Sophie Muller is a successful,British music video director, having worked with a immense amount of different bands and artists: Kings of Leon, Blur, The Killers, Coldplay, No doubt, Manic Street Preachers, Shakira and Pink to name a small amount in comparision.
Born in 1962, Sophie Muller has directed over 100 music videos for different artists. She won a Grammy for her work with Annie Lennox with the Diva video album.
Sophie Muller is known for her work with Lennox and the duo which Lennox was one half of The Eurythmics. She has directed over 20 videos for them. Despite being reknowned for her trademark use of having the band or artist playing in an isloated room (Eg. Song 2 - Blur), the variety of music video and genres is very big. From The Killers to Blur to Sophie Ellis-Bextor her videos have had many changes of style.This shows the diversity of her work. Blur Song 2 is one of Blur's most famous songs. The video consists of Blur in a dit lit room performing with a various amount of different shots and angles. In the performance throughout the chorus band members are thrown into walls by a very strong wind.
Another Sophie Muller directed video is Sophie Ellis Bextor Murder on the Dance Floor, the video moves away from Muller's trademark isolated room to Sophie Ellis Bextor taking part in a dancing competition whilst singing the song.The difference between Song 2 - Blur and Murder on the Dance floor - Sophie Ellis Bextor is massive.The two videos are completley different genres which shows the difference between Rock and Pop as well as how the directing approach has to be changed with the emphasis on rock videos more on the band performing rather than a storyline.
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