I never said it was easy, I said it doesn't take much creativity.

And when I say creativity, I am referring to what you want the video to represent, not the labor going into making it happen.

As I mentioned, a music video doesn't need much of a story if at all. It doesn't have to be linear, it doesn't even have to make sense. So saying that they didn't make a video due to lack of creativity is a bit befuddling to me. They could have done just about anything, but for some strange reason, they chose to do it on a stage with just them playing their instruments and miming along. That tells me they didn't want to put much money into it.

"You can have all the money and equipment you want, but if you don't have more than the "basic" editing skills and a solid creative idea to go along with it, then you won't make a good video."

I addressed this in one of my posts already. It seems ridiculous for somebody to hire a person for a music video without basic editing skills.

"It's never as simple as money equals quality. "

Yes, it does actually. The more money that is provided the more of a budget you can work with. The more professional and motivated your employees will be and the more options will open up. Don't want to shoot on a stage? Toss in another thousand to move camp and go out to a desert with tumbleweeds blowing in the background. Don't want to wear your every day clothes? Hire an outfitter that will make things more interesting.

"Take movies for example, are blockbusters great movies just because they cost millions?"

For what they want to achieve? Most likely. Fast & Furious 6 was an amazing movie for what it set out to achieve. An action packed blockbuster, it delivered. The series has never relied on well developed characters, an intriguing plot or great dialogue to entertain. It was always about crime, fast cars, great action sequences and great special effects. It achieved that perfectly. If they didn't have that budget, it probably would not have been worth watching.

A smaller budget can work out quite nicely, there is no doubting that. I am saying that the more money you have, the more likely you can achieve whatever goal you set out to do and in many cases can go beyond that original goal. If you are restricted to a relatively tight budget, naturally there is less you can do.

Quality is subjective. I hate The Godfather films with a passion, but I would be in the minority with that opinion. I know people that hate The Lord Of The Rings films with a passion even though it is widely accepted that they are quality films.


If we want to start cherry picking, we could go back and forth all day. I could pick a hundred low budget movies that are absolutely dreadful films. You could pick a hundred low budget films that are amazing. I could pick a hundred high budget films that are amazing. You could pick a hundred high budget films that are dreadful. In the end it doesn't prove anything.

"Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"
Never seen this movie. And I have never even heard of it. I watch a lot of movies too, it is my favorite past time. Perhaps they didn't advertise much due to the low budget?

Do people really care about music video's still?

A lot of music videos out there atm are shit tbh..

This isnt shit at all, the only problem is its too similar to other BDI vids..its like a mixture of The four letter word and TSBOTA

For the record, I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. One of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet's best films.

And yes, when you have less money it forces you to do the most with what you have and many times that leads to a far more interesting "vision."

Wow Andrea Pirlo has joined Beady Eye...

hehehe
that new beard's the only thing amusing in there for me

Hope it's Gem cause Pirlo is old, slow & overrated

I repeat: british music videos are disastrous!

So this song's totally about drugs, right?

I think they are pissed off to be having to do these videos as its pretty clear none of them are interested in doing them tbh. I don't blame them either, if they did a really good creative video it would make no difference anyway.