Sting: Live in Berlin

Sting: Live in Berlin
  • Release date: 26 Nov 2010
  • Release year: 2010
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: concert film, berlin germany, tv special, concert, live performance
Plot:
This was a wonderful concert. Some of Sting's best - and the orchestrations are entrancing. Ten stars for that.The only thing wrong with this, and it is a MAJOR ISSUE, is that the video directing by Jim Gable is literally some of the most amateurish crap I've seen since the terrible video directing done of the Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall by Nick Norris. I've seen better directing in college video communications programs.Ridiculous high speed fly-bys of Sting, fast pull backs from close-ups (always a no-no), too fast of cutting from camera to camera that doesn't match the tempo of the music, overhead spinning jib shots (really??!!), etc. Pretty much unwatchable. After directing this Gable should have banned from ever getting in the video control booth again.If you care about Sting's music, avoid this video. Subtracting 6 stars because Gable makes the production all about himself and not the artist.
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