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Bad editing of uptempo songs in recent years?
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Is it just me, or is the editing of the camera shots really bad in recent years?

It really hit me with Who The Hell Is Edgar, which loses a lot of its energy because of how it's shot. I can understand why the delegation chose to keep Teya & Salena somewhat static on the stage (presumably for them to be able focus on vocals, which I fully support) but a more dynamic editing work could still make the song look "uptempo" in terms of the visual experience. Like, switch from one camera to another with the beat. Or at least make cuts between the two singers during the opening "monologue" rather than keeping a static shot on both of them.

I feel like this wasn't a problem before - I still remember my fascination with CuePilot and how it let Eurovision deliver a world class editing. Stuff like extremely fast, yet precise switching between cameras, etc.

To explain what I mean, let's look at two videos:- Mahmood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aoyPa41Ic - check it out from 0:55 for example, first you get camera switches with the clapping, then you have the moment where there's a camera switch with each "come va" at 1:05... and there are dozens moments like this in the performance.- Edgar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G83_lXkc6nM - It's a highly dynamic song with a strong beat, yet the editing doesn't follow that beat at all. I mean, the "poe" part of the chorus should've had an extremely fast camera switches, yet we get an extremely long static shot from 1:03 to 1:08. You can't have 5 seconds with no camera movement or switch at all with such an uptempo song. Ironically, when the song slows down for the next verse, suddenly you get far more dynamic editing. Like, wtf?- These are just two examples to demonstrate what I mean, it seems to happen with lots and lots of other songs. In particular, uptempo songs seem to be hurt by this a lot in recent years. Having a slow editing on a "fast" song totally kills the vibe the song's supposed to send. I've had quite a few songs that I liked at first and then I felt "meh" while watching them at the actual ESC - I couldn't quite point a finger on why until tonight.

Looking back at older entries, it seems that it all broke around 2018. Entries from 2017 are still absolutely awesome, then it goes somewhat downhill in 2018 and 2019 but it's still pretty decent (less precise, but at least it's still matched to the music) and last two years are terrible in this regard - there doesn't seem to be any coordination between the sound and the video editing anymore.

  1. Am I the only one who noticed this, or at least feels like something has changed recently?
  2. If not, any ideas why it may be?

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