Everybody now: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Finally found a fancam of "Ashita no Kioku," for which besides "A.Ra.Shi" in the plastic suits I have been avidly waiting ever since I read the Kokuritsu con reports. I... kind of want to die from the awwwwwness of it all. I would say cry, but I don't really know these people and I'm not that much of a fangirl to cry over strangers (except during films/shows, where you are supposed to connect with the characters... but that was only like twice in my life). The song, however, is beautiful and especially in conjunction with the background images (the voices aren't too hot lol) makes me want to tear up. (I hella would have cried my eyes out if I was watching this in Kokuritsu on Matsujun's birthday, though. I'm not gonna lie.) I'm a big, big nostalgia person if my LiveJournal entries didn't tell you so this is one of those things I love. Plus, it's a damn well-made slideshow, even if you can't see the images themselves in this fancam. No crappy Windows Movie Maker slideshows for them (which is what I use, lololol) - this is big-budget as fuck and the multi-screen spread is awesome.
For those who can't tell what's going on, this is the "nostalgia" portion of Arashi's concert. Before this there was a short video covering all ten years of Arashi's activity as a group, with a photo album flipping through time. Each year's highlights were narrated by a member (I suppose it was 2 years per member, if there are five of them) and clips and pictures popped out in chronological order. Then they go into this song: one verse, chorus, bridge and chorus to coda. They begin with the current "5x10" pictures of each member on the five tall screens. Then, as each member sings, their name, birthdate and baby pictures are shown (birthdate and name on the smaller upper screens, and the baby pictures in place of their current picture. Each returns to their current picture after they finish their line, but as the verse builds up to the chorus, their baby pictures begin fading in and out of the screens. As the chorus comes, each of the five screens fades to black before being engulfed by a white light and the pictures begin fading in and out faster (presumably in chronological order). At this point, their harmonies begin showing through in the chorus, which is cool. During the bridge, the screens switch to a collage of baby and childhood pictures that takes up all five screens and slowly pans out. As the bridge builds up, the screens switch back to their original five baby pictures and the pictures flash rapidly through time before the screens all turn white. Then, the screens become one screen as their five baby pictures begin to "fall" onto the screen. Then the entire stage flashes white before it turns out that there are, like, TEN panels instead of the five, and the massive collage takes up all of the tall panels in addition to the smaller upper panels AND the stairs. The collage pans out, and eventually melts into the kanji for "Arashi," which then becomes a picture of the younger five. Simply beautiful.
I am DYING for this to come out on film, and they BETTER show the screen instead of the boys (we have the rest of the concert for that).
For those who can't tell what's going on, this is the "nostalgia" portion of Arashi's concert. Before this there was a short video covering all ten years of Arashi's activity as a group, with a photo album flipping through time. Each year's highlights were narrated by a member (I suppose it was 2 years per member, if there are five of them) and clips and pictures popped out in chronological order. Then they go into this song: one verse, chorus, bridge and chorus to coda. They begin with the current "5x10" pictures of each member on the five tall screens. Then, as each member sings, their name, birthdate and baby pictures are shown (birthdate and name on the smaller upper screens, and the baby pictures in place of their current picture. Each returns to their current picture after they finish their line, but as the verse builds up to the chorus, their baby pictures begin fading in and out of the screens. As the chorus comes, each of the five screens fades to black before being engulfed by a white light and the pictures begin fading in and out faster (presumably in chronological order). At this point, their harmonies begin showing through in the chorus, which is cool. During the bridge, the screens switch to a collage of baby and childhood pictures that takes up all five screens and slowly pans out. As the bridge builds up, the screens switch back to their original five baby pictures and the pictures flash rapidly through time before the screens all turn white. Then, the screens become one screen as their five baby pictures begin to "fall" onto the screen. Then the entire stage flashes white before it turns out that there are, like, TEN panels instead of the five, and the massive collage takes up all of the tall panels in addition to the smaller upper panels AND the stairs. The collage pans out, and eventually melts into the kanji for "Arashi," which then becomes a picture of the younger five. Simply beautiful.
Click to viewI am DYING for this to come out on film, and they BETTER show the screen instead of the boys (we have the rest of the concert for that).