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mankai Michel Gondry's Music Videos
He mapped the speeding train ride on a paper grid, Using forks and oranges for every beat he did.
mankai Michel Gondry painstakingly rebuilt The White Stripes out of real Lego bricks for a 2001 music video.
mankai Gondry collaborated with Icelandic singer Björk on multiple videos that visually mapped the subconscious.
mankai The 2002 video for The Chemical Brothers synchronized passing train scenery with the music's beats.
Fun Fact
Lego bricks: Lego refused to sponsor The White Stripes' "Fell in Love with a Girl" video, forcing director Michel Gondry to buy all the plastic bricks himself at retail stores.
Glossary
illusion (noun)
An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. Gondry utilized a motion-control camera in 2002 to create a seamless looping street scene for Kylie Minogue.
An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. Gondry utilized a motion-control camera in 2002 to create a seamless looping street scene for Kylie Minogue.
Quiz
Before directing music videos, Michel Gondry was a drummer for which French pop-rock band in the 1980s?
Reflection
puedes hacer un juego popular Miss cantan monstruos estos son los elementos❄️⚡🔥⚙️
ivanpoma Vídeos cinemagráficos
¿Es una foto o un vídeo? (¿qué es?) / ¡Solo se mueve un detalle en bucle! (¡oh, sí!)
mankai Michel Gondry edited French train footage so every building and tree aligned perfectly with the song's beats.
diego Mythology says Athena and Poseidon competed on this very hill to become the city's patron deity.
diego Long before the famous marble temples, older structures occupied the sacred summit.
Fun Fact
Acropolis translation: The word 'Acropolis' comes from the Greek words 'akron' (highest point) and 'polis' (city), literally meaning 'high city' or 'citadel on the hill'.
Glossary
acropolis (noun)
A fortified hilltop or citadel of an ancient Greek city. This rocky hill in Athens hosted the mythical contest between Athena and Poseidon for the city's patronage.
A fortified hilltop or citadel of an ancient Greek city. This rocky hill in Athens hosted the mythical contest between Athena and Poseidon for the city's patronage.
Quiz
Which French city's train route did Michel Gondry film to create the visual rhythm for "Star Guitar"?
Achievement
Project completed!
Soy Maestro de El fenómeno global de BTS
diego The Acropolis of Athens
Did Poseidon strike the stone? (Oh yeah!) / Look how the olive tree has grown! (Oh-oh!)
mankai Michel Gondry layered dozens of camera takes in Paris to create four interacting copies of Kylie Minogue.
suaz This orchid's duck-shaped head swings down to trap insects for pollination.
suaz I had no idea that almost ten percent of all flower species are orchids!
Fun Fact
Sticky pollinia: Deceptive meadow orchids use visual tricks to lure bugs, gluing these specialized, gluey pollen packets onto fooled insects.
Glossary
Ophrys insectifera (noun)
A European fly orchid that mimics the shape and scent of female digger wasps to trick males into pollinating it. This botanical con artist shows how deceptive visuals drive evolution.
A European fly orchid that mimics the shape and scent of female digger wasps to trick males into pollinating it. This botanical con artist shows how deceptive visuals drive evolution.
