A quick background on Sophie and about her career so far.
- Was born in London 31st January 1962 but grew up on the Isle of Man
- She attended Central St Martin's and gained a Foundation Diploma in Art
- Muller's first professional film was working as a third assistant on the 1984 horror/thriller 'Company of Wolves'
- She wanted to become a successful director and her big break came through meeting John Stewart and Billy Poveda of Oil Factory
- She has directed over 100 music video's
- Worked will artists like Blur, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Annie Lennox
- Her work with Annie Lennox won her a Grammy for the Diva video album
- Sophie Muller has directed 6 videos for Gwen Stefani and when she won an MTV music video award in 1997, Gwen thanked Sophie Muller saying "I'd like to say that Sophie Muller is a genius"
Sophie Muller claims that her trademark style in most of her videos usually has a singer or a band inside a dim, isolated room.
Sophie Muller, over her career has worked with many artists, including Eurythmics, Sade, Shakespear's sister, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Gary Barlow, Blur, Coldplay, Nelly Furtado, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sugarbabes, Amy Studt, Pink, Dido, Maroon 5, The Killers, Beyonce, Lily Allen, Mika, Leona Lewis, Kings of Leon, Cheryl Cole, and many, many more.
Gwen Stefani - Cool
Clearly shown in this video that the images and visuals are linked. The song is all about how she is still 'cool' with her ex boyfriend and the visuals in the video is showing how she was when she was dating her boyfriend and them meeting in the present time.
Linking this to the point above, this vidoe is manly narrative. This is because it involves Gwen herself playing a character in the story and you can see the lines in which she is singing about as well as hearing it.
This movie is quite fast paced becuase it is having sharp flashbacks and these cuts in the video is matching the pace of the music.
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