Analysis of Nemo's staging - the masterpiece among us! | Masterclass
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A super explanation of why Nemo won. Experts like you on juries would have also thought it was a masterpiece. Ripping their pendant off after the end also helped. No-one else did anything like that. My worry is that the staging bar is now so high that established artists will be put off entering the contest, at least in 2025. I can’t think of a single singer from my country who could do what Nemo did.
the staging in general is just a word. The bar is - sew the staging that your artist will shine and the song will be remembered. It can be this specific staging, it can be amazing intimate precision of French staging or simple but authentic concept like Armenia or Croatia had. There is the bar. Stagings for sure is not a reason for artists not to compete, more likely it can be the character or way, which Eurovision is going to.
The yellow lines are one of my highlights, they show speed, and the warm yellow is the climax, after the cold blue technoid world we had, to visualize the freedom and positivity Nemo reached at the end.
So, the yellow is absolutely needed.
Yellow dont go well with white. I read here a very interesting reason to it. Imo it would visually work better if they prolonged it by those vertical
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So many things could have went wrong but it looked so effortless. Your analysis just made me realize that it was about every millimeter and micro second. 😮
Great Masterclass as usual 👍
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Wow!!! Thank you so much for this professional analysis. i noticed some of the details
like the frequent diagonals with light or the rhythmical cuts, but getting it explained that way makes me understand why I’m so fascinated by this staging and performance!
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Thank you for this video and analysis, I voted Nemo, they did awesome performance, I get chills everytime when hearing this interesting genres mixing song 🫶🩷🫶
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No questions. In my guts I have had a very emotional response to this performance, because it just feels so real and perfect. You made some more sense out of it, and now I cry at the performance even harder 🤣 But maybe that's also because I absolutely love a humongous amount of flashy lights 🙃
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It's easy to see that the staging worked, but not so easy to explain why exactly. You made some excellent points on how the light, the staging and the disc helped and accentuated his performance without distracting from it. This worked much better than with a few others in the finals, like Italy's or San Marino's, where the LED pictures and holograms distracted from the "main course", or Poland's that used too many gadgets. Even Croatia could have improved by keeping the staging a bit more simple and focused on the main act. Less is sometimes more. Sliman's staging was in it's focus similar, yet very static in comparison. Nemo's staging was much more dynamic, yet still very much focused on them.
yet both Slimane and Nemo show how simplicity (and thats not easy to achieve) is more, and also the specific dynamic of each song - both stagings excelled in this.
@@JanBors Add maybe Portugal, although at a lower level?
It took me a few watches originally to get the meaning of the round platform and how it supports the message of the song but when I did, my appreciation of the song went beyond the music and vocals to seeing the whole package of a beautiful message emphasized by the brilliant staging. Now you added so many details that made Nemo's performance even more complex. You are right, the framing, lighting and angle-play is brilliant and someone put a lot of thinking into it. And it all works because of the perfect timing of Nemo, the light production and the Men in Black who ran tirelessly around the platform and kept turning it 😂 I mean it's really well thought out and executed by the team. And of course, Nemo is amazing to maintain vocal and breath control while doing a complete core workout 👏👏👏 So, thank you for this analysis, it was truly en-light-ening 😂❤
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Thank you very much for your masterclass! I really enjoyed it, you were on point regarding the staging. There are two points in the performance I want to mention, where I think that your analysis could be (?) a little different if you were taking into consideration the lyrics and the story behind the song as well (to my humble opinion, maybe I am wrong of course, I am not an expert).
1. At the begining of the bridge of the song, where Nemo is trying to move the platform so it can start spinning for the first time, the effort most likely is real as you mentioned. I believe this was intentional because they wanted to show the real struggle of the artist to find themself. I mean, they could have found an easier way to start spinning the platform, but that was the point in keeping it that way.
2. When Nemo is spinning around fast singing in the style of opera, I understand why the platform spinning the opposite way disturbed you. Yet again, I think it was intentional, in order to show that the artist is going against the flow, finally finding themself (that's also why Nemo is singing in this way at this point, they feel free after discovering themself).
Keep up the nice videos, thank you.
Very nice! Thx! I also received one amazing point which is the principle of the platform being as a switch - 1 and 0 and the spining is everything in between! I think meaning wise there should be a different masterclass. But I like those as such easter eggs, not in you face. Kinda makes you focus on brilliant show and always to find something new later withou being disturbed. I prefer it, as it is clever and fresh rather than stagings, which want to say it all. Never rly works in TV.
Hey, you have the insight. That's why I'm in favor of 50% of the votes coming from a jury of experts. The evening audience can't judge at first what lies behind such a "simple" performance. Thanks and greetings from Switzerland
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I love how this staging is a masterclass in elegant, yet exurbant restraint and simplicity. Also, I love brilliant videovisuals (I'm a trained Motiondesigner, so....) but this staging show how absolutely well thought-out "classic" lighting (the timeless classiness and depth, as you describe it) can tell a story much better than any "narrative" or "narratively decorative" visuals! I was live in the arena and I'm also a stage/lighting designer and, geeeeeez, I was mesmerized by the programming and fantastically exact movement of the fixture rigs - the boxes and the long rectangle rigs that do those framing lines by shooting the light at a perfect angle, just centimeters, across the boundaries of the rig - it was meticulously done! Also, one of the main narrative lines is "between the 0s and 1s" (between fixed gender roles for Nemo or between any societal fixed roles, everyone else finds themselves torn between) is almost always the leading narrative for the lighting and staging: the tipping of the platform left and right until a rotating balance is found on top, the strobing lights coming from left and right, the up and down, the steep hike up and the cruel tumbling down, the circular surfing...every little detail drives the narrative home. Ah, such a feat! Thanks for your analysis, as coming from a similar trade, I thoroughly enjoyed it and especially your endearing Czech English!
haaha!! thx!!!! rly much 😻
Great video, really enjoyed your analysis!
One function of the platform was not mentioned, because you focused on the technical aspects, which is fair enough… but I also really like how it’s used as a metaphor for the meaning of the song. At first, when ‘he’ is still struggling with ‘his’ identity, it acts like a seesaw, which could be seen as the binary world: either up or down, either boy or girl. But in the finale, when Nemo has come to terms with their identity, it stays horizontal, and they even surf on it, showing control of their situation. Just another little thing that adds to the brilliance of this whole stage concept 🙂
this is a role model staging with a story, when the story is there but not in your face, so you can enjoy and not being distracted by various elements chasing your attention
Absolutely deserved. That's it.
I also love how brilliantly the staging complements and enhances the lyrics.
For instance, when the lyrics mention "Like ammonites, I just gave it some time," having Nemo imitate a clock on the disk is a clever way to visually represent the passage of time. The disk moving up and down as a metaphor for binary code (0 and 1) adds another layer of meaning, hinting at the binary genders (female, male).
thats true! all the accents on point
Really nice video! I enjoyed every second of it!❤
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The staging and lighting supports the story, too. At first they are in the binary world. There are sharp shadows on their face when the other side of has light. Black or white. The plate also moves only up and down.
But when they find their kingdom come, there are circkle movement and yellow.
yep, it is very smart, what I love on such stagings, that regardless there is a story in them, you dont need to see it to enjoy. This is an absolutely overall achievement of it!
Switzerland is strong with Magic! Fact. We are a little country but have the best singers, It (apprentice just won the olympic Gold Medal) and Ideas 😅 ❤️
and funny fact is, that staging was made by a director from Finland, and some from the past by a director from Sweden. Imo those were amazingly well invested money :)
@@JanBors thank you 🥰 I knew it, because the guy in the team was finnish 🤗
@@immobilienberaterinschweiz if you're talking about Fredrik "Benke" Rydman, then he's Swedish. He's been working for UMK for 3 years now. He's really great.
aaaa! Swedish for UMK! Thats it!
Blue and yellow in lighting don't usually mix, but I have a feeling the artist wanted to send an well-hidden message of support to a certain country...
They sure didn't light it in white blue and red.
might be, who knows
There was no blue lighting in Nemo’s performance. Only black and white and gold at the end. Stop the conspiracy.
@@ReginaWz The lights themselves may have been white, but effectively the scene was blue and yellow/gold at the climax of the song. It's a not a conspiracy theory, it's just my personal opinion that this color scheme was chosen as a subtle middle finger towards the Kremlin. I may be wrong, and if I am and Putin is offended, I'm oh so, so sorry.
@@Salmar80 sorry but that’s an asinine take. The color scheme is black and white, with no blue. You need to check your eyesight.
The black and white represents the 1s and 0s Nemo is singing about. The two binaries - male and female. And in that black and white space there is Nemo in their pink outfit, something in between. The performance had absolutely nothing to do with Russia or Putin or the Kremlin. lol.
It's a full contributation for Eurovision History because although The Code is not my type of song I recognized the staging is A SMART AUDIOVISUAL PIECE!!! Switzerland play the clever game
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Nemo said to the Swiss German TV;
I went on that platform 8 times and never fell down, didn't break anything. And then, at the end, in the most risk free time on that stage I cut up my thumb😂
hahah, poor guy 😂
u missed the yellow.. the yellow added speed and energy and intensity
No I did not, it did not actually, it contradicted the white, imo was not a good choice in white combo...
@@JanBors you missed how the energy increased without him singing louder - you can hear it in the audience.. and that was done with yellow and the lighting. I am sorry you did not see that. If you listen to reviews from vocal coaches on here they all noticed that. Sorry you did not! So if you keep insisting on it it still won't make it right!
it did not work well estetically imo as they kept both colours so the change was just in LED properly and felt like a mistake
@@JanBors You do understand you are by far the only dude that thinks that. Everyone else got the yellow being the step up in energy
As good as the staging was for Nemo - and it was excellent; I'd argue that it was somewhat overshadowed by the staging used by Bambie Thug. For me that was astounding - and the best staging of the night. It was like going to the theatre to see a mix of ballet and Opera.
As for the rest - I'd say Georgia's staging was impressive, as was Ukraine's; and also Norway's - yes Norway's. The use of lighting as if to indicate the northern lights, while showing images of Norwegian forests and lakes was very effective.
For me the three best voices of the night were Slimane (France), Raiven (Slovenia), and the lead singer of Gåte (Norway).
But in terms of staging: 1st. Ireland; 2nd. Switzerland; 3rd. Ukraine.
I agree with Ireland, not with Ukraine. Check my masterclasses for those songs to understand why :)
4:11 No, enough of this nonsense. Enough. The winner of this year's esc is a guy. A guy who for some reason thinks half the continent must now call him a "they/them" or something just because he puts on a dress. When this Nemo goes to a doctor, the doctor will write in his documents that Nemo is a guy. If he feels like anything else, it's his private thing! If he wants to be called something, he can want it as much as he wants, but he has no right to force an entire continent to call him something he is not. I couldn't care less, because I comment on what I see. The same way he wants me to call him something else, the same way I want to call him a guy who freaked out. 👍. That's it.
I think you can choose also yourself how to call others. Its not stressing me, just our language makes this very strange and if Nemo would like to be called whatever, why not. Rly this is after all absolutely unimportant to me. Causing me exactly zero harm. But also I forgot, thats imo ok too. No hard feelings
All the experts agree that they totally deserved to win. It's been more than two weeks, you can move on, if you still don't like them, you don't have to watch videos about them.
Regarding Nemo's personal choices, opinions like yours are those that make me realise that it is alright to advocate for their rights (I am straight, binary person myself). They do not cause harm to anyone, let them be.
This video is about a staging and a performance, not about your problems with someone‘s identity.
Girl, that's a lot of words about something that does not harm you in anyway. There are multiple cultures around the world that have always recognized more gender identities than just a man or a woman - they have their own names and pronouns and they have often been considered to be very special, wise, even divine people. They exist whether you want it or not. Also for example in my language every single person is a gender-neutral "they", you included. And if you speak English, you already use a singular "they". It really is super easy to accept and respect people as they are.
@@lisa.3585 Tattoo had weekly chart success in more than 25 countries!
And this "Nemo" has a chart success in two (1+1) countries lol.
The PR he did with his dress doesn't seem to have helped.... 🤡😭
unconvincing victory, only fifth place in televoting😮😮
All the experts agree that they totally deserved to win. It's been more than two weeks, you can move on, if you still don't like them, you don't have to watch videos about them.
This video is not even about who is winning or not, its about a breakdown of the staging. Nemo won as in total received the most points, thats the rules and thats it. No hard feelings.
Switzerland doesn't have much of a diaspora and political allies. 5th in televoting is actually amazing for Nemo!
Instead of complaining you could listen, learn, and plan Croatia's stage concept for next year.
This year the difference between the first and the fifth was 111 points. Last year the difference between the first and the second alone was 133!! This year simply was much more even - and you cannot fault them for winning when they got the most points combined - that is how this works.