HitTheBoat 4,077 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Interesting interview with the director of Gaga's most iconic video. “Bad Romance” now has over a billion viewers on Youtube. As a big fan of that video, I wanted to ask, do you have a lot of good memories making that one? I do have memories of shooting it. It was a fun one. I got sent the song, I came up with an idea, I sent it to Gaga. She liked parts of it, didn’t like parts of it because she sort of felt separated from an audience. And so we chatted for a while. I sort of augmented it and came up with the idea that became the video. And then she and I got together and she had all these crazy outfits. She was working with this guy, this Italian stylist, he was amazing. He had all these crazy outfits, and we sat in this back room at a recording studio in LA and assigned outfits to the different vignettes, then built this cool set and we shot it over two days. It was super fun because it’s always fun to work on videos with artists who love the art form, and she loves the art form and she was down. There’s a lot of artists that don’t come out of their trailer or they’re late, they don’t want to be there and they want to leave early and all that. She was just down. She’s a performance artist. She wanted to do really cool stuff and in between setups, she wanted to change her hair. It was cool. I really liked the video. I’m really happy with it. I loved working with her. I know the song hit, I don’t really understand what it is about the video people like so much, but whatever it is, people really liked. I mean, I know it looks cool. I like the way it looks and like some of the ideas that are in it, but I don’t really understand what connected. I think I saw with Billboard magazine or something voted it the best video of all time and I’m like, okay, great. I don’t remember if it was Billboard or not, but it was some music magazine. But yeah, it’s fun. ... Full interview on SlashFilm's website, [link] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I love how nonchalant he is about the whole thing like yeah some critics called it the best video of all time, no biggie dude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIMe 1,704 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 "I think I saw with Billboard magazine or something voted it the best video of all time and I’m like, okay, great." This part took me OUT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Temptation 11,209 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Francis, humble king of videos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahwhatever22 8,091 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 45 minutes ago, HitTheBoat said: I think I saw with Billboard magazine or something voted it the best video of all time and I’m like, okay, great. I don’t remember if it was Billboard or not, but it was some music magazine. But yeah, it’s fun. Same energy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 45,508 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 57 minutes ago, HitTheBoat said: It was super fun because it’s always fun to work on videos with artists who love the art form, and she loves the art form and she was down. Where's that girl Havn't seen her in a long while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, dit said: Where's that girl Havn't seen her in a long while I could've predicted this comment was gonna happen from a mile away Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 45,508 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, derpmonster said: I could've predicted this comment was gonna happen from a mile away The words "music video" and "Gaga" ignite this instinctual reaction from us MunsterZ sis It can't be helped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Hamon 6,020 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 2 hours ago, HitTheBoat said: I came up with an idea, I sent it to Gaga. She liked parts of it, didn’t like parts of it because she sort of felt separated from an audience. What audience? I imagine her changing an idea cause she wanted it to be universal and not "mainly done for the ... crowd". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 48 minutes ago, Guillaume Hamon said: What audience? I imagine her changing an idea cause she wanted it to be universal and not "mainly done for the ... crowd". The part I can imagine is that perhaps he had a more extended version of the part where she's dancing and doing choreo with other models/dancers in front of the men. Maybe he wanted most of the video to feature that (would be a typical 2000s music video) while she wanted more story and she made the dance as one to the men who were bidding on her instead of to the camera directly. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipz 1,197 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 He should direct at least one more video of Gaga's upcoming ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisTEAne 21,059 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 3 hours ago, HitTheBoat said: separated from an audience from ha lil monsthaz feels like that today too if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Chromatica 5,393 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 3 hours ago, HitTheBoat said: She was working with this guy, this Italian stylist, he was amazing. Is that Nicola? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 45,508 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 3 hours ago, highlyreductive said: Is that Nicola? Yes THE Nicola Fromagebiscotti Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisTEAne 21,059 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 hour ago, dit said: Yes THE Nicola Fromagebiscotti if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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