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Type of film and how it was created
This video is a music video for the band Metronomy and was created by Jul & Mat, a pair of French directors who have made several music videos and TV ads. Their work is often a mix of reality and post-production and go beyond language barriers. This particular video was created almost entirely by hand during pre-production with little visual effects (which are done on After Effects). To get an idea of how much pre-production was required for this movie to be made, as well as the equipment and lighting that was used, watch this: media type="custom" key="8976812"

It seems to be filmed on a normal lens, and almost entirely by hand with steadicam movements. The steadicam movements provide a good sense of space, as it transports the viewers through the dreamscape through the eyes of the main girl.

Story line
This music video, like many, does not have a definitive story line and is left very largely to the viewers perception. A girl wakes and rises from beneath a pile of feathers into a world which the viewer learns later is a dreamscape, filled with strange people and oversized objects. This video plays with the concepts of size, forced perspectives and time. It is interesting to note that the barcode over the fireplace is a Blackberry link to downloading the song.

The shots within this video seem to alternate between close-ups of the girl and point-of-view shots of her dreamworld. I agree with a user comment that pointed out and loved the fact that she occasionally glances up at the camera, making the viewer seem as if they were their own character. ****Editing**** This film was edited with several editing programs, mainly After Effects. It was edited (and filmed) so that it would look as if the video was done in a single take, following the girl through her dream.

**Sound**
There is not much to say about the sound, other than it all belongs to a very hipster band called Metronomy. But the music was worked in cleverly, especially with the clocks and the men in black.

**Performances**
I thought the performances were really well done, especially considering that many of the scenes in this video had to be shot backwards. Also, the main girl in this video also fits into the typical "Gondry" mold which is used in many of his videos.

**Analysis of member comments**
**[|Gerrit Van Woudenberg] ** 2 months ago awesome work... real michel gondry.... i couldnt figure out where the cut point was in the first shot, cause you went from-shot-in-reverse for the feathers lifitng off her face, to shot-in-normaltime for her pushing the girl. its on the headturn at 00:43 yeah? i mean it must be but its seamless. amazing.
 * Many of the member comments were in French, the native language of the directors who created this. Most of those that were in English did not have much substance ("great video!"), however there was one user who posted a question for the directors: **

in which he inquires about the single-take approach that was taken. However, it was not replied to, so perhaps we will never know the times of the cut-points, or whether they ever existed at all.