STEWART COPELAND

Ciao gang...I need you opinion, sincere opinion; do you like my new video? Some of you saw 'the making of' on my youtbe, now this is the definitive videoclip; I still don't know if I really like it, probably I need more views, but knowing you, I trust your sincere feedback:

http://www.davverocomunicazione.com/COM ... bianca.mov

Please, your sincere opinion. (I guess you need quicktime)
Thanks.
Giovanni

Woooooooooo!!!! I don't know what looked more fun, the water slide or the trampoline. My only criticism would be there needs to be more shots of longer duration of Gio's peformance.

I liked it. Everyone looked like they were having fun in it. I'd like to go down the water slide.

I'll dissent. Gio, I think the song is really good, but I don't love the video. I think it's okay, but I think the bungee/trampoline bits are problematic.

Keep in mind that I have absolutely no clue what the words to the song are (aside from the vertigo theme), so I have no idea whether or not the images work with the lyrics; but while I love the shots of you guys singing/playing in the pool -- I think those look gorgeous -- I find the trampoline/bungee parts to be repetitive and boring after a while and generally just not attractive. There are a few of the trampoline/bungee parts that I think work, specifically some of the close-ups of Bianca (such as at 0:26, 1:04, 1:17, the flip at 1:56 (not the flip at the beginning)): in those shots, she looks stable and playful and interesting; but most of the trampoline/bungee parts look spastic and silly to me, especially the shots of you and the guitar player. You guys rarely achieve much height, and your and Bianca's movements on that trampoline thing tend to look awkward most of the time rather than compelling or alluring. (Which is understandable since you were attached to a giant rubber band.)

Also, I really want a couple of close-ups of you and the guitar player. I know that Bianca is the face/voice/identity; I get that. She should be the majority of the video without question. But I find that you two guys are too present for the audience not to get the chance to really see your faces. If you two were in the video *less*, I could understand it; but you're both quite apparent, so the absence of even just one or two close-ups of each of you makes me as a viewer wonder what it is that you're hiding.

Them's my thoughts. Take 'em or leave 'em, of course.

Regardless, I'm damn excited to hear that song.

Hi Gio,
I love this song and I love the mood of this video. Bianca is so charming !
Well.... like Kellie said, trampoline/bungee scenes look a bit awkward ( but your avatar is cool !),
the color and the thickness of the safety band -- I don't know the right word for it--- seems to spoil the elegance of Bianca.
And yes, we need your close-up shots ! and longer duration of you & the guitarist playing(because the last scenes at the water slider look too abrupt without them.)
But this video is really " simpatico "

Uccellina

[quote="DirtyMartini"]I'll dissent. Gio, I think the song is really good, but I don't love the video. I think it's okay, but I think the bungee/trampoline bits are problematic.

Keep in mind that I have absolutely no clue what the words to the song are (aside from the vertigo theme), so I have no idea whether or not the images work with the lyrics; but while I love the shots of you guys singing/playing in the pool -- I think those look gorgeous -- I find the trampoline/bungee parts to be repetitive and boring after a while and generally just not attractive. [/quote]


^ yeah, those are the negatives for me as well. It's hard to judge the video when I don't know the words, but it did seem repetitive. Everyone looked great and the photography was quality. I'd like more close-ups.