Around the world - daft punk full textual analysis

Around the world - daft punk

Cinematography/camera work:

•       slow zoom in at the start to introduce setting and the two first components working in the frame (The dancers and the stage) 

•       this allows the audience time to work out that each group of dancers symbolises different instruments/components making up the music 

•       pan around the front to establish new instruments/dancers as they are added

•       when the music has been fully opened there is one dominant instrument. So, this is shown by the camera focusing on only one of the groups dancing in time to the instrument 

•       This allows the audience to D construct the music and strip it down to its individual components heightening their experience as they identify the complexity of the music and appreciate the different layers of instruments that come together to work as one collective piece of music 

•       The camera also focuses on one group during the instrumental period as that instrument becomes the dominant component for that part of the song

•       The dancing is also supposed to emulate the sound and mood/emotion portrayed by each instrument (more synthesised sounds = more contemporary dancing)

Editing:

•       each shot is cut to show the instruments that are audible at one time so when a new instrument is added or becomes dominant it is shown by the shot cutting and focusing on the new instruments/dances representing the instrument 

•       When all instruments are playing, everybody is in shot even with matching choreography and costumes to emphasise that they are dancing to the music 

•       The shots last for either four, eight, 12 or 16 counts of the music maybe to replicate a composition which is composed in bars made of four counts. This allows the instruments/components to get time to establish themselves (also allows for accurate editing to the music.

•       Although some short durations may seem long, if you pay attention, it doesn’t slow down the video in anyway, as there is so much going on within each shot anyway, so the eyes are never left, they always have something new to look at and focus on 

•       this also gives the audience a sense of achievement as they feel that they have worked out that the dances each represent instruments

•       once a few components have been added and I repeated the camera zooms out to show the repetition of those instruments but to keep the eye busy  

Sound:

•       Gradual fade in to start the music video to establish the setting of the video. 

•       different synthesised instruments are represented by the different groups of dancers 

•       No non-diegetic (all diegetic) as each component is shown by the dancers 

•       The music is made by repeating and mashing up different instruments 

•       The dancing is supposed to emulate the sound and mood created by each instrument 

•       Repetitive but not to the point at which the listener would get bored, due to the artist adding new instruments at different points in this song, to give the audience/listener a lively experience and also an interactive experience when they watch the music video too

Mise-en-scene:

•       The people dressed in different costumes dance in groups to symbolise the different instruments and to show how it all comes together 

•       The skeleton people are in the front of the shot, but lay there motionless to convey the idea that there are more instruments to be added, but it can’t be heard yet (all the dancer are visible from start to finish, but some stay still until their instrument is introduced)

•       The background is very colourful to convey the upbeat emotion of the song. And when all components but the lyrics are dropped, all but one colour from the background I dropped two, this also allows the same choreography of every single dancer to be noticed. Therefore, enhancing its effect as it shows the contrast to the original shots where there are multiple different things going on in the shot 

•       Physicality-each group is consistent with gender and body build to focus on the dancing and not appearances

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