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Research of Michel Gondry, Auteur music video director

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Michel Gondry  French director, screenwriter and producer Number of music videos made: 90  Style: innovative use of mise en scene and recursion (repetition) He is well known for his music video collaborations with Daft Punk, Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers, Kylie Minogue and The White Stripes. A particular example of recursion could be the music video Around the World by Daft Punk, where each group of dancers is used to signify a specific part of the music, particularly specific instruments He uses people’s movements to signify separate instruments. He also used colours and dancing to signify different parts of the music/instruments. Creative videos with a lot of physical theatre. In one music video (song called behind by Lacquer), a sped up, over the shoulder shot is used throughout the music video to match the name of the song.

Warner Music Group Research

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•  Warner  Bros. didn’t used to have a record label but after one of their contracted actors recorded a song with Dot Records (Paramount Pictures branch) they decided to create a record label  in the 50s to  capitalize and earn the profits made from music too.  •  Warner music group is a  r ecord  label  and now a conglomerate headquartered  in  LA. It has a branch of music publishing too, called Warner Chappell Music.  •  It has its own branches of record labels for different genres of music, the best known being Elektra Records, Warner Records and  Atlantic Records •  Its current CEO is  Stephen Cooper •  Famous artists   who   have   recorded   with them consist of Dua Lipa, Madonna, David Bowie and Ed Sheeran. •  1967  – Warner Bros. sold to seven Arts Productions, then in went on to buy Atlantic Records.  •  Late 60s and 70s...

Production company Logo

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Production company Logo I wanted my logo to have an element of luxury, so I went with gold flakes on the background with subtle but effective dark, outlined typography. I Also chose to make my logo a circle in order to make it easier on the eyes and help with placement. This is because with a square logo or anything angular, it usually looks best to complement the shape of the logo. However, a circle logo means that you are not restricted to the corner of the page, you can place it anywhere you would like.