andrews27
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Like I said, the longer the concert goes on - from after YCAGWYW onward - the more it's tight closeups on faces, one after the other, ad infinitum. And in the first half you already see too little guitar-keyboard-drum work.
I did some documentary work briefly and got to see live TV production, and I know that a TV/video director editing a live broadcast on the fly has a variety of camera shots to choose from, for coverage purposes and in case he needs to cut away. If the Stones had the original camera feed tapes in good condition, the show capture could be re-edited into something better - also eliminating the 1970s-style pattern wipes between some shots.
Eagle Rock could do it for them, but that would cost money. So we're stuck with the live monitor director's version, in which the crowd at the rear watching the tiny above-stage screen can only be reached by big-star face close-ups. This is not so entertaining at home.
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