Sunrise PV thoughts

[stepYOU1234]

Her actions were really like the Fly High pv which I love! It really did remind me of that. Even the hair and how she looks. Obviously no real storyline, but it made me feel genuinely happy/warm/fuzzy which I think was the idea.
That location is really nice! I'm glad she is getting out of studios again and doing more locations.
The dancers don't irritate me so much here. Because if they are going to be in PVs, this is the kind of context I imagine it should be. They used to only really pop up in summer PVs I think?
And she is really loving those boots right now. I think they are the ones she wears for the lives??
(Sidenote, I have just realised that I really do like this song)

[truehappiness]

She wears knee high boots for the lives.

And the first summer PV to really feature the dancers was fairyland.. which started a new breed of PV.. oi..

[Aga-chan]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

And the first summer PV to really feature the dancers was fairyland.. which started a new breed of PV.. oi..

Wasn't it "INSPIRE"? To me those PVs had dancers because of dancing, though. Now it seems more like she is dancing in her PVs, because of the dancers.

I really like it. ^^ It gave me a joyful feeling. She's SO CUTE. The outfit and hairstyle, too. And I like that despite the dancers being there, too, it focuses mainly on ayu, who performs freely and lets the dancers do the choreography. Though I agree that they should have shown more of the audience.
As for the lightening, I wonder if it was done to increase the look of a sunny summer day rather than making her seem younger. Could be both, though. lol
Sorry if something similar was already posted, I didn't go through all the posts.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Aga-chan

Wasn't it "INSPIRE"? To me those PVs had dancers because of dancing, though. Now it seems more like she is dancing in her PVs, because of the dancers.

I'm pretty sure Greatful days had her dancers in it too... I remember seeing Gomi at least.

[Aga-chan]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

I'm pretty sure Greatful days had her dancers in it too... I remember seeing Gomi at least.

Yeah, but they were just dancing and there was not much focus on them. In "INSPIRE" they kinda had their first "acting roles". lol

[Meat Pao]

The PV was okay, imo. It's summery and all but it was hard for me to sit through watching the whole thing

[YotaLM21]

Ok, I think it lacks a lot of energy :s even Humming PV is way better because they focused on the fans dancing and doing crazy stuff, while in Sunrise they are somekind of background....

The choreography is really lame, some Zin boy is loosing his powers...

Plus, the hair is terrible, why so much effort on looking like a dumb girl? be the beautiful woman you are!!!!

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The song itself, I would rank at least higher than Glitter (which I was never much a fan of.)

!!!
Glitter is the ULTIMATE happy summer song.

The PV isn't anything special, but it fills the 'happy summer video' brief and Ayu looks good. Why no close ups of the very excited fans? I'm sick of these dancers. I want someone to file a restraining order to keep Kazuyoshi and all of the dancers away from Ayumi.
I have a question about this white light. Clearly the sky in the video is grey and we know it had rained on the previous shooting day so, could the reason behind the white light is to hide the non-summery weather conditions on the day of the shoot and not just hiding the nonexistent wrinkles Ayu has?

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

!!!
Glitter is the ULTIMATE happy summer song.

The PV isn't anything special, but it fills the 'happy summer video' brief and Ayu looks good. Why no close ups of the very excited fans? I'm sick of these dancers. I want someone to file a restraining order to keep Kazuyoshi and all of the dancers away from Ayumi.
I have a question about this white light. Clearly the sky in the video is grey and we know it had rained on the previous shooting day so, could the reason behind the white light is to hide the non-summery weather conditions on the day of the shoot and not just hiding the nonexistent wrinkles Ayu has?

Definitely not. Ayu would only do such a thing to make herself younger. I mean she is almost at the age where her amniotic fluid rots.
[/sarcasm]

I do actually think that that's a good possibility. And one people will have overlooked in their attempts to bash everything she does. I agree with you.

[SunshineSlayer]

^ I don't know if its really to hide wrinkles or not. But like I said, if you watch the video closely, there is a difference between the look of her closeup shots and the far shots. The edges of the shots are faded and the middle brightened. It only occurs in those shots and not the whole video. Truehappiness posted a good shot of it at JPM.

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by Furashubakku

I do actually think that that's a good possibility. And one people will have overlooked in their attempts to bash everything she does. I agree with you.

Thank you, kind sir!

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

But like I said, if you watch the video closely, there is a difference between the look of her closeup shots and the far shots. The edges of the shots are faded and the middle brightened. It only occurs in those shots and not the whole video. Truehappiness posted a good shot of it at JPM.

I don't know what JPM is but I just watched the video twice and everything and everyone looks washed-out to me. Maybe the reason Ayu looks more washed out is because she is the closest to the camera?
I just don't understand how she could age so significantly between Sparkle and this and thus require this kind of technique to hide her age. Anyhow, I doubt any of the Sunrise performances at any shows will be altered so that's when people will be able to judge.

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Like I said, who knows if its done for age reasons or not. But its visible from the very first shot of Ayu - if you notice the edge of the screen is faded/discolored, then when it switches to a farther shot the edges are normal again. It happens throughout the video whenever it cuts from a closeup to a far shot.

[amorphose]

I liked it. I thought it was cute and fit the song very well. If Sunset and the music video turn out to be good as well, then this will have been her best single in quite a long time for me!

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

-I miss the originality in her PVs. It is possible to take a fun summer song and turn a meaningful PV out of it. (fairyland)

I agree with this. I thought the PV had an interesting set, I really love it. But overall, I thought it was quite boring.
Well, maybe I should say that differently: I was dissapointed by the fact there weren't more different scenes. You know what I mean?

If Sunset is gonna be like that I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep my eyes open. Nevertheless, I still love Ayu.

[sugarbasil]

I liked it. I didn't think it was great, or even very good, but it entertained me and I felt happy after watching it. It was fun, summery, and Ayu looked super natural in it. She wasn't overacting or oversinging; she was just being naturally Ayu like she would at a concert. That's what I most liked about it.

I was greatly annoyed by her dancers, though. The mics on them didn't bother me, it was their "WTF????" dancing. It was like the most silly dancing I have ever seen them do. I couldn't stop laughing whenever I saw them dance!! And the second Shuya jumped in and made that CRAZY expression I nearly peed my pants.

[y_nathz]

already watched it ~
i like it ~
at least it's better than sparke =)

[Calico]

It was nice...but really, really boring.

I agree, I really wanted to see way more shots of the fans. To me this PV seemed like it should've been more about them, especially after the hubaloo of getting them there. I did like the ending though when she thanked them and they all chanted her name. Reminded m of her concerts. XD

[tenshi no hane]

I actually like it ^-^ The setting, her looks, the editing are great <3 And she didn't make those strange overly expressive facial expressions, that alone makes me happy xD

[sugarbasil]

I wonder if not being in the PV much or getting to see Ayu (speculative) or getting anything at all (speculative) made the TA fans bitter and like her less......

[Aga-chan]

^Well, there's also "Sunset". Maybe we'll see more of the audience there, because there might be less going on performance-wise. Like no jumping and the like. And there are also the making of's.
Just being picked among such a huge amount of applications is already a success.