Difference between revisions of "Video: When Doves Cry"
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|Current video name = When Doves Cry | |Current video name = When Doves Cry | ||
|Video Image = WhenDovesCry-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = WhenDovesCry-vid5in1.png | ||
− | |Date = Week of | + | |Date = Week of 14 May 1984 |
|producer(s) = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] | |producer(s) = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck Sharon Oreck] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] | ||
|Director = [[Prince]] / Larry Williams | |Director = [[Prince]] / Larry Williams | ||
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|Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | |Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | ||
− | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. Photographer Larry Williams, who also worked on other projects for [[Prince]] that year including the covers for [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] and [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] was hired as director for the video. Before the first shots, [[Prince]] let | + | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. Photographer Larry Williams, who also worked on other projects for [[Prince]] that year including the covers for [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] and [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] was hired as director for the video. Before the first shots, [[Prince]] let [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] (producer) know that Williams’ presence was not needed: ''"[[Prince]] said to me "He (Larry) doesn’t have to be here." So I gave Larry some magazines and he sat outside and did some reading."'' [[Prince]] handled the directing and the choreography. |
Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. | Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. |
Latest revision as of 14:26, 27 August 2023
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