Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Auteur Theory: Phil Harder

To further analyse the Auteur theory I have researched Phil Harder as an example. He is an established music video director who has worked with artists such as the Foo Fighters and Prince.
     He is a director who follows the Auteur Theory as he likes to have full control of the video he is directing. He tells the musicians and actors where to be and he films the shot types he wants, he then edits them with his company as head of production.
    Phil has first hand experience of the music industry, as in the 1980's he was part of the band: Breaking Circus. It's from here he retired from the music band scene to produce music videos, he has also directed television adverts and short films.



This is the music video 'Next Year' by the Foo Fighters, directed by Phil Harder.

Mise en Scene

The theme of the video is the Apollo 11 moon mission and cuts between real USA NASA footage to shots of the Foo Fighters in space suits and acting as the crew of the shuttle. There are many mise en scene 'easter eggs' such as the band planting a 'Foo Fighters' flag on the moon rather then the American Flag.

Camera Work

As with many rock genre videos, there are many close-ups of band members aswell as tracking and mid-shots of the full band. Taking advantageof the 'zero gravity' effect of space, there are many shots of the band members 'floating' towards the camera. A lot of the footage is original NASA footage and to work this in a lot of the band footage is filmed in this style, with 'classic' looking camera works.


Editing

The editing of the Foo Fighter footage fits in with the original NASA footage. As the band are working in 'space' there are faster edits to represent the important of their work. It is a delicate matter, as when this work was done for real it, it was important NASA work.

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