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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Hear The Bells Music Video
« on: June 11, 2012, 08:19:38 pm »
It sounds like I'm the only person who isn't thrilled with the result. I hesitate to even mention this.....but I do so respectfully of those who obviously do not share my opinion.
I was disappointed. Here's my reasons: I think of the darkness of the song, the black album cover, how great it would have been to do a goth-y vid for it, go maybe black and white, maybe undersaturate the colors? I dunno, I was hoping that it would really communicate the depth of the lyrics, the pain being felt(lyrical and otherwise).
It looks like there were some transfers of VC's old family films, some quick inserts shot at her apartment, everything dumped into Avid or Final Cut Pro and that was that.
I am fully aware that a video as a marketing tool is probably NOT money well-spent these days, especially as the market shrinks more and more. To really do a killer video might have been kibboshed as too much of an expense.
To me, it's almost jarring how ill-fitting it is. I just don't think the images match the sonic quality in any way.
Look, we all live with these songs and have our own images in our heads, so it's only my opinion, but I feel like this was a real missed opportunity.
But......if people are checking it out.....that's really all I care about. If people are hearing just how far Vanessa has come as an artist, the video could be a still of an old couch for 5 minutes and I'd be OK with it.
On a similar note, even if Vanessa does some electronic pop, I would not dismiss it out of hand. I do not think she would waste our time. It's a big risk, she could lose a lot of fans if she went all Ke$ha or worse on us. She could gain more fans overall. It's an interesting move if she does it.
Dan/NS
I was disappointed. Here's my reasons: I think of the darkness of the song, the black album cover, how great it would have been to do a goth-y vid for it, go maybe black and white, maybe undersaturate the colors? I dunno, I was hoping that it would really communicate the depth of the lyrics, the pain being felt(lyrical and otherwise).
It looks like there were some transfers of VC's old family films, some quick inserts shot at her apartment, everything dumped into Avid or Final Cut Pro and that was that.
I am fully aware that a video as a marketing tool is probably NOT money well-spent these days, especially as the market shrinks more and more. To really do a killer video might have been kibboshed as too much of an expense.
To me, it's almost jarring how ill-fitting it is. I just don't think the images match the sonic quality in any way.
Look, we all live with these songs and have our own images in our heads, so it's only my opinion, but I feel like this was a real missed opportunity.
But......if people are checking it out.....that's really all I care about. If people are hearing just how far Vanessa has come as an artist, the video could be a still of an old couch for 5 minutes and I'd be OK with it.
On a similar note, even if Vanessa does some electronic pop, I would not dismiss it out of hand. I do not think she would waste our time. It's a big risk, she could lose a lot of fans if she went all Ke$ha or worse on us. She could gain more fans overall. It's an interesting move if she does it.
Dan/NS
