Thoughts About Sparkle and Curtain Call Pv

[LittleDebbie]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

...but seriously where else would Ayu see THOSE sunglasses other than on the cover of Lady Gaga's CD.

Ummm... I'm afraid that is not a very unique style... futuristic high fashion photoshoots have been using them for a while. And everyone knows Ayu pays attention to high fashion, lol.

As far as the sunglasses, I think that while they're associated w/Lady Gaga, Gaga's just taking them from what's been in high fashion for several years now. It looks cool, but it's not a particularly original fashion statement anymore, I've seen it a lot of times (just not on celebrities).

Lady Gaga is following a trend that has been in the making for years.... that's why people are saying Christina Aguilera is copying her and visa versa. Neither are copying each other. It's just that they both have a brain and can figure out where pop art is headed. Gaga constantly says her inspiration is from Madonna and David Bowie etc (as in a lot of stuff from the 80s). She's totally inspired from 80s and 70s but making it fresh... which is awesome and exactly what we need.

I think rather than Ayu saying 'Oh I should get on the bandwagon' it's more she saw an opportunity for a sexy PV like that and Gaga is the first one who comes to mind to people. I think the latex suit is much closer to Britney's a few years back than Gaga's. (Not to mention all of Gaga's outfits are leotards, I've never seen her in a full body one)

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Anyway, back on topic...

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Overall though, my prevailing feeling after watching these 3 PVs is - are we ever going to get a truly amazing PV from Ayu again?

Definitely agree.
Or at least one with an actual plotline? Rainbow/alterna anyone?

thoughts on SPARKLE:
Sparkle was a really cool concept, I loved the idol intro, sci fi, sunglasses, red eyes, long hair and latex. It was sooo cool. (However, I thought the stripper shoes were a liiittle too kinky)
I really like the idea of either concept... 1) that on the outside she's cute Ayu, but inside she's really fierce and sexy 2) In the 80's the trend was to be cute and squeaky clean, and now the it's in-your-face sex

Ayu looks amazing... so powerful.

Technically however...

Spoiler:

it's total s**t.

A better transition from the idol to latex ayu would have been way better. Like maybe going into her head, something?? With this kind of PV, some kind of special effects besides blurring would have been called for.

It's frustrating because it just feels like you're watching a reel of photos or something. MW and Green didn't need all the much editing, but this... is just sloppy.

I wish they would have edited it with the sound a little better. PVs like Because of You really stick to the energy of the song, with really well thought out editing. Sparkle's such a beat driven song, I was disappointed the video barely stuck to the music at all.
3:43, 3:56-4:12 was my favorite part in the song and the energy is just unbeleivable, but the video was totally disappointing. There was almost no editing to the beat of the music, just random cuts. Something like a strobe effect would have been really nice.

Some PV's like Ourselves, Because of You, momentum totally changed how I felt about the song. (especially ourselves... It totally changed the image of the song for me) I was really really looking forward to this PV but now I actually prefer to listen to the song w/o the PV... which is really rare for me. Watching it doesn't make me want to dance or hype me up like it should.
I had envisioned something like a really cool club scene or something, but it's pretty cliche so wasn't hoping for it, but this... is not what I was hoping for.

Also a couple kanariya references but not as well done... the laptop looks really sloppily placed... the lighting doesn't match the scene at all. I don't really understand, it's not like they didn't have the time to finetune it...

Overall I liked it, but that song just begs for an unbeleivable video, so i was underwhelmed.
I agree w/taskinillusion... it could have been way better.

On 3:33 her expression is soooo cool. She looks so powerful and catlike. For me, I'm not sure why but when Ayu's sexy it comes off as empowerment, but when some other popstars (western & asian) act super sexy it just seems... like they're trying to sell sex.


thoughts on CURTAIN CALL:
It seemed set up a lot like Heaven (which I loved). Starts slow and just keeps panning back in one long take. I loved the changing scenes, it was really beautiful. It was slow but still interesting and perfect for the song imo. And I thought the barefoot was a perfect touch.
With the walking being too fast, they usually slow down the camera speed and speed up the music. Watch the making of Rammstein's Amerika/Sonne... you'd think they would have been able to do that here. Maybe they just didn't have enough time to think it through.


NEXT LEVEL PV... Ooh driving... *falls asleep*