Who should direct the next DVD ?
- Thread starter U2girl
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Are those angles the same as the jumbotron feed. The arena screens always use exaggerated close-ups.
God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Wow you guys.
Hamish Hamilton is by far the best choice. As much as I loved U23D, the editing was horrible for some songs and the cameras were oddly still, and didn't follow the beat well at all. There were way too many shots of the band and not enough of the crowd. We could be watching shots of Bono for as long as 6 or 7 seconds, whilst the crowd shots got 1 or 2. Catherine Owens sucks balls - she hasn't made one film before U23D, and it really, really shows. Hamish Hamilton knows his stuff, look at Vertigo from Milan: AWESOME STUFF. If there was no U23D was just a plain concert film, it'd be nothing more than a last-century, slow-paced, editing yawnfest - the footage is amazing and the concert is great, but man, so much potential just falls straight to the ground, all thanks to Catherine Owens. Don't let her near the 360 DVD.
Hamish Hamilton all the way, or someone else who knows how to make a concert film exciting.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Jonathan Demme
Go watch Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" or Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" from a couple years ago.
Bow to the master.
Go watch Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" or Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" from a couple years ago.
Bow to the master.
edgeplaytheblue
War Child
Anton Corbijnnnnn
hamish can lick my...
scorsese has done concerts before. not that far out of the box.
frankly i'd just have cameras at every gig and just take the best footage from the end of the tour and do almost like a rattle and hum thing, only without the actuall boxoffice release... straight to dvd and blu-ray action /
scorsese has done concerts before. not that far out of the box.
frankly i'd just have cameras at every gig and just take the best footage from the end of the tour and do almost like a rattle and hum thing, only without the actuall boxoffice release... straight to dvd and blu-ray action /
U2Fanatic4ever
Blue Crack Addict
Hamish Hamilton sucks BIG TIME! Definitely not him.. I hate the dvds he has done for u2. I hate the way he shoots the show, cuts, edits are crap...
subnet
New Yorker
i saw an AC/DC concert DVD before and I thought it was shot well.
Also, who shot the Pink Floyd concert DVD?
Those directors are good contenders.
Also, who shot the Pink Floyd concert DVD?
Those directors are good contenders.
Billy Rotten
Acrobat
Hannibal Lector could make an appearance and eat Hamish.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Wow you guys.
Hamish Hamilton is by far the best choice. As much as I loved U23D, the editing was horrible for some songs and the cameras were oddly still, and didn't follow the beat well at all. There were way too many shots of the band and not enough of the crowd. We could be watching shots of Bono for as long as 6 or 7 seconds, whilst the crowd shots got 1 or 2. Catherine Owens sucks balls - she hasn't made one film before U23D, and it really, really shows. Hamish Hamilton knows his stuff, look at Vertigo from Milan: AWESOME STUFF. If there was no U23D was just a plain concert film, it'd be nothing more than a last-century, slow-paced, editing yawnfest - the footage is amazing and the concert is great, but man, so much potential just falls straight to the ground, all thanks to Catherine Owens. Don't let her near the 360 DVD.
Hamish Hamilton all the way, or someone else who knows how to make a concert film exciting.
You want crowd shots when you're watching a U2 show?
I'm sorry but I watch it for the band! A few crowd shots are fine, but focus on them?Hamish has WAY too many short shots, WAY too many epilepsy evoking shots. Hurts my eyes. And Chicago was the worst concert dvd i've ever seen.
U2Fanatic4ever
Blue Crack Addict
Hamish has WAY too many short shots, WAY too many epilepsy evoking shots. Hurts my eyes. And Chicago was the worst concert dvd i've ever seen.
I agree with you here.. hated the Chicago DVD..
RedRocksU2
Blue Crack Addict
yes.
God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
You want crowd shots when you're watching a U2 show?
Hamish has WAY too many short shots, WAY too many epilepsy evoking shots. Hurts my eyes. And Chicago was the worst concert dvd i've ever seen.
I want the band and the crowd in perfect synergy.
In U23D, one song does it exactly right: Vertigo.
The Fly is just the band playing and those f***ign words all over the screen, like watching a taped 3D commercial.
Hamish Hamilton did Slane. Best U2 DVD ever. See this?
That's what I want, and that's what U23D wasn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDkBzkA9L4sYouTube - U2 Where The Streets Have No Name Live At Slane Castle
totally agree with you here. the fly was just awful on u23d, the words were annoying and it drew your eyes more to the giant text seemingly jumping off the screen than the band. and of course the edge not being shown at all during the solo. the rest of the movie i enjoyed, though i thought there were too many crowd shots. they seemed to be thrown in because it was in 3d, like hey look it looks like these people are coming towards you!
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I dont think hes ever done a long form music vid, but he sure is a good music vid director.
He always strikes a good balance between arty, kitsch, story and traditionalism.
This stage setup and outdoor shows scream for long, panning shots and smooth transitions. HH may give people seizures on this show
adypole
Refugee
phillyfan26
Blue Crack Supplier
- Joined
- May 7, 2006
- Messages
- 30,343
Wow you guys.
Hamish Hamilton is by far the best choice. As much as I loved U23D, the editing was horrible for some songs and the cameras were oddly still, and didn't follow the beat well at all. There were way too many shots of the band and not enough of the crowd. We could be watching shots of Bono for as long as 6 or 7 seconds, whilst the crowd shots got 1 or 2. Catherine Owens sucks balls - she hasn't made one film before U23D, and it really, really shows. Hamish Hamilton knows his stuff, look at Vertigo from Milan: AWESOME STUFF. If there was no U23D was just a plain concert film, it'd be nothing more than a last-century, slow-paced, editing yawnfest - the footage is amazing and the concert is great, but man, so much potential just falls straight to the ground, all thanks to Catherine Owens. Don't let her near the 360 DVD.
Hamish Hamilton all the way, or someone else who knows how to make a concert film exciting.
Watch Slane Castle. Watch Kite. He filmed the tail of Bono's guitar for half of the fucking song. He's the worst director I've ever seen.
Liesje
Blue Crack Addict
I'm not into film studies and all that so I have thoroughly enjoyed ALL of U2's officially released concerts, but I guess I liked the Catherine Owens stuff the best. It made me feel like I was right back at a show, it really was like watching it live (save for a few shots from the back). I can't say I dislike Hamish because I will take what I get when it comes to U2 DVDs, but his stuff seems more spastic and almost makes me ill at times with all the panning, changing shots, out of focus shots, etc. I guess I just want to see the show, it doesn't need to be its own work of art.
Catman
Rock n' Roll Doggie
m. night shyamalan. i would like to see a cool twist at the end too.
Pamelakellett
Refugee
Ok they`ll just have to film Larry only then as he doesn`t have many wrinkles 
Keep the camera off Bono
Pamelakellett
Refugee
lets have a dvd of just drum and moob action 
Better go for a cold shower now...........
Similar threads
- Sticky
