Northvision Song Contest #9 - Performances or Music Videos?

[Rick]

For the first time in history, live performances were used in the Northvision Song Contest #8 in Sarajevo.

As they got mixed feedback, I'd really love to know if they're useful or just time-wasting, as they usually take more an hour/performance, and when it comes to 3 or 4 performances a day, it's tiring, how you could guess, I suppose  

So my question is:

Shall the next edition have performances in the video recaps? Or music videos like in all the previous editions?

Motivate your answers with "for and against" reasons for both sides, pretty please. It is really important for us to decide what's better for NVSC.

Please note, that a stage will be built however the things will go. 

[Jan]

Yes because

1. more awesome
2. more realistic
3. more professional
4. who cares about people having no faces dafuq


Question: Would it be again final "only" or also for the semis already?

[Franck]

The live performances were great. But I actually prefere music videos
And at least, it gives you less work (even if I assume you love to do that)

[Deleted]

It is realistic, unique and amazing.
However, only take them when you have got time!

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If you do not have time I can do them trololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol

[Kerem]

For:

- it looks more realistic
- amazing designing (background etc.)
- could have any influence to the votes, for example people could hate the song but they could love the stage performance so they could give higher votes for countries that are "low"

Against:

- you must spend so many hours, days etc.
- hard to make
- you only do the hard job for us - and you still will hear negative things (I guess )

Personally, I'm for it. They are all amazing and they are giving a realism to the whole show. And you are trying to make everything smiliar to the Eurovision Song Contest, so..

[Hyunzales]

I'm not sure if the software you use allow importing images, but if you could add the actual singer (picture taken from a full body shot) to the stage it would be THE MOST REALISTIC the background people could still be made like they were this edition. So if you can do it then that would be the best^^

[Rick]

Jun 6, 2014 19:54:57 GMT 1 Jan said:

Question: Would it be again final "only" or also for the semis already?

The reason why it was made for final only was because I decided in a late moment whether I wanted to do them or not
If I do them for the semis, I'd be free for the final, but most of them will fail

[Jess]

Yes because it's very realistic, whether the singers/dancers have faces or not.
Sometimes the performers looked a bit like "zombies" (although I don't think they're that creepy ), but in terms of the stage, it looks fabulous

[Rick]

Jun 6, 2014 19:59:13 GMT 1 Hyunzales said:

I'm not sure if the software you use allow importing images, but if you could add the actual singer (picture taken from a full body shot) to the stage it would be THE MOST REALISTIC the background people could still be made like they were this edition. So if you can do it then that would be the best^^

It allows me and I've already tried that, but most of singers don't have a proper picture to put in the silhouettes
I'd need them standing up and the camera not showing any special lighting or shadows and so on

[Sel]

Live Performances
For:
It's ESC like and people won't judge the song by it's video which is a advantage