Case study

Case study

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  Michel Gondry wasborn on the 8th May 1963 in Versaillers and is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His career began with the importance he felt on emotion as much of his inspiration came from the film Le voyage. He is famous for his creative visual style and distinctive use of mise en scene. In 2004 he won an Academy Award for the Bets Original screenplay as one of the writers of the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which is often ranked one of the greatest films of the 2000s. Other films that Gondry has made consists of the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep, the comedy-drama Be Kind Rewind, the superhero action comedy The Green Hornet and the romantic drama Mood Indigo. Gondry is also well known for his music video collaborations with artist such as The Chemical Brothers, Bjork and The White Stripes.
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  Gondry has producedmany different types of films such as narrative films, short films and documentaries. Most of his popular films are from the narrative category but are also most of his newest work. All of his films have a postmodernist theme within them and portray many different concepts. Most of the film is told as flashback which links very well to postmodernism, Puff (Rhys Ifans) testifies to Congress, Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette) tells her story to the police, while a dead Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins) addresses an unseen audience in the netherworld. Eternal Sunshine of he spotes mind: The emotionally withdrawn Joel Barish and the wild free-spirit Clementine Kruczynski begin a relationship on a Long Island Rail Road train from Montauk, New York. The couple are almost immediately drawn to each other despite their drastically different personalities. Although they do not realize it at the time, Joel and Clementine are, in fact, former lovers, now separated after having spent two years together. Much of the film takes place in Joel's mind which is very postmodernism. As his memories are erased, he tries to avoid the erasing effects of the procedure by hiding Clementine in remote parts of his unconscious. Mood Indigo: Colin has a very pleasant life he is rich, he loves the food which his cook (Nicolas) makes, he loves his pianocktail (contraction of piano and cocktail, a word invented by Vian) and his friend Chick. One day while having lunch with Chick, Chick tells him that he met a girl named Alise with whom he has a common passion with. The writer Jean-Sol Partre (a spoonerism of Jean-Paul Sartre who was Boris Vian's friend). Colin meets Chloe at a party Chick invited him to. They fall in love, marry, but Chloe becomes ill during their honeymoon. As time passes, Chloe's condition deteriorates while the relationship between Chick and Alise turns sour.
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  Distinctive features thatre-occur in each of his music videos. One technique that Gondry uses which brings a zany approach to quite a lot of hos music videos are props and then editing them for effect. Gondry like to creates a pastiche when producing music videos. Another technique that he uses is the loop effect which is used in the music video by kylie Minogue called ‘come into my world’ in this video the loop creates an recurring contents. Gondry’s work are always high concept videos and his best work combines new technology with a homemade DIY aesthetic. Examples of this are music videos such as: Chemical Brothers ‘Let Forever Be’, Bjork ‘Declare Independence’ and White Sprits ‘ The Hardest Button to Button’. White strips
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  Gondry has workedwith an numerous amount of different music artists of different genres. He has produced many music videos that have reversed a number 1 spot in the charts. One of the greatest artist's he has worked with is Paul McCartney whom music video Gondry adds a postmodernism theme to. Paul McCartney- Dance tonight: Shots used within the music video: • Establishing shot • Long shot • Close up • Over the shoulder shot Editing: • Ghosting effect • Slow cuts • Reverse filming Mise en Scene: • Under exposed lighting • The clothing that has been used in this music video are very minimal and have dark tones to fit in with the lighting. • The props look very homely which reflects to the lyrics of the song
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  Daft Punk- Aroundthe World Editing: • Reserve filming • slow cuts Mise en Scene: • Eccentric costumes • Spot lighting • Flashing lights • Dancing Shots used within the music video: • Establishing shot • Close up • Arc shot • Tracking/hand held shot • Birds eyed view shot • Crane shot
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  The Rolling Stones-Like a Rolling Stone Shots used within the music video: • Close ups • Extreme clos up • Mid shot • Long shot Mise en Scene: • Costume • Band equipment • Dull lighting • Spot lighting Editing: • Blurry • Pinhole effect • Distortion/ pinch • Slow cuts • Montage