Ryan Staake is an American director. He was raised in St. Louis,
Missouri. Originally trained in graphic and user interface design,
Staake now works across multiple mediums, including video,
interactive, virtual reality, and print.Staake was born in Los
Angeles, CA, but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At a young age, his
father, Illustrator Bob Staake, introduced him to Macs and digital
imaging tools like Photoshop. Staake initially attended Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, studying Communication Design,
before transferring to Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI
to major in Graphic Design.Staake founded design and video practice,
Pomp&Clout.Staake edited and directed the music video for the Young
Thug song "Wyclef Jean." The video only features Young Thug for a few
seconds, after the $100k shoot was derailed by Thug arriving late,
then refusing to get out of his car because his "Instagram account was
hacked." Instead of abandoning the project after Thug failed to show
up, co-director Staake completed a snarky cut that shows how the video
fell apart and breaks down the rise and fall of the video's creation.
Recordings of Thug detailing his ideas for the video are played over
the top of the track, accompanied by text that further explains how
the shoot turned into an expensive catastrophe for 300 Entertainment.
An altercation between Thug's camp and the LAPD even occurred during
shooting so Pomp&Clout opted instead to use B-roll footage for the
final video. Of the project, Staake said, "I was trying to deliver to
make an interesting statement, but also fulfill a contractual
obligation." The video received more than a million views in the first
24 hours after it was released on the internet and Staake, along with
co-editor Eric Degliomini, won the 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best
Editing for their work on Wyclef Jean.
Missouri. Originally trained in graphic and user interface design,
Staake now works across multiple mediums, including video,
interactive, virtual reality, and print.Staake was born in Los
Angeles, CA, but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At a young age, his
father, Illustrator Bob Staake, introduced him to Macs and digital
imaging tools like Photoshop. Staake initially attended Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, studying Communication Design,
before transferring to Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI
to major in Graphic Design.Staake founded design and video practice,
Pomp&Clout.Staake edited and directed the music video for the Young
Thug song "Wyclef Jean." The video only features Young Thug for a few
seconds, after the $100k shoot was derailed by Thug arriving late,
then refusing to get out of his car because his "Instagram account was
hacked." Instead of abandoning the project after Thug failed to show
up, co-director Staake completed a snarky cut that shows how the video
fell apart and breaks down the rise and fall of the video's creation.
Recordings of Thug detailing his ideas for the video are played over
the top of the track, accompanied by text that further explains how
the shoot turned into an expensive catastrophe for 300 Entertainment.
An altercation between Thug's camp and the LAPD even occurred during
shooting so Pomp&Clout opted instead to use B-roll footage for the
final video. Of the project, Staake said, "I was trying to deliver to
make an interesting statement, but also fulfill a contractual
obligation." The video received more than a million views in the first
24 hours after it was released on the internet and Staake, along with
co-editor Eric Degliomini, won the 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best
Editing for their work on Wyclef Jean.
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