Research - Directors Research Task

Chris Cunningham:

Chris Cunningham was born in 1970 in Reading, Berkshire and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk.

Cunningham began by working for "Autchre" and from that formed a close relationship with "Warp Records". He is most famous for his videos for "Aphex Twins", "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker". He won an MTV music video award for Breakthrough Video and was also nominated for the "Best Video" award at the Brit Awards 2000 for "Aphex Twins" "Windowlicker".

After watching the music video "Come to Daddy" I have released that Cunningham focuses on Horror in his videos. The video is set in a cold, damp location and has very little scenery. The old lady and the vicious dog shows the horror and the dog also gives a sense of danger as it bites the camera, as soon as the broken video turns on and the face begins to sing loud and the music volume increases. This works well with the action and the music.

Michel Gondry:

Michel Gondrey was born May 8, 1963. He is a French film, commercial and music video director and an Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He is also noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise-en-scene.

He directed music videos such as "Dance Tonight" by Paul McCartney, "Come Into My World" by Kylie Minogue and videos for The Chemical Brothers. He has also won an Oscar for Best Writing, Orgininal Screenplay.

Michel Gondrey directed many music videos for Bjork such as "Human Behaviour", this video shows that Michel had a very creative imagination due to the characters and animals that are featured in it.