Comments on: Watch the Watchmen, or Anachromisms Finely Crafted http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2009/02/watch-the-watchmen-or-anachromisms-finely-crafted/ Wherein blackhound relays his views on expressive frippery & designer tomfoolery with utter nonsense to an assorted assemblage of both well-wishers & neigh-sayers. Sat, 01 May 2010 16:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: daveed http://www.blackhoundblue.com/2009/02/watch-the-watchmen-or-anachromisms-finely-crafted/#comment-137 daveed Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:37:55 +0000 http://www.blackhoundblue.com/?p=419#comment-137 In the 2nd video, the actress's Canadian accent is off-putting; she doesn't have that cool 80s tone in her voice either. And I think the video needs to have a more distressed, copy-off-a-VHS-tape look. Some kinetic hand-held camera technique might have helped, even though MTV usually used a stationary camera. Also better soundproofing in the studio to make it sound like a cramped set instead of a warehouse. In the 2nd video, the actress’s Canadian accent is off-putting; she doesn’t have that cool 80s tone in her voice either. And I think the video needs to have a more distressed, copy-off-a-VHS-tape look.

Some kinetic hand-held camera technique might have helped, even though MTV usually used a stationary camera. Also better soundproofing in the studio to make it sound like a cramped set instead of a warehouse.

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