Inspirational Texts

I want to create a music video that focuses around choreography rather than lip syncing, I gained my inspirations from videos by Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim. I'm focusing on Weapon Of Choice by Fatboy Slim and Around The World by Daft Punk as the two both are about dance however Fatboy slim Video features just Christopher Walken solely whereas Daft Punk has a whole crew of dancers.

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice
It's such a great video, I don't know anyone who doesn't like this video, Christopher Walken dancing is hilarious and completely unexpected, the choreography used is actually really good, similarly Praise You is another great video by Fatboy Slim which features Spike Jonze as the leader of a dance troup.

The Weapon Of Choice video begins with Christopher Walken sat on a chair, seemingly contemplating something, then he stands up and walks rather sheepishly and suddenly pauses and breaks into dance. The setting appears to be a hotel, I don't think it'd be possible for me to emulate this in mine as it costs funds which I don't have to close off and use such a large complex. More than likely when it comes to doing mine i'll have to use a public place if i want a large space, this may cause complications as there will be public around, so it may take a few attempts. The mise en scene is typical of what is to be expected of a hotel, objects like esculators, tables and chairs are used in the dance perhaps I could interpret this into my work, upon choosing my location I could try and scout out some potential objects to replicate what has been done in this video.

Daft Punk - Around The World
This video is more complex than it initially appears, although the choreography appears fairly simple there is so many different dancers involved, so everyone has to be in time and each individual group are actually representing the different instruments involved, to emulate this into my work would be too complex, so I think I'm going to have to have only one or two dancers. The setting of the video takes place in a studio, this may be easy to copy as I may be allowed use of a studio, so I should really take this into consideration, however I'd need my own mise en scene and props. The use of lighting is more prominent in this video, however it appears to be many strobe lights all in perfect time with the video and the dancers.

When it comes to creating my own i think i could emulate a lot from these videos but I'm also going to look to create something original.