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Hello and welcome to the Collision Course Blog!! Here you will find the work that is going to be put into the making of the music video. From the very first initial ideas and pitch, all the way through to our final piece. There will be a range documents such as the initial ideas phase of our project, some research that that we as a group conducted, the storyboards that were used and also a list of camera angles and props that we are going to use in the production of our music video. We hope you will find the blog interesting and helpful, please feel free to visit any time.


Sunday 1 May 2011

Michel Gondry.

Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is a French film, commercial and music video director and an Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène.
His career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, in which he also served as a drummer. The style of his videos for Oui Oui caught the attention of music artist Björk, who asked him to direct the video for her song "Human Behaviour". The collaboration proved long-lasting, with Gondry directing a total of seven music videos for Björk. Other artists who have collaborated with Gondry on more than one occasion include Daft Punk, The White Stripes, The Chemical Brothers, The Vines, Steriogram, Radiohead, and Beck. Gondry has also created numerous television commercials. He pioneered the "bullet time" technique later adapted in The Matrix in a 1998 commercial for Smirnoff vodka, as well as directing a trio of inventive holiday-themed advertisements for clothing retailer Gap, Incorporated.

Here is a list of some of the music videos that Michel Gondry:

1. Open Your Heart" - Mia Doi Todd (2010)

2. Too Many Dicks On The Dance floor" & "Carol Brown" (unofficial videos) - Flight Of The
Conchords (2009)

3. Soleil du Soir" - Dick Annegarn (2008)

4. Declare Independence" - Björk (2007)

5. Dance Tonight" - Paul McCartney (2007)

6. Cellphone's Dead" - Beck (2006)

7. Anysound" - The Vines (2006)

Gondry was an Artist in Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and 2006. Later directing the music video for the Paul McCartney song "Dance Tonight", in which Gondry makes a cameo appearance. Gondry directed of "Unnatural Love," the fifth episode in season two of HBO's Flight of the ConchordsInterior Design one third of the 2008 anthology film Tokyo! was next for Gondry. Interior Design was based on the comic book "Cecil and Jordan in New York" by Gabrielle Bell but was adapted from New York City to Tokyo for the film.

By Callum Balding

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