VIDEO SYNOPSIS OF HER SHANIA TWAIN ALBUM
What Made You Say That? - 1993
ACTION:
Shania dances around South Miami Beach in various outfits, with a young handsome young man. Words from the song flash on the screen throughout.
SHANIA:
I think it was ahead of its time for country music videos then. At the time, what I wanted to do, and the way I wanted to express myself visually was very overt for country television. Everybody was saying, "Oh, I don't know-you ought to be a little more conservative. As a person I'm very conservative, but when I perform and entertain, I want people to be entertained. I don't want them to feel like their aunt is singing to them. I'm one of them. I'm there to get into the music.
Even though I was kind of going against the grain at the time, in the end it was the best thing I ever did-not being intimidated by the fact that it might be a little risqué. The concept's not brilliant; it's very simple. There's really nothing to it. But it's got a young energy to it that made it very sexy and fun.
You Lay A Whole Lot Of Love On Me - 1993
ACTION:
Romantic "French postcard" feel. Second Shania video directed by Steven Goldmann. Shot in the streets of Montreal. This song was a top 20 country hit in 1980 for Con Hunley.
SHANIA:
[This] was a very romantic video. I have to laugh now, though, because I looked kind of funny in that video. Just being in Montreal really portrayed the song well. It was the perfect place to go and do it. It was kind of like a little mini-movie. The vignettes were set up so that I was getting my first little taste of getting into a role. It was a good experience for me. We were drinking cappucino in this cafe, and we were just playing with the froth, and it was just very sweet.
Montreal has lots of old buildings and when the French came over to Canada and built that part of Montreal, they built it very much in the same style that they would have built in their home country. So, it really does have the European structures.
Dance With The One Who Brought You - 1993
ACTION:
Shania's first experience playing dual roles in a video. The concept, developed by actor/director Sean Penn, was the depiction of a long-term relationship. Filmed in a dance hall in Los Angeles.
SHANIA:
Sean Penn directed [it], and he managed to get [actor] Charles Durning to be in the video. Just such a sweet personality. It was a great day for me, just to be around and watch real pros work. I just tried to be the sponge and learn as I go. It was really cool to get to know Sean Penn. I didn't get to know him over a long period of time or anything like that, but the few days that we spent working togehter, I'll never forget. He was a really terrific person. He's close to my age, and we just really got along well.
I was more involved in how I wanted to be portrayed, and we just kind of pieced it together.
