So here is the same director working the "yuck" factor. What do you think the choices were for lighting, editing, and camera movement? Any other observations?
The camera angles in the Madonna video seem to have the same height, the angles in knife, are all over between quick cut outs, spending maybe 3 seconds on one person then immediately on the next person. With Madonna you can focus on one shot and understand why its there, in the other your being turned all around before the eye can focus on one subject the matter. The lighting to me really didn't do much but bring focus on what was in the frame at the moment. The edits were different as well, the Madonna video were slow enough to expect the change, in the Knife video they were so quick you couldn't establish any kind of content before you were on to the next panel.
In the first video I like how first all the dancers are shown relaxing, stretching, you know they are going to be active doing something but you at first do not know what exactly. This goes with the whole "time concept" of the video. The spinning of the man running and then Madonna spinning as well, echoing, going back and forth, super clever, fast and keeps you intrigued. Madonna coming right to the screen singing, only her face in the frame, background is blurred. These shots are needed in music videos so its not all just action and keeps the focus on the artist. The ending dance scene in the dark with all different crazy lighting and changing shots/scenes is fun and cool. Comparing the two, they are very similar in the way both singers are colorful, close up, singing, only one placed in the room beginning, so all focus is on them. Then random shots to other people with somewhat of a story. Neither favored one nor the other.
The camera angles in the Madonna video seem to have the same height, the angles in knife, are all over between quick cut outs, spending maybe 3 seconds on one person then immediately on the next person. With Madonna you can focus on one shot and understand why its there, in the other your being turned all around before the eye can focus on one subject the matter. The lighting to me really didn't do much but bring focus on what was in the frame at the moment. The edits were different as well, the Madonna video were slow enough to expect the change, in the Knife video they were so quick you couldn't establish any kind of content before you were on to the next panel.
ReplyDeleteIn the first video I like how first all the dancers are shown relaxing, stretching, you know they are going to be active doing something but you at first do not know what exactly. This goes with the whole "time concept" of the video. The spinning of the man running and then Madonna spinning as well, echoing, going back and forth, super clever, fast and keeps you intrigued. Madonna coming right to the screen singing, only her face in the frame, background is blurred. These shots are needed in music videos so its not all just action and keeps the focus on the artist. The ending dance scene in the dark with all different crazy lighting and changing shots/scenes is fun and cool. Comparing the two, they are very similar in the way both singers are colorful, close up, singing, only one placed in the room beginning, so all focus is on them. Then random shots to other people with somewhat of a story. Neither favored one nor the other.
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