Interscope Records

Director: Warwick/Haering

 

Britney Spears

“Piece of Me”

Blackout

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Wayne Isham

 

Danity Kane

“Damaged”

Welcome To The Dollhouse

Bad Boy Records

Director: Syndrome

 

Panic At the Disco

“Nine In The Afternoon”

Pretty. Odd.

DecayDance/Fueled By Ramen

Director: Shane Drake

 

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

 

Lil Wayne

“Lollipop”

Tha Carter III

Cash Money Records/Universal Motown

Director: Gil Green/D. Carter

 

Kanye West featuring Chris Martin

“Homecoming”

Graduation

Roc-A-Fella/Hip Hop Since 1978

Director: Hype Williams

 

Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos

“Superstar”

Lupe Fiasco’s “The Cool”

1st & 15th/Atlantic Records

Director: Hype Williams

 

Mary J. Blige

“Just Fine”

Growing Pains

Geffen Records

Director: Chris Applebaum

 

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

“Low”

Step Up 2 The Streets Original Soundtrack/ Mail On Sunday

Poe Boy Ent./Atlantic Records

Director: Bernard Gourley

 

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

 

Britney Spears

“Piece of Me”

Blackout

Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Wayne Isham

 

Rihanna

“Take A Bow”

A Good Girl Gone Bad

SRP/Def Jam

Director: Anthony Mandler

 

Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown

“No Air”

Jordin Sparks

19/Jive/Zomba Label Group

Director: Chris Robinson

 

Katy Perry

“I Kissed A Girl”

One Of The Boys

Capitol

Director: Kinga Burza

 

Mariah Carey

“Touch My Body”

E=MC^2

Island Def Jam Music Group

Director: Brett Ratner

 

BEST MALE VIDEO

 

Lil Wayne featuring Static

“Lollipop”

Tha Carter III

Cash Money Records/Universal Motown

Director: Gil Green/D. Carter

 

T.I.

“No Matter What”

Paper Trail

Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records

Director: Self/James Lopez

 

Chris Brown

“With You”

Exclusive

Jive Records/Zomba

Director: Erik White/Chris Brown

 

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

“Low”

Step Up 2 The Streets Original Soundtrack/ Mail On Sunday

Poe Boy Ent./Atlantic Records

Director: Bernard Gourley

 

Usher feat Young Jeezy

“Love In This Club”

Here I Stand

LaFace Records/Zomba Label Group

Director: The Brothers Strause

 

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Special effects? I was think more like Best Editting...hmm...it'd have to be the single most random video I've seen for a long time, right after Wild Strawberries by PNAU

^^:laugh4:!!

 

yay for coldplay!!!

 

i don't usually watch the vmas anymore. it's over run by young bad artists now. :dozey:.

 

i hope i don't watch the three hour annoying show to see them, and they either don't win so they dont go up on stage... or they do win and aren't there. :P

the VMA's suck as i have ranted before so who gives a crappola? Of course i will give my undying support to Coldplay and vote for them but the vid is pretty random. I figured out the music stations (VH1 and MTV) only play vids in the am and then the useless shows they call entertainment the rest of the day:rolleyes:

i don't hope anything from VMAs any way.

 

but if they win definitely congrats and Yay to them.:)

Um what special effects are used in the VH vid? :uhoh: Is just four boys goofing off in front of a camera.

 

Well done anyway :P

there are no special effects. It's just the boys playing and walking up a hill:confused:

I guess Chris not cracking his head open on the rock at the end constitutes "Special Effects" i can't watch that part.:rolleyes:

This is odd, there are less special effects in this video, than any video they've ever done. Though I have to say I don't think their videos since the parachute days have been particularly special effects laden anyway. hmmm... odd.

What a load of crap.

 

Just another MTV awards

I guess Chris not cracking his head open on the rock at the end constitutes "Special Effects" i can't watch that part.:rolleyes:

 

:laugh3:Same here

UGHHHHHH!

 

What a buttload of crap!!! I was so mad when i found out...I mean for christ sake they have the number one selling digital album of all time and the number 2 (soon to be number one) selling album of the year!! Stupid MTV! See this is why i should live in the UK!!

Yer I don't get it. What effects are there?

 

Like..its a bit black and white. They do a lot of cuts...but that's not effects.

 

Yer, what Miss Snicket said...best editing mightve been better.

 

Meh...hope they win, just cos theyre Coldplay.

MTV is crap anyway.do they even still play music videos between all their decadent reality shows?

There are special effects in the sense that sometimes you see more than one Chris in one shot (at the very start where the guitar kicks in). I mean, if they were flying in mid-air or had lightsabers than yeah, special effects woo! but there's none of that...:dozey:

Is it just me or do most of those nominations kinda suck...

ehh it is MTV after all.

What a buttload of crap!!! I was so mad when i found out...I mean for christ sake they have the number one selling digital album of all time and the number 2 (soon to be number one) selling album of the year!! Stupid MTV! See this is why i should live in the UK!!

 

ACtually its number one selling album of 2008 so far.......... yeah and its shocking to know this their is no special effects i can see in the vid... although good luck to them!:)

Just watched all the other vids nominated and my pick for best special effects would be either Erykah Badu or Kanye West. Coldplay has absolutely no chance because there's absolutely no special effects other than greyscale.

Um what special effects are used in the VH vid? :uhoh: Is just four boys goofing off in front of a camera.

 

Purple tint, desaturation of colors in some parts, flashes, slow effects etc etc

 

Nothing really impressive but you know :rolleyes: I'm suprised because it doesn't even have good lip-synch!

And there are somebits in the video where Chris is sorta just standing there

 

Not very good direction on that part

To be honest I'm surprised they've been as successful as they have here. Lets face it in America its not popular to be a good band. They (and by they I mean the music industry) want sugary processed dancing in scantily clad crap in pretty disposable packages, and coldplay has never been that. I think the album sales speak for themselves in terms of what people want and MTV can just go to hell.

They should have gotten special effects on VLV! But I am glad Violet Hill got nominated as well though :D!

so wait, since when is putting a magnifying glass in front of your mouth considered a special effect?

 

Kanye West featuring Chris Martin

“Good Life”

 

Huh? :thinking:

And the winner is...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHXQNJDw-e0]Kanye West f/ T-Pain - Good Life[/ame]

 

:dozey: