Gorillaz - Stylo

Mise - En - Scene
The video begins with a view of a road that looks like it is being travelled upon. This shows us what type of place the video is going to be set also gives us the atmosphere of the song. Near the beginning we the car go past but not the full view of it. We can see that the car has been shot at and also has scratches up the side, we can also see that it is a police car that must have been stolen.

We see a policeman in the next shot. This stereotypes a typical policeman as it shows him eating donuts and also he is a little on the big side. When the car goes shooting past it shows the policeman trying to slide over the car but fails.

Cinematography
We already know that the video starts with the view of the road being travelled upon, the camera then swings round to face the car driving down the road. On the front of the car it says 'Stylo'. Also the shot is taken from this angle as the smoke from the front engine covers up the window of the car meaning you cannot see whos driving the car. The whole video concentrates on the car, showing different shots of it going from side to side over the car, and also from inside the car. Theres a good shot within the video where the camera is looking through the top of the back window to the passenger seat.

Background Information
Gorillaz is a musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur and British cartoonist Jamie Hewlett. The project consists of the Gorillaz music itself and then a 'Virtual Band'. The band consists of four animated members: 2D - LEAD VOCALIST AND KEYBOARD, MURDOC NICCALS - BASS GUITAR, NOODLE - GUITAR AND OCCASIONAL VOCALS AND RUSSEL HOBBS - DRUMS AND PERCUSSION. The fictional universe has explored through the bands music videos and websites. Their style is a compostition of multiple musical gernes and a large number of influences such as dub, hip hop, alternative rock, electronic and pop music.


The band's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request. Their second studio album, Demon Days, was released in 2005 and included the singles "Feel Good Inc.","Dare", "Dirty Harry","Kids with Guns" and "El Mañana". Demon Days went five times platinum in the UK, double platinum in the United States and earned five Grammy Award nominations for 2006 and won one of them in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category.