Michel Gondry
CASE STUDY

Michel Gondry
• Michel Gondry (May 1963) was born in
Versailles and is a French film director,
screenwriter and producer. He is
distinguished for his imaginative
visual style and unique manipulation
of mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene is
very present in his work as his
production pieces are visually artful
through cinematography and stage
design. He has many accomplishments
with his career such as an Academy
Award for Best Original Screenplay.
• Gondry’s career began with his emphasis
on emotion. He believes his inspiration
came from a film known as Le Voyage
en ballon
• Many other of his films contain
surrealistic science fantasy comedy,
he is well known for his music video
collaborations with The Chemical
brothers, Bjork and The White Stripes.

Michel Gondry - Filmography
• Michel Gondry has produced many filmography pieces over his
career. These are broken down into sub categories including:
Narrative films, short films, documentaries, music videos,
advertisements, television and other releases.
•
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Production company: StudioCanal
&Good Machine
Distributed by: Fine Line
Features(US)
Bac Films(France)
Box Office: $1.5million
Plot
Most of the film is
told as a flashback
Production
Steven Soderbergh
was first interested in
directing Charlie
Kaufman’s script back
in the late 1996.
Critical
Response
Human Nature
had a variety
of comments
with the film. A
reviewer Roger
Ebert praised
the film’s
“screwball
charm”

Michel Gondry – Short Films
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Written by: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carrey
Running time: 2minutes
Language: English
Pecan Pie
Film made in 2003 – is a short film
in which the main character drives
around the streets in bed while
singing a song in the style on Elvis
Presley. The short film also features
French comic duo Eric et Ramzy as
the gas station staff.
Pecan Pie was
involved as a bonus
clip in the DVD for
Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind.
October 25, 2014
episode of
Saturday Night
Live, Jim Carrey
performed “Pecan
Pie” during the
introductory
monologue
From watching Pecan Pie there is a
number of camera
angles/movements shown this
includes:
Hand held shot- Throughout the
whole film it seems as if a person is
holding the camera and capturing
Jim Carrey driving in his bed. This
gives a sense that it was an
unexpected moment and someone
just so happens to have it on footage.
Zoom- Quick sharp zooms are
frequent in the short film
Panning – This was used at the start
to expose the setting, time and to
reveal the characters car bed which
would be very unusual to witness
Sound and editing are also
another aspect in the film
Background noise- The
background noise is fuzzy
and distort.
Diegetic music: his car is
playing music that has a
slow tune which is over laid
with Jim Carrey singing out
of time.

Michel Gondry – Music Videos
• The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic
dance music band in 1989. Along with other
acts including The Prodigy, The Crystal Method
and many more they were inventers at
bringing the big beat genre to the lead of pop
culture. The Chemical Brothers have been very
successful in the UK and have had six number
one albums and 13 top 20 singles.
Also known as: The Dust
Brothers
Origin: Manchester, England
Genres: Big Beat- electronica-
techno- trip hop – house
Years active: 1991- present
Labels: Ultra-Virgin
Members: Tom Rowlands
Ed Simons
TheChemicalBrothers-Go
Camera shots:
Rule of thirds: The female dancers are
positioned in the far left of the frame which
exposes the exterior setting.
Extreme close up: At the start of the music
video extreme close ups of the female
dancers faces were exposed.
Camera movements:
Panning: As the
female dancers
began to walk across
the camera carefully
follows them across
Sideways track: The
camera zooms in at
the dancers and
follows them as they
walk towards the
camera
Edititng:
Slow cuts: As the
dancers move across
the setting the camera
cuts into another
action they do
Repetitive cuts: As the
dancers stop and
move the bar a quick
cut is made during the
action

Michel Gondry – Music Videos
• The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic
dance music band in 1989. Along with other
acts including The Prodigy, The Crystal Method
and many more they were inventers at
bringing the big beat genre to the lead of pop
culture. The Chemical Brothers have been very
successful in the UK and have had six number
one albums and 13 top 20 singles.
Also known as: The Dust
Brothers
Origin: Manchester, England
Genres: Big Beat- electronica-
techno- trip hop – house
Years active: 1991- present
Labels: Ultra-Virgin
Members: Tom Rowlands
Ed Simons
TheChemicalBrothers-Go
Camera shots:
Rule of thirds: The female dancers are
positioned in the far left of the frame which
exposes the exterior setting.
Extreme close up: At the start of the music
video extreme close ups of the female
dancers faces were exposed.
Camera movements:
Panning: As the
female dancers
began to walk across
the camera carefully
follows them across
Sideways track: The
camera zooms in at
the dancers and
follows them as they
walk towards the
camera
Edititng:
Slow cuts: As the
dancers move across
the setting the camera
cuts into another
action they do
Repetitive cuts: As the
dancers stop and
move the bar a quick
cut is made during the
action