Director's study - Chris Cunnigham

Chris Cunningham is an English music, video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. His work DVD was released in November 2004 as part of a successful director label set. Cunningham has had close ties to Warp Records. Best known videos include one of the Apex Twins 'Come to Daddy' and 'Window Licker'. His Style has sexual ambiguity, darkness, violence and often includes technology. His work has a general sense of Strangeness.

Bjork - All is Full of Love

This video is a simple narrative about the world of robots being more than just machines. The robots are melting through love within the setting of a lab. The lighting within the video is bright. This suggests a sense of a heaven and multiple characters, including Bjork's alter ego. This video includes lots of sexual connotations and symbolism, such as the white fluids being semen and the cables representing inner organs.

The whole music video uses many special effects. The most significant special effect used is to create the robots. The robots are created by taking the key features from Bjork's face and adding the robot effect over the top. By using Bjork's face, Cunningham is following the conventions of a music video, performance. This also ensures that Bjork gets screen time.

There are many different camera shots used within this music video. These include lots close ups on Bjork's face (another convention of a music video) and the machinery. Cunningham uses shot reverse shots between the two robots, this shows that the robots are interacting with eachother. The last significant camera work used is a master shot of the lab.

Andrew Goodwin - Madonna - Frozen

Music and Visuals - There is no link between the music and visuals apart from slightly linked to the Indian Culture by the way n which Madonna has Henna on her hands and also by her movement.

Lyrics and Visuals - Firstly the cold tint over the video (added post production) links with the lyrics 'Your Frozen'. Finally the line 'You Only See What Your Eyes Want To See' is an ambiguous comment, which, like the images, it creates its own representation ,the audience's opinion.

Demand of Close-ups - This music video has many close-ups of Madonna's face, as well close-ups of Madonna doing Yoga, lots of hand gesticulation, bending and flexing.

Notion of Looking - Madonna looks at the camera all the time, if not looking directly at the camera, her eyes are closed, but she is face on to the camera. Also in this video, the dog looks directly into the camera, with bright green eyes, this colour draws attention to the eyes, as it isn't a normal colour for a dogs eyes to be.

Intertextuality - Henna and praying is a reference to the Indian Culture. Another intertextuality with this music video is John W Waterhouse's paintings, which have a breezy look, which is simular to how Madonna appears with her cloak with a hood. Madonna looks alike to the women in Waterhouse's paintings.