Over

Over
@drakkardnoire


Today I was treated to a glimpse of the drake over video the lighting and setting of the video definitively reflects the mood, quite strongly...The beginning is epic the imagery is brilliant the direction is off the chain, I love the way they place his silhouette with the flames to metaphise, how he feels inside...He has a storm goin on inside, stormy weather the rain clouds of a relationship gone by...Brilliant..The lighting is so full effect and so on point to catch the emotion, for production I'd definitely have to give this song a 9 out of 10...I think one thing that makes drake seem so likeable is he isn't afraid to seem vulnerable ( we like artists that seem 'human', like Lil Wayne...He just puts his feelings out there he finitely does it on this tune...At the first 15, seconds of the vid, the mood an lightin settings definitely reflect the cinematic movie feel to the music an sequence in which it 'integrates,(as we take a trip inside his emotions...) it's definitely a great thing to envision, its like you almost get to 'taste' drakes thoughts and its almost as if your sitting next to him or he's talking to you..the next scene is brilliant as if he's sitting as if he's going on a highroad all to give a visual experience to the musical metaphor and you can see, what he's 'doing' or where he is...Though you could call it cheating because he's just sitting on the bed, so its cheap camera effects, lack of costs for scenery and change of view (I blame young money) since thats his record label and his management since his also signed to them..But I am definitely one for minimal videos and envision them as ways that 'artists' are given a chance to be more 'artistic and express their 'views' or directors...But just as I expected the verse begins in a different room another minimalist opportunity where there Is no background, but this is brilliant, because Directors are being more creative with what they've got, irrespective of the lower budgets..It looks brilliant with the black backdrop and the camera is focused on the 'lone ranger', drake, the lone artist standing alone, I figure scenes like this are so small, maybe they are viewed in the bathroom, or done in a small warehouse...It works brilliantly to cinematic effect...The vid flashes back to him in his room around the 1:13 mark, I take it these are the two scenes chosen for the video and the rest of the effects, are spent on 'duplicating drake'...1:18 I don't know how 'sweetest thing' relates to an 'atomic bomb' but quite interesting, maybe a metaphor of 'addiction' and how his getting his mind blown 1:24 a great moment when it cuts to the next scene an Drake is moving in an almost blur to give that michael jackson 'rock with u' effect to give a visual to the 'flurry' of words, he's 'hitting', the effects and 'duplicates take a good turn for the better and visually the director is using effects to 'full effect' indeed fully using his creativity to its full effectiveness..The best parts are, when they have drake in the sky blue looking room/background and blurring 'effects' // multiplying his image.
The video shows there's much more to it then those two rooms as the scene cuts to drake dressed differently in a different scene, surrounded by 'flurries' of moving people darting at a frantic pace, to symbolise all the 'latecomers'/fakes ('directionless people) the fact that their 'faceless/blurred// ghost 'like' state reinstates the fact of drake not knowing "who the fuck r y'all".
Second verse, the vision with the wordings goes together brilliantly I don't like how the scenes/rooms are linked together on the second chorus, they don't blend well, well I guess they also display different 'persons'/him at different 'stages' of the 'emotion/journey'. The video then though minimal, takes a visual im 'press' and steps up another level visual with the fade/effects/ surroundings/ colours, 2:27 the nigerian? O Kosovan, 'Rita ora' (I thought she was nigerian, the name)...These spaces and room selections/environments are visually crafted well and well shot these pieces go together very well, the way the woman is blurred in the background is almost as if an image of the 'groupies' tempting him and throwing it in his face, but more closer to it being about drake 'him doin him'/thinkin out loud
and being a representation of his 'contemplative thoughts'/ the thoughts in his head, 2:48 reminds me a lot of 'doa' visually and also how the glass breaks.
On the 3rd verse the 'multiply' effects in the blue room step up another level and get even better, rita ora is a bad actress, her facial expressions, aren't convincing... The flashes on the blue scene with the blur an imagery are the most magical and brilliant effects known to man/in this video..As the video progresses towards the end it gets better and better was gonna give this a 7 but will move it to an 8 the video ends with drake doin 'him' an his girl leaves him as thats the life he chose to pursue, (the hoe always stays in the background though he looks at her he keeps his back to her.."they tell me that they love me, i know better then that its game, its just what come with the fame, and i'm ready for that i'm just saying" )living somewhere in between the groupies and 'u' (his girlfriend)making for that space in the middle, his space, him, hence him doin 'him'. The video ends as drakes 'journey'beings, "its far from over"...


Flow/delivery/ 7/10 though I like his flow on here i ain't the 'biggest' fan of drake (or his voice, but every time I view this video I'm liking it more, 'silent .5')

Video: 7.5/8 out of 10


Production 9/10 The production lends itself to a great chorus which makes for the greatest thing,

your ears have ever seen, the usual from drake...

Overall 8/10