To start off with let me send out a big thanks to both Soshified.com and SNSDKorean.com for posting these videos. They really made my day. Now for those of you who have not seen/have no idea what I am talking about let me provide you with a link.
The Video:
First is the 8bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hsycgojfyw
(Sorry for some reason blogger is freaking out every time I try to embed anything, so you just get links for now.)
Rillean's Comments:
This quirky little video probably took a lot of time to make. Granted the 8bit graphics and sound are not what we expect now a days with the graphics capabilities of our computers (I mean my phone has better graphics than 8bit). But honestly I am a bit of a nerd and the nostalgia of it does kind of grip me. The music is well, done the choreography is cool (okay for 8bit you have to give it the credit come on!) and the idea is . . . well I cannot think of a better word that unique! So to the creator of this little gem I say great work!
Ratting: 10/10
And now for the cosplay!
The Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGTs5ktB9M&feature=player_embedded
Rillean's Comments:
This one is also a bit . . . different. Usually I think of cosplay as dressing up as a fictional character but apparently this troop of cosplayers decided to take on Girls' Generation. After reading some other people's comments I am not the only one that was a little weirded out by the three guys in the video. That aside, the groups movements were sharp, crisp and the choreography was great. When I first watched this video I thought the movements were way to sharp. If I may make the comparison, I want a kitchen knife that will cut through the food I am preparing easily, but these guys handed me one that went through the counter too. I was turned off by this until I realised they were doing it on purpose. They were not trying to do an all serious cover (should have caught on to that when I saw guys in high heels), they were trying to have fun and make the audience laugh. So I watched it again with that in mind and really enjoyed it.
Ratings:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 9/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Costumes: 10/10
Theme: 10/10
Total: 44/50
Showing posts with label Music Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Video. Show all posts
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
소녀시대 Visual Dreams MV
Info:
Song: Visual Dreams
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
Rillean's Comments:
Intel, the largest semi-conductor manufacturer in the world has finally caved. They have never had celebrity endorsement as far as I can track down. It makes sense, however, since Intel does not directly sell to consumers most of the time. Instead it sells to other corporations, namely computer manufacturers, like Dell and Gateway. Corporations which do not care who endorses your product, just how well it works and how cheap they can get it. Now it would appear that Intel is taking a risk, by reaching past its market, straight to the consumers. Will it work? Time will only tell but I got to say I want a new computer now, something with an Intel core and . . .
Now on to the music video itself. It looks like there was one key word that was on everyone's mind when they were making this MV. That key word was: simple. Everything is fairly clean cut and simple. The music, the background, effects, choreography, even the wardrobe was fairly simple. Having something simple every once and a while can be really great, and I think this one was not only well timed but ended up really well done. My one complaint in regards to the simplicity is the constant repetition of the word Core. IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD! And everyone at Intel just congratulated themselves because that is what is supposed to happen, so you do not forget their product. Congratulations Intel you won this battle.
Another battle Intel stands a fighting chance in is my favorite commercial list of all time. Frankly if I made such a list it would be short. Here in the US we do not get commercials like this (I really wish we did). Instead we are subjected to commercials like this:
Granted, that is a funny commercial once, but more than that and the humor just dies. Of course there are the new Old Spice commercials that are pretty good and if you have not seen those here is one to show you what I mean.
However these are rare gems in a sea of garbage. So Intel take a hint: advertise like you are in Asia here in the US. I am sure Girls Generations would not mind a trip to the States (hint hint). Anyway now for the ratings:
Ratings:
Music: 7/10
Choreography: 8/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Costumes: 10/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 44/50
Song: Visual Dreams
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
Rillean's Comments:
Intel, the largest semi-conductor manufacturer in the world has finally caved. They have never had celebrity endorsement as far as I can track down. It makes sense, however, since Intel does not directly sell to consumers most of the time. Instead it sells to other corporations, namely computer manufacturers, like Dell and Gateway. Corporations which do not care who endorses your product, just how well it works and how cheap they can get it. Now it would appear that Intel is taking a risk, by reaching past its market, straight to the consumers. Will it work? Time will only tell but I got to say I want a new computer now, something with an Intel core and . . .
Now on to the music video itself. It looks like there was one key word that was on everyone's mind when they were making this MV. That key word was: simple. Everything is fairly clean cut and simple. The music, the background, effects, choreography, even the wardrobe was fairly simple. Having something simple every once and a while can be really great, and I think this one was not only well timed but ended up really well done. My one complaint in regards to the simplicity is the constant repetition of the word Core. IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD! And everyone at Intel just congratulated themselves because that is what is supposed to happen, so you do not forget their product. Congratulations Intel you won this battle.
Another battle Intel stands a fighting chance in is my favorite commercial list of all time. Frankly if I made such a list it would be short. Here in the US we do not get commercials like this (I really wish we did). Instead we are subjected to commercials like this:
Granted, that is a funny commercial once, but more than that and the humor just dies. Of course there are the new Old Spice commercials that are pretty good and if you have not seen those here is one to show you what I mean.
However these are rare gems in a sea of garbage. So Intel take a hint: advertise like you are in Asia here in the US. I am sure Girls Generations would not mind a trip to the States (hint hint). Anyway now for the ratings:
Ratings:
Music: 7/10
Choreography: 8/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Costumes: 10/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 44/50
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tong Vfang Xien Qi (TVXQ): Keep Your Head Down MV
Info:
Song: Keep Your Head Down
Artist: Tong Vfang Xien Qi (TVXQ)
Rillean's Comments:
So I must admit up front that I have not been the most loyal follower of TVXQ so I was a little shocked when I saw only two guys here. I knew there should be more. A little web searching brought up the details to a law suit the other three are involved in and I just went back to watching the music video. Despite the loss of three of its members TVXQ seems to be doing well. The music video was actually really good. The effects are well done, the dancing is masculine and fitting for the song, and the harmonies are wonderful. There are two points though that I am going to harp on and I know I am not the only critic to have done this. The first is the eye poping suits that show up in the white room. Nice contrast, but that is about all the nice things I have to say about the wardrobe there. All of the other outfits speak of power and force, but this . . . almost screams of clown. The second point is the unbalance of power, specifically the boys' super powers. Yunho gets fire (and does some pretty cool stuff with it) while Max. . . well he gets to play with the chrismas lights. Now do not get me wrong the power of light can be great and all but it was deffinetly not played out well here. Other than that Keep Your Head Down is a great song with a strong beat and a well suited music video to go with it.
Ratings:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 9/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Costumes: 5/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 37/50
Song: Keep Your Head Down
Artist: Tong Vfang Xien Qi (TVXQ)
Rillean's Comments:
So I must admit up front that I have not been the most loyal follower of TVXQ so I was a little shocked when I saw only two guys here. I knew there should be more. A little web searching brought up the details to a law suit the other three are involved in and I just went back to watching the music video. Despite the loss of three of its members TVXQ seems to be doing well. The music video was actually really good. The effects are well done, the dancing is masculine and fitting for the song, and the harmonies are wonderful. There are two points though that I am going to harp on and I know I am not the only critic to have done this. The first is the eye poping suits that show up in the white room. Nice contrast, but that is about all the nice things I have to say about the wardrobe there. All of the other outfits speak of power and force, but this . . . almost screams of clown. The second point is the unbalance of power, specifically the boys' super powers. Yunho gets fire (and does some pretty cool stuff with it) while Max. . . well he gets to play with the chrismas lights. Now do not get me wrong the power of light can be great and all but it was deffinetly not played out well here. Other than that Keep Your Head Down is a great song with a strong beat and a well suited music video to go with it.
Ratings:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 9/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Costumes: 5/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 37/50
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Music Video Side by Side Review: Gee by Girl's Generation Korean and Japanese Versions
I do apologize for talking so long to post another thread here. I have started watching another show to review it but it turned out to be a lot longer than I thought. So instead of doing a rating on it right now here is another side by side comparison, brought to you again by So Nyuh Shi Dae.
Info:
Song: Gee
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
Okay for some reason Blogger is not letting me embed the videos right now I will keep trying but for now here is the links to the two versions.
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNR4Foy-u8s
New: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjb_KsQjh8E
Similarities:
If you took the time to watch these videos you can see how similar they really are. Unlike the Genie Japanese MV that SNSD recently recently released, (which, on a side note is doing very well, hitting #2 spot on the Orricon chart I believe) the director from this one seemed to want to keep it as close to the original as possible. They even bring back SHINee's Minho. The stage was similar, the clothing was similar, the . . . well you get the idea. In an effort to keep this short I will just say: if you have not watched the videos do so . . . NOW!
Differences:
Okay differences. This one I am going to have to dig a little harder for. Now obviously the language is different (no really?). And like Genie the meaning of the lyrics has changed fairly drastically. The theme of the lyrics is the same but only the lyrics in English have the same meaning in the two versions. Other distinct changes are: the girls are not the mannequins this time they are the employees and Minho is the customer not the employee of the month.
Rillean's Comments:
Now the part you have all been waiting for, or dreading. I think both of these music videos are very good. I mean when one of the biggest complaints I have heard about the original is that Sunny's hood obstructs the view of her lovely hair (yes I have seen that one posted I am not making it up) I have to think I am not alone in liking it. It will be intresting to see what Japan thinks of the new version. Out of the two it would be really hard to pick a favorite becasue they are so similar. But I will have to go with the new Japanese version this time as my favorite due to some of the little differences that I liked. The costumes in the new one were a little better I think. The Korean version's costumes were simple and very fitting for the song. But I deffinetly liked the white-T and jeans over the shorts and gray shirts. Also, I had to laugh at the bullet time in the new one and the way Minho is almost mauled. It just leaves me with one question: Where can I find that store? No seriously I need a new shirt. . .
Ratings:
Original Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 6/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 44/50
New Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 47/10
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Info:
Song: Gee
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
Okay for some reason Blogger is not letting me embed the videos right now I will keep trying but for now here is the links to the two versions.
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNR4Foy-u8s
New: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjb_KsQjh8E
Similarities:
If you took the time to watch these videos you can see how similar they really are. Unlike the Genie Japanese MV that SNSD recently recently released, (which, on a side note is doing very well, hitting #2 spot on the Orricon chart I believe) the director from this one seemed to want to keep it as close to the original as possible. They even bring back SHINee's Minho. The stage was similar, the clothing was similar, the . . . well you get the idea. In an effort to keep this short I will just say: if you have not watched the videos do so . . . NOW!
Differences:
Okay differences. This one I am going to have to dig a little harder for. Now obviously the language is different (no really?). And like Genie the meaning of the lyrics has changed fairly drastically. The theme of the lyrics is the same but only the lyrics in English have the same meaning in the two versions. Other distinct changes are: the girls are not the mannequins this time they are the employees and Minho is the customer not the employee of the month.
Rillean's Comments:
Now the part you have all been waiting for, or dreading. I think both of these music videos are very good. I mean when one of the biggest complaints I have heard about the original is that Sunny's hood obstructs the view of her lovely hair (yes I have seen that one posted I am not making it up) I have to think I am not alone in liking it. It will be intresting to see what Japan thinks of the new version. Out of the two it would be really hard to pick a favorite becasue they are so similar. But I will have to go with the new Japanese version this time as my favorite due to some of the little differences that I liked. The costumes in the new one were a little better I think. The Korean version's costumes were simple and very fitting for the song. But I deffinetly liked the white-T and jeans over the shorts and gray shirts. Also, I had to laugh at the bullet time in the new one and the way Minho is almost mauled. It just leaves me with one question: Where can I find that store? No seriously I need a new shirt. . .
Ratings:
Original Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 6/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 44/50
New Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 47/10
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
TRAX: Oh! My Goddess
TRAX Just released a new mini album and a music video, both of which featured Seohyun from Girl's Generation
Artist: TRAX
Song: Oh! My Goddess!
Country of Origin: South Korea
Rillean's Comments:
I will admit that I have not listened to TRAX before this music video (as I said in my intro thread, I am a new fan of KPop) but I am definitely inspired to start. The title of this song is the same as a popular anime. Supposedly TRAX was inspired by the name to right the song. So does it fit the theme of the anime you ask? Well you will have to ask someone else because that is one anime I have not watched and I have not found anyone else who has commented on that.
Even though I do not speak Korean myself I could still enjoy the emotions behind the song. Breaking languages barriers is one of the things that great music can do. Now can I tell you what they were saying? No. Can I tell what they seemed to be feeling? Yes. Longing. The music was good, and the video was well done with the contrasting colors and scenes.
The inclusion of SNSD's Seohyun (the girl who shows up in the video) was a good choice. She seemed to fit the role they needed for this video very well. A cute and innocent feel surrounds her scenes which is what she is really good at portraying. Fun fact for those of you who are not aware Seohyun has a distinct problem with winking. Yet somehow she pulls it off here. But not here:
Ratings:
Music: 9/10
Choreography: 7/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 7/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 41/50
Sources: Youtube.com and Soshified.com
Artist: TRAX
Song: Oh! My Goddess!
Country of Origin: South Korea
Rillean's Comments:
I will admit that I have not listened to TRAX before this music video (as I said in my intro thread, I am a new fan of KPop) but I am definitely inspired to start. The title of this song is the same as a popular anime. Supposedly TRAX was inspired by the name to right the song. So does it fit the theme of the anime you ask? Well you will have to ask someone else because that is one anime I have not watched and I have not found anyone else who has commented on that.
Even though I do not speak Korean myself I could still enjoy the emotions behind the song. Breaking languages barriers is one of the things that great music can do. Now can I tell you what they were saying? No. Can I tell what they seemed to be feeling? Yes. Longing. The music was good, and the video was well done with the contrasting colors and scenes.
The inclusion of SNSD's Seohyun (the girl who shows up in the video) was a good choice. She seemed to fit the role they needed for this video very well. A cute and innocent feel surrounds her scenes which is what she is really good at portraying. Fun fact for those of you who are not aware Seohyun has a distinct problem with winking. Yet somehow she pulls it off here. But not here:
Ratings:
Music: 9/10
Choreography: 7/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 7/10
Theme: 9/10
Total: 41/50
Sources: Youtube.com and Soshified.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Music Video Side by Side Review: Genie by Girl's Generation Korean and Japanese Versions
Info:
Song: 소원을 말해봐 (Genie)
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
So most of you have probably seen both of these great music videos but in case not here are the videos themselves to get you up to speed.
The Original (Korean) Version:
The New (Japanese) Version:
Similarities:
Both music videos feature the nine lovely girls of SNSD in both military uniform and more casual attire, though the military standards in the Japanese version seem to have been relaxed a little. ;-p The traditional genie's lamp shows up at the beginning of both videos as well, fitting considering the English name of the song. Other similarities of note include the music (of course) and the dance choreography.
Differences:
Now those of you who either know the languages, or were watching the subtitles closely may have noticed that the two versions actually have different lyrics. And I am not just pointing out the obvious change in language, the meaning of the lyrics are different. The theme is still the same but the lyrics are different. Strange enough though, all of the English lyrics seem to have stayed the same though. Other differences of note include the addition of a person in the Japanese version, a party feel in the Korean version vs a carnival feel in the Japanese version and the cinematography.
Rillean's Comments:
Both music videos are good, great even. The fun playful spirit that shows up in so many SNSD songs and music videos is again on display for us to view. The music itself is catchy and the choreography makes me want to get up and dance . . . okay I think I will spare us all the pain of a guy trying to dance that. The two videos do share similarities but if I was watching it with the volume off I might think they were two completely unrelated songs from the same artists. The visual feel to both songs is so different. Overall I have to say that I really enjoy these videos. If I had to pick a favorite out of the two, I think it would have to be the original Korean version, simply because the Korean lyrics (the sounds of them anyway) seem to fit the music better, probably because that is the language it was written for.
Ratings:
Original Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 10/10
Total: 48/50
New Version:
Music: 8/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 10/10
Total: 47/10
Please send me your feed back. I would love to hear what you think. Want to know when my next article is up? Follow me on Twitter @RilleanBDM
Song: 소원을 말해봐 (Genie)
Artist: 소녀시대 (Girl's Generation)
So most of you have probably seen both of these great music videos but in case not here are the videos themselves to get you up to speed.
The Original (Korean) Version:
The New (Japanese) Version:
Similarities:
Both music videos feature the nine lovely girls of SNSD in both military uniform and more casual attire, though the military standards in the Japanese version seem to have been relaxed a little. ;-p The traditional genie's lamp shows up at the beginning of both videos as well, fitting considering the English name of the song. Other similarities of note include the music (of course) and the dance choreography.
Differences:
Now those of you who either know the languages, or were watching the subtitles closely may have noticed that the two versions actually have different lyrics. And I am not just pointing out the obvious change in language, the meaning of the lyrics are different. The theme is still the same but the lyrics are different. Strange enough though, all of the English lyrics seem to have stayed the same though. Other differences of note include the addition of a person in the Japanese version, a party feel in the Korean version vs a carnival feel in the Japanese version and the cinematography.
Rillean's Comments:
Both music videos are good, great even. The fun playful spirit that shows up in so many SNSD songs and music videos is again on display for us to view. The music itself is catchy and the choreography makes me want to get up and dance . . . okay I think I will spare us all the pain of a guy trying to dance that. The two videos do share similarities but if I was watching it with the volume off I might think they were two completely unrelated songs from the same artists. The visual feel to both songs is so different. Overall I have to say that I really enjoy these videos. If I had to pick a favorite out of the two, I think it would have to be the original Korean version, simply because the Korean lyrics (the sounds of them anyway) seem to fit the music better, probably because that is the language it was written for.
Ratings:
Original Version:
Music: 10/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 10/10
Total: 48/50
New Version:
Music: 8/10
Choreography: 10/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Costumes: 9/10
Theme: 10/10
Total: 47/10
Please send me your feed back. I would love to hear what you think. Want to know when my next article is up? Follow me on Twitter @RilleanBDM
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