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I agree with this. She seems too aware of the camera and therefore her actions come off as slightly forced to me. Plus the track and video aren't in sync at all (it looks like they took footage from a different recording of the same song), which looks very odd and makes it hard to connect with the video properly.

Yeah, that's exactly what I had in mind. I somehow think that Gaga is so into drama, exaggeration and theatricality that sometimes she forgets how to be completely natural and relaxed. She's a performer who once said that her life is theatre and she only feels alive onstage. So, I believe that sometimes it's really hard for her to simply be herself. So, in this video she couldn't forget that she was being filmed which ruined the pure and raw feeling of the video. And yeah, they filmed this video after they have already recorded the song. It's so obvious. I also think that they filmed this more than once and then made one video from those recordings. That's why it looks so strange. But nonetheless, I love this song. 

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MonsterMum

I don't think the musical recording was a one-taker?

They probably did it a couple of times and all of it was filmed. So the final video-edit is a combo of different 'performances' of the same song. The only thing I don't like about the edit is the small thing where the painting of the garden is on Gaga's sheets of music, but you see Tony put it there towards the end of the video. But as an editor I know how tricky it can be to keep consistancy.

 

Yes I noticed it too, the painting that Tony gives Gaga later in the MV was already on her stand at the start  :fan:

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Yeah, that's exactly what I had in mind. I somehow think that Gaga is so into drama, exaggeration and theatricality that sometimes she forgets how to be completely natural and relaxed. She's a performer who once said that her life is theatre and she only feels alive onstage. So, I believe that sometimes it's really hard for her to simply be herself. So, in this video she couldn't forget that she was being filmed which ruined the pure and raw feeling of the video. And yeah, they filmed this video after they have already recorded the song. It's so obvious. I also think that they filmed this more than once and then made one video from those recordings. That's why it looks so strange. But nonetheless, I love this song. 

 

Gaga IS drama and theatrics...that is her natural relaxed self. She doesn't forget to be natural, this is her natural state.

 

Have you never met people like that in real life? I certainly have! Then again...I know tons of people who are heavily involved in the music and theatre world. (a few on Broadway) It's almost like the unusually gifted and talented ones are always the most "out there". Maybe they simply feel every little thing so deeply that they can't contain it in a way that the rest of the world sees as "natural". I can tell you this....they ever seem relaxed to me! lol

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Gaga IS drama and theatrics...that is her natural relaxed self. She doesn't forget to be natural, this is her natural state.

 

Have you never met people like that in real life? I certainly have! Then again...I know tons of people who are heavily involved in the music and theatre world. (a few on Broadway) It's almost like the unusually gifted and talented ones are always the most "out there". Maybe they simply feel every little thing so deeply that they can't contain it in a way that the rest of the world sees as "natural". I can tell you this....they ever seem relaxed to me! lol

Yeah, you might be right. Maybe that's how artistic people are. Well, we will never actually know this about Gaga, since we don't know her as a person. We don't know what her natural states are. So, we can only guess..

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Did anyone else notice how in the beginning, when they showed them from behind, how Gaga has the picture that Tony gave her in the MIDDLE of the video? That doesn't make a lot of sense. 

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Her movement doesnt match the sound of her voice... im not being critical but she moves around a lot and looks kinda spastic and it just just doesnt match the softness in her voice

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Yeah, you might be right. Maybe that's how artistic people are. Well, we will never actually know this about Gaga, since we don't know her as a person. We don't know what her natural states are. So, we can only guess..

 

We don't know her, but if you've followed her interviews and performances for years, you can clearly see that she is this type of person. Gaga is obviously an extremely emotional and sensitive person and she is definitely someone who allows her emotions to come through her songs and performances. All of this is nothing new.

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Did anyone else notice how in the beginning, when they showed them from behind, how Gaga has the picture that Tony gave her in the MIDDLE of the video? That doesn't make a lot of sense. 

 

It does if you accept that there are lot's of camera angles but the people filming never appear in shot so it's most likely one person filming a lot of takes as they performed the song a few times and then putting them together.They put that bit in the wrong place  :)

 

Just can't get the staff these days  :) but hey it's the song that matters  :)

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monsterdreams

I said it would be ha visual album

Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade
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Paper Gangsta

I said it would be ha visual album

visual album made of single video and then replaced bg music. True reverse "i've been singung jazz since I was 13" warholian experience
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