Collective Soul: December

I'm responding to the review which mentioned being disappointed that the director missed an opportunity to tell a story. I directed this video, and the band approved and let me shoot a storyline that included a beautiful dancer and her pet black panther. We filmed at an animal sanctuary. The video was gorgeous and the band approved the initial cut. The next day I was called and asked to completely remove the actress from the video. Ed's girlfriend at the time was jealous and wanted her out of the video. I did a low budget fix to keep the video from becoming only a performance video (which I would always prefer to be live).

I, too, was disappointed the concept was removed from the video.

A more than special music moment for Collective Soul with their smash-hit "December", the song didn't get much of a clip that goes in the same measure.

Black-and-white cinematography with different shades of blue, with the band performing the song inside a bar and that's it. If the idea is to just present the band and music, without getting into other kinds of distractions then the video succeeds. It's cool to look at it, and hearing it is an even greater experience.

I'm a little dry with it and I know it's not much of a plausible and acceptable reaction but I liked the video because there was nothing to dislike. Obviously that the director could invest in presenting a story, some themes instead of band performing song worn out device which every artist have at least one of those videos. The sound/song/music definitely makes it. 8/10