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Michel Gondry
• Michel Gondry was born in Versailles, France.
• He started making short films, before moving on to music videos, for a variety of artists, including Björk, Daft Punk and The White Stripes.
• He has also made feature films, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind.
Surreal Mise en Scene
• Michel Gondry uses surrealism in all of his work, especially in his music videos.
• The mise en scene of the videos is sometimes surreal. The costumes worn are bizarre and weird.
• For example, in Around the world by Daft Punk, the costumes are all out of place, in contrasting surroundings.
• The other micro elements are all relatively conventional.
• The settings he shows are normal, everyday places. However, he juxtaposes this by placing things that are found in different settings into these everyday places, creating a surreal contrast.
• This example is from the video for Deadweight by Beck.