Thomas Griffiths - 0601 Centre Number - 33751

1. Daft Punk 3 music video analysis By Thomas Griffiths – 0601 Centre Number - 33751 ***VIEW THIS IN FULL SCREEN***

2. Group background knowledge and introduction 2 songs which I have analysed were first featured on the Daft Punk album “Discovery”, the songs are from a film called “Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem”. The film was made using only music from Daft Punk, along with no dialogue (other than lyrics) and minimal sound effects. This film was then split up into “episodes” and each episode was featured as a music video for a song on the album. As the film was co-created with Daft Punk, the music videos where created to their standards. This of course makes the music videos very similar and easily categorised as both performance and narrative styled music videos. The final song is not from this album, however, so it does not follow the same idea as the other 2. The final video is a conceptual music video, however I will explain the music videos in more detail when I get to them.

3. One More Time Album: Discovery Runtime: 5:22 Category: Performance/narrative Genre: House/techno Although the characters in the video are not real, they are designed to be like the band themselves, this is the reason why the music video is also performance. The characters are fictional as there are only 2-4 people in the group. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTUBE (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play)

5. Shooting through space Tells audience that the song will be fast Perhaps danger? Relation to opening of Star Wars films?

6. Planets, which are easily observed and can be related to by audience Informs us that artist is “different” or “alien” Camera spirals, showing a “zooming motion”, informing audience of area

7. Close up of lips, shows audience that this is the singer Officially starts the song Title of song is first lyric Again shows audience that the group is different

8. Establishing shot, to show area The beauty of animation is emphasised, as made up worlds can be created and look so amazing. Makes the audience feel as if they are there too Bright colours, showing that the song and group are bouncy and bright

9. “ Rave” disco styled lighting, can be related to Changes, showing disco style Harmonic colours

10. Puts viewers into audience’s shoes Over shoulder style Also point of view style

11. Harmony emphasised Low angle, looking up to show their skill at playing Perhaps point of view of fictional audience/crowd

12. Panning shots of neighbouring houses Bright colours houses, emphasising brightness of music and the group’s style Establishing the setting

13. Inside homes, seems to be house party Families all listening to same song, showing that the music is for anyone Shows the group had fun creating the music

14. Same thing again, people both old and young listening (and dancing) to the song Also establishes city more, shows mass of buildings and its beauty

15. Vocals are emphasised here, and overlaying of images is used to emphasise happiness This also gives off a good vibe to viewers, making a “feel good” atmosphere

16. Showing their love for the music Panning shots complimented with overlaid close ups of band Lights it background to add atmosphere of gig

17. More emphasis on instruments, with “negative” hue overlay of band member clapping cymbals together A slow tilt creates a smooth and happy feeling for viewers

18. Tilts upward to show night sky By this time the viewers have become a part of the video, and the darkness symbolises danger, which is inevitable no matter how much the viewers don’t want it

19. Focus distance switches from characters dancing to a red light on what seems to be a radar. Of course red has connotations with danger, and it is obvious that the viewers know what is happening Characters’ smiling faces are still visible

20. Shadow/silhouette of a person, darkness symbolising danger This dark character seems to be watching our “heroes” and this creates a tense atmosphere This shows that there is always a story behind Daft Punk’s music

21. Red, in the case having connotations with blood, anger and evil Cloaked characters are mysterious and make the viewers want to find out who they are

22. Bells start and a silhouette is standing in a doorway, creating a tense atmosphere The audience is sure that danger is on the way as the video ends, creating a cliff hanger. Giving the feel that the music always leaves you wanting more

23. Aerodynamic Album: Discovery Runtime: 3:38 Category: Performance/narrative Genre: House/techno Although the characters in the video are not real, they are designed to be like the band themselves, this is the reason why the music video is also performance. The characters are fictional as there are only 2-4 people in the group. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTUBE (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play)

25. Precision with music, everything is in time Light switches on with bell sound

26. Colourful vibrancy on screen, showing brightness of artists Darker side is shown as vibrant colours are faded away Gradient used to emphasis darkness

27. Party style still occurring (as this follows on from pervious video) Quickly comes to a sudden holt as music picks up Danger and panic begins here

28. Looking up at “bad guys”, as they have power and superiority Panic shown on characters faces, shock sets in for viewers also

29. Smoke overpowers crowd Viewers feel panic building Same chords playing, creating atmosphere as if the same thing is taking an eternity, which is common in a situation like this

30. Character running away from smoke, creating more panic This character straight away becomes protagonist

31. We want the character to escape Chords still playing

32. Viewers are shown that rest of band has been captured, emphasising need for final one to escape Female character held at front, as females are often seen as vulnerable and helpless

33. Chords change and music becomes even higher tempo, adding to the panic atmosphere Viewers are willing the character to run faster

34. Masked man precisely applies ammo to his weapon, to show the precision on the group’s music Close up used to emphasise danger in this piece of equipment

35. Zooming effect of weapon is used to show inevitable future for the character. The viewers hold onto a last glimpse of hope that the character may get away Panic of both music and visuals allows the style of the group to be shown as very up pace

36. Uncommon shot of firing of weapon. The shot is repeated from different angles. This is used to emphasise the precision and power in this single shot This obviously shows the group to be very precise when writing and creating music

37. The “panic” styled layer of the song dims down at this point, because the character has been caught. Heavy drum beat tells us this. Shows that the band puts meaning behind their music

38. Antagonist character is seen for second time since first music video, with close ups of his expression, to show his evil smirk. He remains a silhouette in order to keep the viewers interested and add a cliff hanger as to who he is

39. Another cliff hanger is added at the end of this video, there may be a possible last hope Red symbolises power, and in this case the viewers hope that it is enough power to save the heroes

40. Around the world Album: Homework Runtime: 4:01 Category: Conceptual Genre: House/techno Being conceptual, this music video is more of an art form than a video. It has no real meaning behind it, it contains no specific start middle or end. However it is very moving and artistically choreographed. (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play) CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTUBE

42. Firstly seems obscene and very nonsense-like Panning, showing different “stations” for dancing to take place

43. Patterned dancing, the women lift their arms in waves Build up for song is obvious, and colours in background portray that

44. Master shot, showing all of dancers, but not all are active or lit up Rest of dancers form a circle around the centre podium

45. “ Funky” dancing up the steps is shown by the strangely dressed men It becomes apparent that each “group” of people is being portrayed as a “layer” of the music

46. This is again shown when the women dance up the stairs to the tune of the song The astronauts begin to dance also at this point, as they are matching the vocals of the song

47. As the focus of this part of the song is the vocals, the astronauts are mainly lit, along with the white dancers on the central podium. This is because these 2 “layers” of the song are the dominant ones. The precision in choreography shows how precise the group is with their music creating skills

48. In contrast to the previous slide, everything is lit up now, showing how the song is evenly levelling out all aspects of the song, from the beat to the tune The background lighting also changed, to show the difference in this part of the song

49. Again to show precision and emphasis on a single entity in the song, the camera focuses on the white dancers on the central podium and they are also predominantly lit Also the background lights match the colours of the white dancers’ clothes

50. (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play) Here we can see what I have been saying in action. Notice that as the men run down the stairs, a certain part of the song will play. This can be best explained when the men move only to this specific layer of the music, along with the astronauts dancing to only the lyrics in the video above. (you can watch the clip as many times as you like by replaying it on youtube) THIS IS THE THIRD SHORT CLIP USED FOR ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTBE

51. Arial shot, which is unusual, much like the song and the style of the music Gives us a 3 point perspective of what is happening

52. This clips shows the precision in choreography, which is an indicator of how precise the music is, which is obviously a trend in Daft Punk’s songs and style. It is clearly visible how each individual “set of dancers” matches an individual aspect of the song, as stated earlier. (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play) THIS IS THE SECOND SHORT CLIP USED FOR ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTBE

53. The mass of different “characters” could show how diverse the musicians are with their music This can also be said for the diverse amount of colours in the background

54. (This is a YOUTUBE clip, click link to play) Again we see how difficult it must have been to choreograph this video, as it was a single take. These final moments of dancing finalise the piece as a work of art, as is the style of the music. No matter how many times the lyric “around the world” is said, it never gets boring, as is the same with the dancing, it always amazes viewers. THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL SHORT CLIP USED FOR ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO YOUTBE

55. As the music video comes to a holt and the song fades, the lights dim and the dancers stop. At this point, the viewer feels fulfilled and entertained, whish is the meaning of the video

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