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How have I lived all these years without having seen this video as I sit in dorm room in Oxford University?

It proves, once again, that almost no promotional video gimmick beats a lip-synced performance on a white background.

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  7 Responses to “In Praise of…Lip-Synced Performances on a White Background (continued)”

  1. ladymisskirroyale

    White on white is pretty mod, too:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbxWOMpwfs

  2. What an ass!

  3. tonyola

    Is this where filmmaker Michael Bay picked up his quick cut editing technique?

  4. saturnismine

    Not exactly white on white, but this classic plays with that format:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg

  5. saturnismine

    Not lip synched, but the photos for the first Pretenders album…well…they’re clearly down with the white background:

    front: https://davexrobb.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/pretenders2.jpg

    I can’t find a good image of the back cover, but here’s the same design on the cd reissue:

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5126APtGkvL.jpg

  6. diskojoe

    White on grey can also be pretty, depending on what you use for a subject:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5MBIw5hXkg

  7. misterioso

    Never saw that before. “Les Them” — formidable!

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