Not What I Was Expecting... or what I wanted...
Zico is an epic rapper, a fantastic musician, a great leader, and a brilliant musical mind... this release might stand as the exception that proves the rule though. I mean the song's okay, it's a bit jarring in the transitions, but it's a well put together peace, over all. At least it is if you're not looking at the video while you listen. Unless Zico was going for a jarring discord where all the timings are almost a full second late or early (which throws off the brain's expectations for sound) this video isn't right for the song. Honestly... even if he WAS going for an artsy, out-of-sync style of hipster drag, this video is just... not good (ironic, considering the title, & the humor is not lost on me).
It's just concert footage (recordings of songs with much higher bpm ratings than Well Done because they are way outta sync) and an overabundance of a layering of film-effects and irrelevant analog-film images. I could make that kind of a video on my home computer in a few hours, and at the very least, I'd be able to make the timings sync up. If I had half the awesome equipment available to these guys, hell, even if I just had half the source footage... I could do so much better. Admittedly, I want to become an MV professional, so I'm not just an average joe at making MVs or anything, but still, professionals should do better. This is disappointing and it's really just not up to par.
The song, without the video is still pretty good, and I love Zico, so I'm still giving it more credit than I really feel like it deserves, but I can't in good conscious say much that's positive about this video.
It's just concert footage (recordings of songs with much higher bpm ratings than Well Done because they are way outta sync) and an overabundance of a layering of film-effects and irrelevant analog-film images. I could make that kind of a video on my home computer in a few hours, and at the very least, I'd be able to make the timings sync up. If I had half the awesome equipment available to these guys, hell, even if I just had half the source footage... I could do so much better. Admittedly, I want to become an MV professional, so I'm not just an average joe at making MVs or anything, but still, professionals should do better. This is disappointing and it's really just not up to par.
The song, without the video is still pretty good, and I love Zico, so I'm still giving it more credit than I really feel like it deserves, but I can't in good conscious say much that's positive about this video.
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