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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
With the art direction the way it is, the acting needed to be more natural. But if the video had been in black & white and given a silent movie feel, the overacting would have been PERFECT for it.
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Well, when technicolor came out, melodramatic movies wherein the acting was obviously artificial were still being made. Douglas Sirk movies, for example.
I really can't help but think that the overacting in the beginning is intentional. It's like an extension of Ayu's performance in the theater. And clearly her character isn't as happy as she makes her out to be in the beginning, given that she can't express her love for the one she really loves. So she acts overly joyous walking down the street. And then that's why I think her movements become more natural as the video progresses and reveals what she really feels in the end. The colors go from warm to cold, the mood from happy to sad, the acting from artificial to subdued.
I don't know why I keep defending this music video. I don't even like it all that much! For me, rarely has an Ayu video matched the greatness of an Ayu song. I can only think of: M, Endless Sorrow, Moments, Heaven, Jewel, part of me. Maybe Voyage but I need to see the long version.