Interdisciplinarity

Gorillaz
The whole Gorillaz scene came around 1998 which was created by Damen Albarn and Jamie Hewlett which who was living together in a flat. The idea came up after watching MTV which they thought of coming up with a cartoon band.

Their first piece of work was a song called Ghost Train which was later on decided to be a on single CD which was placed on the B side with their single, Rock The House.

The audience that Gorillaz aim for is just anyone in general that enjoys listening to a mix of music as Gorillaz change their line up of musicians regularly which means they don't stick to a certain genre. Also their animation is there for anyone which likes to see music videos, their music videos can mostly attract children as cartoons are an easy eye catch for children.

Alot of the techniques used to create the videos are alot of cel shading which has become really popular after Gorillaz. Also quite a bit of high frame rate which makes the animation very smooth. I couldn't find much more about how their videos work.

Their main influences had to be after watching MTV as they thought 'If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell, there's nothing of substance there'. Which they thought it would be best to create an animated band to reflect upon their thoughts of MTV.

There was no advertising about their work unless you mean for actual TV for their songs and videos. Also they had advertisement for their new albums on TV commercials. They also did a bit of support for other bands in early times to increase their popularity.

Alot of their work has been mostly commented on their videos. Some people quote it as 'best music videos created up to date' and 'most successful and first band to be animated'. In my opinion I think their music is brilliant, their videos don't have any flaws and in general, I think they are geniuses.