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Analysis Long shots of the setting which in this particular case is the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. By setting the scene the audience will be able to work out the possible storyline or content of the video. A wide angle shot is used here. The effect of the camera panning forwards across the sea towards the city creates a sense that the audience is about to delve into the content of the video.  Many special effects are used during this video such as fireworks exploding and duplications of certain objects within this video. E.g. over 100 Ferrari's driving on a motorway. These special effects create a more captive video to captivate an audience.  These effects allow the producers to create something captivating without using a high budget. Uses wide angle shot and a lower angle looking slightly upwards towards the sky for the cars scene. Uses a medium high angle shot for looking down at the city and the fireworks. ...

Space Disco Lindstrøm - I Feel Space  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7_edU9T2Ho Electronic Rock Pendulum - Watercolour  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPB7uzKuh4 House David Guetta Ft. Avicii - Sunshine  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEqCGe5kdQs Hardcore Skrillex - Ruffneck  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t2TzJOyops UK Garage Wookie - Scrappy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e89v2PfVWs

- He is a 50 year old french DJ who makes EDM music. - He has sold 9 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. - In 2011 he was voted the number 1 DJ in the 'DJ Mag Top 100 DJs' poll. - Started as a DJ in 1984 in Paris. - Married for 24 years then divorced in 2014. - He is ranked as the 1778th most popular person in the world today. - Net worth is $75 million. - He is known as the 'Grandfather of EDM' for his influence to those in the music industry. - He co-founded Gum Productions with Jean-charles Carre and Joachim Garraud. - His other record labels include: 'What A Music', 'Big Beat/Atlantic', 'Parlophone', 'Virgin', 'Capitol', 'Ultra', 'F*ck Me I'm Famous', 'Jack Black Records', 'GUT'. - He has done collaborations with: Avicii, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Alesso, Sia, Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, Afrojack, Chris Willis, Kelly Rowland, Sam Martin, Skylar Grey, Rihanna, ...

1920’s Music videos in the 1920’s were called ‘talkies’, Sound Films or Vitaphones. These were produced by the Warner Bros. and First National Studios. They were mainly used for feature films. Shown on the Television. Example: ‘The Jazz Singer’, Al Jolson (1927) 1930’s In the early 1930’s music videos were featured in cartoons mainly made by Walt Disney. They were known as ‘Silly Symphonies’ or ‘Merrie Melodies’. These showed famous Jazz and Blues musicians with animated characters. Shown on the Television. Example: ‘St. Louis Blues’, Bessie Smith (1930) 1940’s Music videos in the 1940’s were called ‘Soundies’. These were three minute short musical films. Each contained dancing, live orchestra etc. They were all Jazz and Blues songs. They were shown on Jukeboxes and Music Machines in restaurants, bars, pubs etc. They cost about $12,000 to manufacture. Example: ‘Boardwalk Boogie’, Will Bradley (1943) 1950’s Many music videos in this era were made as a r...