Firstly, it is clear that this is a concept video with a theme. This is clear as the same things are seen over and over again (helmets, cars and desert) and there is no clear story. Daft Punk shoot many videos with facial coverings which conforms to the theory that artists develop iconography thruought their career. The biggest theme is the camera however. The video also includes elements of performance.
The performance part is typical with close ups of instruments/artists and clever lighting.
The video conforms to Goodwin's theory of having a relationship between music and visuals as many shots are in time with the music. This is very common in music videos. This is not so much the case with lyrics however
In terms of representation, as Goodwin suggests, the idea of pleasure through looking is conformed to as the female body is used as something for male pleasure with the few women in the video wearing revealing clothing and acting provocitavely. However, they in comparison to other videos, this plays a minor role!
Colour manipulation is used at the start as the video begins grey scale and then ends up with a green tint. This is common for music videos. This is to do with the theme of the old fashioned camera, where many shots are shown to be manipulated.
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