Research for Music Video

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Amateur Music Video Director Research- Michel Gondry

·     French director, screenwriter and producer known for inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scene
·     Won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers for ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’
·     Known for music video collaborations with Daft Punk, Donald Fagen, Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers and The White Stripes
·     Vision and career has an emphasis on emotion with his inspiration being the film’ Le voyage en ballon’
·     Started making music videos for the French band ‘Oui Oui’ and his videos caught the eye of Bjork who asked him to direct her video for ‘Human Behaviour’ and he made 8 music videos for her
·     His film ‘eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ used the image manipulation techniques used in his music videos
·     Directed the music video for the Paul McCartney song ‘Dance Tonight’

·     Representative of the influx of music video directors into feature film along with Spike Jonze and David Fincher



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