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| Ryan Leslie "Diamond Girl" Official Video - Rough Cut |
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This is the edit of the video that premiered on
BET's 106 & Park on Friday, April 4th. Since it's
my channel, I've added some sound design to the
version that aired.
As I posted in my previous video, I had a huge
vision for this video to feel like a live
television performance that gave tribute to a
James Brown piece I saw on the Ed Sullivan show.
I saved up my money and had the EXACT same stage
built that James performed on. I then hired a band
to cut the live version. After that, I worked with
everyone on the stage to have that throwback vibe.
I paid to shoot the performance on a blue screen
with the intention of having the set of the Ed
Sullivan show digitally recreated behind me. My
label disagreed.
They felt that the live version felt too much like
a remix.
They also felt that we needed to rush on the video
so the final edit came back without the digital
stage - just changed the blue to black and added
some lights, and cutaway graphics of diamonds.
My original treatment called for the video to be
set in the late 60's just like James Brown's
performance. I wanted to have families huddled
around the television watching this performance
like they used to back then.
When I got to LA to shoot, the entire set was
modern and a piece of me died. My vision was
compromised. Rather than be an ungrateful artist,
I stayed and gave my best performance.
The video that's airing is really only a partial
representation of my artistic vision.
Here are a few of the audio edits I've made that
are featured in the vid that you're seeing:
* First, I had someone come to the studio and say
the following dialogue in French:
"Ryan. Wait for me. I'm not even ready! I can't
believe you're gonna leave me here...You're
driving me crazy - I can't do this anymore. Ryan -
if you leave - we're finished! YOU SPENT $3000 ON
A DRESS - don't you wanna see me in it?? Oh..ok -
fine... GO! Amuse yourself with the girls at your
show!! And if you think I'll be here when you get
back - THINK AGAIN!!"
* Second, I convinced Evan to do the voice-over of
my manager.
* Third, I re-cut my dialogue from the beginning
and added the sound of running water to enhance
the vibe of our bathroom conversation.
* Fourth, I added the sound of the door opening
before the video starts.
* Added a few horn stabs to parts of the
performance when I'm gesturing to the band to "hit
me".
* Put some applause at the end of the performance
scene.
* Added the sound of screaming girls, running
feet, more screaming girls and the car door
closing.
The lesson I learned here is that when you have a
strong creative vision - do everything in your
power to see it through. I am very thankful that I
have a video on TV. Many artists are still
striving for that milestone. Regardless, this
experience encouraged me to shoot another video as
well as an 11 minute short film based on "Diamond
Girl".
I will not stop.
R
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Durée : 286 s |
| Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Syd Barrett Tribute |
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Just something simple for people to put on their
MySpaces, etc. This is the version from the old
VHS tape of Pulse (which IMHO had much better
camera angles than the new DVD). The beginning
and one verse from the middle (at 6:13) had to be
edited out to fit it into YouTube's 10 min.
requirement. But the whole movie they showed at
the concert is here since it's probably supposed
to represent Syd's life (or anybody's)....
This is from Earl's Court, London in October of
1994.
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Durée : 600 s |
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